Profile route mounted count stays at 1

[mhussa]

I've been tinkering with this and its a nice setup but I don't quite understand how the router and component mount methods work. Whenever I click the 'Me' or 'John' profile links the route mounted stays at 1.

Checked it on the latest versions of firefox and safari. I added some breakpoints and found that the component mount methods are never invoked on clicking the profile links. Couldn't even to get it to stop on the App's handleRoute.

Have I misunderstood how this is meant to work? Any help appreciated, Thanks.

[developit]

Hi @mhussa - the "me" and "John" routes are handled by the same component. This means switching between the two actually doesn't unmount and remount, rather it's actually just re-rendering the <Profile /> component with new props.

If you add a componentWillReceiveProps() method to the Profile class you will be able to observe the behavior.

You can see an example of a much more fully built-out Profile component in the Nectarine source.

Let me know if that helps ☺

[mhussa]

Hello @developit

Thankyou for the quick response! yes it works exactly as you said.

I modified it as follows:

    componentDidMount() {
            // start a timer for the clock:
            this.timer = setInterval(::this.updateTime, 1000);
            this.updateTime();
    }

    componentWillReceiveProps() {
            // every time we get remounted, increment a counter:
            this.setState({ count: this.state.count+1});
    }

Clicking on 'Home' remounts the component and the counter is back at 0, then clicking between profile views increments the count. The comment in the code about remounting threw me a bit.

Thankyou for the clarification.