React Native useEffect Best Practices for Predictable Behavior

💡 𝗧𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 — 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? In React Native, "useEffect" 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁—not just once. If you forget the dependency array, your effect will run on 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, which can lead to: - Repeated API calls - Performance issues - Unexpected bugs 🔧 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲: - Add "[ ]" to run once on mount - Specify dependencies to control when it runsarrays) Being intentional with dependencies = predictable behavior. #ReactNative #MobileDevelopment #JavaScript #AppDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #CodingTips #React #BestPractices #FullstackDeveloper

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