I am trying to use React Context successfully but I a have had a lot of trouble with it. I can't even successfully pass anything one level to the provider's immediate children, as a result all I am getting at this stage is "x is undefined" errors in the console. I am using a separate class for the context an a custom hook to manage my state data.
App.js (where TodoProvider component warps around its children) -
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
import React, {createContext, useContext} from "react"
import TodoItem from './Components/Other/TodoItem';
import TodoList from './Components/List/TodoList';
import TodoAdd from './Components/Forms/TodoAdd';
import CompletedTaskList from './Components/List/CompletedTaskList';
import useTodo from './libs/useTodo';
import {TodoContext, TodoProvider} from "./Contexts/TodoContext"
function App() {
const {
todoArray, setTodoArray,
completedTaskArray,
addCompletedItem,
addTodoItem
} = useContext(TodoContext);
return (
<TodoProvider
value={
todoArray, setTodoArray,
completedTaskArray,
addCompletedItem,
addTodoItem
}
>
<div className="App">
<div className='card' id='mainCard'>
<div className='card-header' id='mainCardHeader'><h4>Todo List</h4></div>
<TodoList/>
<TodoAdd
/>
<CompletedTaskList
/>
</div>
</div>
</TodoProvider>
)
}
export default App;
TodoContext.js (My Context) -
import React, {createContext} from "react";
import useTodo from "../libs/useTodo";
const TodoContext = createContext();
const TodoProvider = ({children}) => {
const {
todoArray, setTodoArray,
completedTaskArray,
addCompletedItem,
addTodoItem
} = useTodo();
return (
<TodoContext.Provider
value={
todoArray, setTodoArray,
completedTaskArray,
addCompletedItem,
addTodoItem
}
>
{children}
</TodoContext.Provider>
)
}
export {TodoContext, TodoProvider}
useTodo.js (My custom hook to manage state)
import React, {useState} from "react"
const useTodo = () => {
const [todoArray, setTodoArray] = useState([{id: 1,todoTitle: "Code", todoDescription: "Practice React"},{id: 2,todoTitle: "Clean", todoDescription: "Wash dishes, wipe surfaces"}]);
const [completedTaskArray, setCompletedTaskArray] = useState(["Wake up", "Make Bed"]);
const [currentId, setCurrentId] = useState(3);
const addTodoItem = (todoTitleInputItem, todoDescriptionInputItem) => {
let todoTitle = todoTitleInputItem;
let todoDescription = todoDescriptionInputItem;
let id = currentId;
setCurrentId(currentId+1)
setTodoArray(todoArray => [...todoArray, {id,todoTitle, todoDescription}]);
}
const addCompletedItem = ({todoTitle}) => {
setCompletedTaskArray(completedTaskArray => [...completedTaskArray, todoTitle]);
}
return {
todoArray, setTodoArray,
completedTaskArray, setCompletedTaskArray,
addTodoItem,
addCompletedItem
}
}
export default useTodo;
CompletedTasklist(An example of my implementation of using a the context in one of it's children) -
import { useContext } from "react";
import {TodoContext, TodoProvider} from "../../Contexts/TodoContext"
const CompletedTaskList = () => {
const {
completedTaskArray
} = useContext(TodoContext);
return (
<div className="card todo-item">
<div className="card-header">
<h3> Completed Task</h3>
</div>
<div className="card-body">
<ul className="list-group ">
{completedTaskArray.map((item,index) => {
return <li className="list-group-item list-group-item-success" key={index}>{item}</li>
})}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
)
}
export default CompletedTaskList;
I've been trying to resolve this for a while now and cannot wrap my mind around it.