Call a function on parent component - React

Question

I create a Toast component on react, it's show when show() is called, how can I call show() on other component ?

export default class Toast extends Component{
constructor(props){
    super(props)
    this.state={
        show:false
    }
}
show(){       
    this.setState({show:true})
    setTimeout(() => {
        this.setState({show:false})
    }, this.props.time)
}

render(){
    return(
        <div className={`toast ${this.state.show ? "show":""}`} >{this.props.message}</div>
    )
}}

First i'd call show() using ComponentDidMount() on Toast, it's a good strategy ?

Answer 1

<Toast message="test" time={3000} showToast={true}/>


export default class Toast extends Component{
constructor(props){
    super(props)
    this.state={
        show:false
    }
}
show(){ 
  if(this.props.showToast == true){      
    this.setState({show:true})
    setTimeout(() => {
        this.setState({show:false})
    }, this.props.time)
 }
}

render(){
    return(
        <div className={`toast ${this.state.show ? "show":""}`} >{this.props.message}</div>
    )
}}

In the component, you are trying to call toast, set showToast props to true by passing state according to the condition.

In other component,

<Toast message="test" time={3000} showToast={this.state.showToast}/>

this.state.showToast should be defined in state of the component you are calling Toast from.

Let me know, if it works.