I want to setState in a static function. But I got an error which says setState is not a function:
export default class SearchTab extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
name: ''
}
}
static callingFun = () => {
this.setState({ name:'ali' })
}
}
You cannot use this.setState in a static method.Because if you use static function then a static method won't be able to access 'this' inside that function. Please refer https://odetocode.com/blogs/scott/archive/2015/02/02/static-members-in-es6.aspx
Statics don't have instances. They are basically shared between classes and this won't work in it. You should make your function a class function instead
