Is it necessary to use setState function to modify state values?

[ntubiolin]

Hi! Thank you for providing such a good bottender example.
I have problems when reading some state-changing code like the one below:

agricola-score/src/form.js

Line 34 in fdf7928

context.state.form.inForm = true;

According to the official bottender doc, it says that

Note: don't modify state directly using this.state.stateKey = stateValue;, it may cause unexpected behavior in the future.

I am wondering is it necessary to use setState function to modify state values? For example, context.setState({form: { ...context.form, inForm: true, },}).

[etrex]

Hi ntubiolin,

Thank you for pointing out that this project is inconsistent with the document.

We recommend that you use setState to modify state values.

setState is the unique public API the Bottender provided.

we may use this API to extend more possibilities.

We do not guarantee that direct assign will work in the future.

If you want to build a conversational form in Bottender, please refer to this document: https://github.com/Yoctol/bottender-proposal-conversation.

That is our latest design for conversation.

I will rewrite this project with bottender-proposal-conversation.