Updating state with props on React child component

Question

I have a React app, where props from a parent component are passed to a child component and the props then set the state on the child.

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Answer 1

You need to implement componentWillReceiveProps in your child:

componentWillReceiveProps(newProps) {
    this.setState({name: newProps.name});
}

Edit: componentWillReceiveProps is now deprecated and will be removed, but there are alternative suggestions in the docs link above.