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.

After I send an updated value to t

Answer 1

It would also be good to check if you even need to update the state, since this will cause a re-render.

componentWillReceiveProps(newProps) {
  if (this.state.name !== newProps.name) {
    this.setState({name: newProps.name});
  }
}