Question

How to re-render the view when the browser is resized?

Answer 1

You can listen to the resize event in componentDidMount() and then update the dimensions (width and height). You should remove the listener in componentWillUnmount() method.

class WindowDimensions extends React.Component {
  constructor(props){
    super(props);
    this.updateDimensions = this.updateDimensions.bind(this);
  }
   
  componentWillMount() {
    this.updateDimensions()
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    window.addEventListener('resize', this.updateDimensions)
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    window.removeEventListener('resize', this.updateDimensions)
  }

  updateDimensions() {
    this.setState({width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight})
  }

  render() {
    return <span>{this.state.width} x {this.state.height}</span>
  }
}