How to setInterval for every 5 second render with React hook useEffect in React Native app?

You need to clear your interval,

useEffect(() => {
  const intervalId = setInterval(() => {  //assign interval to a variable to clear it.
    setState(state => ({ data: state.data, error: false, loading: true }))
    fetch(url)
      .then(data => data.json())
      .then(obj =>
        Object.keys(obj).map(key => {
          let newData = obj[key]
          newData.key = key
          return newData
        })
     )
     .then(newData => setState({ data: newData, error: false, loading: false }))
     .catch(function(error) {
        console.log(error)
        setState({ data: null, error: true, loading: false })
     })
  }, 5000)

  return () => clearInterval(intervalId); //This is important
 
}, [url, useState])

For more about cleanup functions in useEffect refer to this.

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