How does vuejs react to component data updated asynchronously - vuejs2

Question

I am very new with vuejs and recently started to try to replace some old jquery code that I have and make it reactive with vuejs. The thing is I have a component that gets information from a nodejs server via socket.io asynchronously.
When I get the data and update my component's data I see the changes when I console log it but it does not change the DOM the way I want it to do.
What is the proper way to grab data asynchronously and use it inside a component? I post some parts of my code so you can see it. I will appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks in advance!
Vue.component('chat', {
data() {
return {
chat: null,
commands: [],
chatOpened: false,
}
},
props: [
'io',
'messages',
'channels',
'connectChat',
'roomChat',
'user',
'userId',
'soundRoute',
],
methods: {
openChat() {
this.chatOpened = true;
},
closeChat() {
this.chatOpened = false;
},
},
created() {
this.chat = this.$io.connect(this.connectChat);
this.commands.push('clear');
let self = this;
$.each(this.channels, function(index, value) {
self.chat.emit('join', {room: index, user: self.user, userId: self.userId}, function(err, cb) {
if (!err) {
users = cb.users;
messages = cb.messages;
if (messages.length > 0) {
self.channels[index].loaded = true;
}
//some more code
}
});
});
console.log(this.channels);
},
template: `
<div>
<div id="container-chat-open-button" #click="openChat" :class="{hide : chatOpened}">
<div>+90</div>
<i class="fas fa-comment-alt"></i>
</div>
<div id="container-chat" class="chat__container" :class="{open : chatOpened}">
<div id="container-chat-close-button" #click="closeChat">
<span>
<div>
<i class="fas fa-comment-alt"></i>
#{{ messages.chat_lobby_icon_title }}
</div>
<i class="icon-arrowdown"></i>
</span>
</div>
<div id="alert-chat" class="chat__container-notifications animated flash"></div>
<div class="row">
<ul>
<li v-for="channel in channels" v-show="channel.loaded === true">Channel loaded</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
`
});
I would expect to see the list of channels with messsages but instead I don't see the list even thought I see my channels with the loaded attribute set to true (by default they all have this attribute set to false).

Answer 1

My guess is that it's this part that is not working as expected.
if (messages.length > 0) {
self.channels[index].loaded = true;
}
The reactive way of doing this is by setting the full object again.
Vue.set(self.channels, index, {
...self.channels[index],
loaded: true
}
EDIT 1:
this.channels.forEach((channel) => {
this.chat.emit('join', {room: index, user: self.user, userId: self.userId}, (err, cb) => {
if (!err) {
users = cb.users;
messages = cb.messages;
if (messages.length > 0) {
Vue.set(self.channels, index, {
...self.channels[index],
loaded: true
}
}
//some more code
}
});
})
You'll need to add support for the rest-spread-operator using babel.