onValueChange is called multiple times

[Johny8811]

Describe the bug
Method onValueChange is called multiple times when I dynamically change items of select

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

const items_1 = [ { label: 'one', value: 1, key: 'one', }, { label: 'two', value: 2, key: 'two', }, ];

const items_2 = [ { label: 'three', value: 3, key: 'three', }, { label: 'four', value: 4, key: 'four', }, ];

const [itemValues, setItemValues] = useState(false);

<View
          style={{
            borderStyle: 'solid',
            borderWidth: 1,
            borderColor: 'black',
            margin: 10,
            padding: 10,
          }}>
          <RNPickerSelect
            items={itemValues ? items_1 : items_2}
            placeholder={{
              label: 'Select value',
              value: '',
              key: 'select value',
            }}
            onValueChange={value => console.log('value: ', value)}
          />
</View>
<Button
   title="change items"
   onPress={() => setItemValues(!itemValues)}
/>

look at logs and change items

Expected behavior
onValueChange should be called only when user interact with picker.

Additional details

• Device: iOS simulator iPhone 12 (and all physical devices, I tested 3 iPhones)
• OS: iOS 14.4

"dependencies": { "react-native-picker-select": "^8.0.0", "react": "17.0.1", "react-native": "0.64.0" }, Last version when it is working correctly is 8.0.2

[slavikdenis]

Duplicate of https://github.com/lawnstarter/react-native-picker-select/issues/112 ?

[Johny8811]

But there is a difference, in #112 onValueChange is fired when component re-render, in my case onValueChange is fired when I change items prop of select

[coffeemug]

But there is a difference, in #112 onValueChange is fired when component re-render, in my case onValueChange is fired when I change items prop of select

Can confirm-- this is a problem on my end too, and is a pain in the butt to work around.

[roryabraham]

I am experiencing this too, and I created an expo snack reproducing it: https://snack.expo.io/@rabraham/reactnativepickerselectcallbackbug

cc @lfkwtz In case you have any time to look into this? 🙏

[akshitrcrm]

For me, it is also fired when I press the "Done" button in iOS picker. And that returns a null value which replaces the actual selected value

[venura-atlasopen]

@akshitrcrm @Johny8811 did you find the solution

[renatomserra]

Facing the same issue, any solutions found?

[renatomserra]

This only happens if you use the value prop as it re-renders and fires onChange again.

My hacky solution

.....

const [changeEnabled, setChangeEnabled] = useState(true);

return (
    <RNPickerSelect
      value={value}
      onClose={() => {
        setDisable(true);
        onClose();
      }}

       onValueChange={value => {
        if (changeEnabled) {
          setValue(value);
        }
      }}
      />

[dpuckett]

Is this ever going to be looked at?