So I'm building a meditation app in React. To start out simple I gave it a 25 minute countdown.
I want the countdown to start when the button is clicked. However, when I wrap the setInterval in the handleClick() function the seconds go down per click rather than triggering the countdown once.
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
import React, { Component, useState } from "react";
function Timer() {
const [minutes, setMinutes] = useState(25);
const [seconds, setSeconds] = useState(0);
function handleClick() {
console.log('Clicked');
let interval = setInterval(() => {
clearInterval(interval);
if (seconds === 0) {
if (minutes !== 0) {
setSeconds(59);
setMinutes(minutes - 1);
} else {
setSeconds(seconds - 1);
}
}, 1000)
}
const timerMinutes = minutes < 10 ? `0${minutes}`: minutes;
const timerSeconds = seconds < 10 ? `0${seconds}` : seconds;
return (
<>
<div className="grey-box">
<div className="number-box">
<h2 className="timer-text">{timerMinutes}:{timerSeconds}</h2>
</div>
<div className="buttons-container">
<button className="timer-button" onClick={handleClick}>
<img
className="play"
src="https://img.icons8.com/ios-glyphs/90/ffffff/play--v1.png"
/>
</button>
</div>
</div>
</>
);
}
export default Timer;
You are declaring with each click that a minute is subtracted:
setMinutes(minutes - 1);If you want the timer to only be set once, you can check to see if it has already been set, and if so, abort the handleClick function. A let declaration for the timer will only be available in that block of code (per run). So when another click happens, you won't have access to the timer. Use "this.interval" (function scope) or "var interval" (global/window scope) and then you will be able to check at the top of the handleClick function if the timer is already set.
if (this.interval) return;
OR
if (interval) return;You're creating the Timer in a much more complicated manner. I made a sample that can cover this use case along with some edge cases.
import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import "./styles.css";
function ClearTimer(TimerHndlRef) {
clearInterval(TimerHndlRef.current);
TimerHndlRef.current = null;
}
function App() {
const TimerHndlRef = useRef();
const [seconds, secondsSet] = useState(5);
const onClick = () => {
if (TimerHndlRef.current) {
ClearTimer(TimerHndlRef);
return;
}
TimerHndlRef.current = setInterval(
() =>
secondsSet((s) => {
const v = s - 1;
if (v > 0) return v;
ClearTimer(TimerHndlRef);
return 0;
}),
1000,
);
};
const onChange = (e) => secondsSet(parseInt(e.target.value, 10));
useEffect(() => {
return () => {
if (!TimerHndlRef.current) return;
ClearTimer(TimerHndlRef);
};
}, []);
const mLeft = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
const sLeft = seconds - mLeft * 60;
const mDisp = mLeft < 10 ? `0${mLeft}` : mLeft;
const sDisp = sLeft < 10 ? `0${sLeft}` : sLeft;
return (
<div>
<p>
<input type="number" value={seconds} onChange={onChange} /> = {mDisp}m +{" "}
{sDisp}s
</p>
<button onClick={onClick}>Test</button>
</div>
);
}
const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
ReactDOM.render(<App />, rootElement);