Why my virtualized list does not re-render when the data passed as prop actualizes? - react-native

Question

I am having a problem that I can't solve by my own. I am making an app for making lists in React Native, and in my main screen, that shows the session initiated by the user, I have to render all the lists that he had saved previously. Here is the code of my session component.
export default function Session({navigation,route}){
const {user} = useContext(myContext)
const [modalVisible, setModalVisible] = useState(false)
const [lists, setLists] = useState(route.params.lists)
let keyListCounter = 0
const handleButton = async () => {
await AsyncStorage.removeItem("token")
navigation.navigate("Login")
}
const updateList = (title,newElement) => {
axios.put(`http://${REACT_APP_BACK_URI}/api/lists/add-list-element`, {nickname: user,title,element: newElement})
.then(res => {
if (res.status == 200) {
setLists(res.data.userLists)
}
})
.catch(err => console.log(err))
}
useEffect(() => {
navigation.setOptions({
title: user,
headerTitleAlign: "left",
headerRight: () => (
<TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => handleButton()}>
<Text style={styles.logoutText}>Logout</Text>
</TouchableWithoutFeedback>
)
})
},[navigation,user])
return (
<View style={styles.mainContainerView}>
<ScrollView style={styles.mainContainerScrollView}>
<View style={styles.textListContainer}>
<Text style={styles.listsText}>LISTAS ACTIVAS: </Text>
<Text style={styles.numberListsText}>{lists.length}</Text>
</View>
{lists.map(elem => <List key={keyListCounter++} list={elem} updateList={updateList}/>)}
</ScrollView>
<Pressable style={styles.newListPressable} onPressIn={() => setModalVisible(true)}>
<Text style={styles.newListText}>+</Text>
</Pressable>
<View style={styles.centeredView}>
<Modal
visible={modalVisible}
animationType="slide"
transparent={true}
>
<View style={styles.centeredView}>
<View style={styles.modalView}>
<Text>MODAL</Text>
</View>
</View>
</Modal>
</View>
</View>
)
}
My question is why after I actualize the state of "lists", whose elements are passed as props to the List component, the virtualized list that I have in the List component does not re-renderizes automaticaly.
Here I show also the code of the List component.
export default function List({list,updateList}){
const {elements, title} = list
let elementId = 0
const virtualizedList = useRef()
const [showVirtualizedList, setShowVirtualizedList] = useState("none")
const [showDownArrow, setShowDownArrow] = useState(true)
const [showUpArrow, setShowUpArrow] = useState(false)
let [newElementArray, setNewElementArray] = useState([])
let [listElements, setListElements] = useState(elements)
const getItem = (item) => ({
id: elementId++,
title: item
});
//List Pressable Events
const handlePressIn = () => {
if (showVirtualizedList == "none") setShowVirtualizedList("flex")
else setShowVirtualizedList("none")
setShowDownArrow(!showDownArrow)
setShowUpArrow(!showUpArrow)
}
//New element Pressable Events
const handleNewElement = () => {
setNewElementArray([...newElementArray,uuid.v4()])
}
//NewListItem TouchableWithoutFeedback Events
const deleteElementInput = newItemID => {
const elementsArray = newElementArray.filter(elem => elem != newItemID)
setNewElementArray(elementsArray)
}
const addListElement = (newElement,newItemID) => {
updateList(title,newElement)
deleteElementInput(newItemID)
}
useEffect(() => {
virtualizedList.current.setNativeProps({display: showVirtualizedList})
LogBox.ignoreLogs(['VirtualizedLists should never be nested']);
},[showVirtualizedList, virtualizedList])
return (
<ScrollView style={styles.mainContainer}>
<Pressable
style={styles.listElement}
onPressIn={() => handlePressIn()}
>
<View style={styles.titleContainer}>
<Text style={styles.listElementText}>{title} </Text>
<Text style={styles.listElementQuantity}>({listElements.length})</Text>
</View>
<View>
<DownArrow show={showDownArrow}/>
<UpArrow show={showUpArrow}/>
</View>
</Pressable>
<View>
<VirtualizedList
data={listElements}
initialNumToRender={10}
getItemCount={() => listElements.length}
renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem item={item}/>}
getItem={() => getItem(listElements[elementId])}
ref={virtualizedList}
/>
</View>
{newElementArray.length > 0 ? newElementArray.map(elem => {
return (
<NewListItem
key={elem}
id={elem}
newElementArray={newElementArray}
deleteElementInput={deleteElementInput}
addListElement={addListElement}
/>
)
}) : ""
}
<Pressable style={styles.newElementPressable} onPressIn={() => handleNewElement()}>
<Text style={styles.newElementText}>+</Text>
</Pressable>
</ScrollView>
)
}

Answer 1

UPDATE: I solve the problem using a FlatList instead of a VirtualizedList. For some reason the FlatList re-renders when the Item is updated and the VirtualizedList no. I don't know why.....