react native show current time and update the seconds in real-time

Question

I want to show the current time(MM/DD/YY hh:mm:ss) in react native app like a clock, and get update every seconds, I tried using new Date() and set it in state, but the time don

Answer 1

in react hooks, it can be done like this:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";

const [dt, setDt] = useState(new Date().toLocaleString());

useEffect(() => {
    let secTimer = setInterval( () => {
      setDt(new Date().toLocaleString())
    },1000)

    return () => clearInterval(secTimer);
}, []);

Answer 2

This method works fine and displays MM/DD/YY hh:mm:ss format

class Clock extends React.Component {
      constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
          time: new Date().toLocaleString()
        };
      }
      componentDidMount() {
        this.intervalID = setInterval(
          () => this.tick(),
          1000
        );
      }
      componentWillUnmount() {
        clearInterval(this.intervalID);
      }
      tick() {
        this.setState({
          time: new Date().toLocaleString()
        });
      }
      render() {
        return (
          <p className="App-clock">
            The time is {this.state.time}.
          </p>
        );
      }
    }

original link : https://openclassrooms.com/courses/build-web-apps-with-reactjs/build-a-ticking-clock-component

Answer 3

Just move setInterval into componentDidMount function.

Like this :

  componentDidMount() {
    setInterval(() => {
      this.setState({
        curTime : new Date().toLocaleString()
      })
    }, 1000)
  }

This will change state and update every 1s.

Answer 4

I would recommend to prefer using setTimeout instead of setInterval, indeed, the browser may be overhelmed by heavy processing and in that case you would probably prefer updating the clock less often instead of queuing several updates of the state.

With setTimeout it is also a bit easier to leverage the Page Visibility API to completely stop the clock when the page is hidden (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API).

export default class MyClock {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      currentTime: Date.now(),
    }; 
  }

  updateCurrentTime() {
    this.setState(state => ({
      ...state,
      currentTime: Date.now(),
    }));
    this.timeoutId = setTimeout(this.updateCurrentTime.bind(this), 1000);
  }

  componentWillMount() {
    this.updateCurrentTime();
    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
      if(document.hidden) {
        clearTimeout(this.timeoutId);
      } else {
        this.updateCurrentTime();
      }
    }, false);
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    clearTimeout(this.timeoutId);
  }
} 

Answer 5

I got the answer. The code below also works.

componentWillMount(){
    setInterval(function(){
        this.setState({
            curTime: new Date().toLocaleString()
        })
    }.bind(this), 1000);
}

Answer 6

Full Code here:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Text, View } from 'react-native';


export default class KenTest extends Component {

  componentDidMount(){ 

    setInterval(() => (

      this.setState(
        { curTime : new Date().toLocaleString()}

      )
    ), 1000);
  }


state = {curTime:new Date().toLocaleString()};


  render() {
    return (
      <View>
  <Text>{'\n'}{'\n'}{'\n'}The time is: {this.state.curTime}</Text>

      </View>
    );
  }
}