Bootstrap 4 Carousel Only Autoplaying Under Certain Conditions - reactjs

Question

I am attempting to implement a Carousel from Bootstrap in my CRA project. I am essentially using the provided code from the documentation:
<div id="carouselExampleIndicators" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
<ol class="carousel-indicators">
<li data-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-slide-to="1"></li>
<li data-target="#carouselExampleIndicators" data-slide-to="2"></li>
</ol>
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img class="d-block w-100" src="..." alt="First slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src="..." alt="Second slide">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src="..." alt="Third slide">
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselExampleIndicators" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
It works no problem, the carousel shows up and I am able to scroll through it. However, it does not autoplay when loaded.
Some things I tested that get it to autoplay:
I tab over to something else in my web broswer (blank tab or something), have React do a hot reload (put a new line after an import and saving works), then tab back to my development server. This starts the autoplay no problem.
Manually clicking through ALL the images on the carousel (in any order - 123, 213, 231, etc.) also starts the autoplay after a slight delay.
I'm stumped, but I have seen that Bootstrap's JavaScript can interfere with React's JavaScript. Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

In the code that you provided in the question, no mention of autoplay... why not use the Bootstrap's built in autoplay mechanism data-interval="500" - for the specific duration you need, pass the value from React... No need for us to write the JavaScript
.carousel-inner img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="500">
<!-- Indicators -->
<ul class="carousel-indicators">
<li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
<li data-target="#myCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
</ul>
<!-- The slideshow -->
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap4/la.jpg" alt="Los Angeles" width="1100" height="500">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap4/chicago.jpg" alt="Chicago" width="1100" height="500">
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap4/ny.jpg" alt="New York" width="1100" height="500">
</div>
</div>
<!-- Left and right controls -->
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon"></span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon"></span>
</a>
</div>
</div>