Can React Context be used to provide a closure? - javascript

Is there anything wrong with providing a closure to an app using React's context?
I'm exploring ways to provide an onError function to every page of my app that would result in an alert popping up on the page. Eg:
function App() {
const [errors, setErrors] = useState([]);
function addError(err) {
setErrors([err, ...errors]);
}
return (
<OnErrorContext.Provider value={addError}>
<Alerts errors={errors} />
<WidgetPage id={123} />
</OnErrorContext.Provider>
);
}
function Alerts({ errors }) {
return errors.map((e) => <p style={{ color: "red" }}>{e}</p>);
}
Where WidgetPage might be replaced with a router and many pages, each with access to the OnErrorContext. This would enable each page to add an error easily:
function WidgetPage({ id }) {
const onError = useContext(OnErrorContext);
useEffect(() => {
if (id === 123) {
// pretend error
onError("failed to load widget");
}
}, [id]);
return <h1>This is some page</h1>;
}
Another approach I could imagine working is pubsub and an errors topic, but for now I'm trying to understand why this approach would/wouldn't work, and potential issues with it.
Edit: Forgot to include a link to a working demo - https://codesandbox.io/s/react-playground-forked-dj216

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Getting a warning while using firebase login system [duplicate]

I am getting this warning in react:
index.js:1 Warning: Cannot update a component (`ConnectFunction`)
while rendering a different component (`Register`). To locate the
bad setState() call inside `Register`
I went to the locations indicated in the stack trace and removed all setstates but the warning still persists. Is it possible this could occur from redux dispatch?
my code:
register.js
class Register extends Component {
render() {
if( this.props.registerStatus === SUCCESS) {
// Reset register status to allow return to register page
this.props.dispatch( resetRegisterStatus()) # THIS IS THE LINE THAT CAUSES THE ERROR ACCORDING TO THE STACK TRACE
return <Redirect push to = {HOME}/>
}
return (
<div style = {{paddingTop: "180px", background: 'radial-gradient(circle, rgba(106,103,103,1) 0%, rgba(36,36,36,1) 100%)', height: "100vh"}}>
<RegistrationForm/>
</div>
);
}
}
function mapStateToProps( state ) {
return {
registerStatus: state.userReducer.registerStatus
}
}
export default connect ( mapStateToProps ) ( Register );
function which triggers the warning in my registerForm component called by register.js
handleSubmit = async () => {
if( this.isValidForm() ) {
const details = {
"username": this.state.username,
"password": this.state.password,
"email": this.state.email,
"clearance": this.state.clearance
}
await this.props.dispatch( register(details) )
if( this.props.registerStatus !== SUCCESS && this.mounted ) {
this.setState( {errorMsg: this.props.registerError})
this.handleShowError()
}
}
else {
if( this.mounted ) {
this.setState( {errorMsg: "Error - registration credentials are invalid!"} )
this.handleShowError()
}
}
}
Stacktrace:
This warning was introduced since React V16.3.0.
If you are using functional components you could wrap the setState call into useEffect.
Code that does not work:
const HomePage = (props) => {
props.setAuthenticated(true);
const handleChange = (e) => {
props.setSearchTerm(e.target.value.toLowerCase());
};
return (
<div key={props.restInfo.storeId} className="container-fluid">
<ProductList searchResults={props.searchResults} />
</div>
);
};
Now you can change it to:
const HomePage = (props) => {
// trigger on component mount
useEffect(() => {
props.setAuthenticated(true);
}, []);
const handleChange = (e) => {
props.setSearchTerm(e.target.value.toLowerCase());
};
return (
<div key={props.restInfo.storeId} className="container-fluid">
<ProductList searchResults={props.searchResults} />
</div>
);
};
I just had this issue and it took me a bit of digging around before I realised what I'd done wrong – I just wasn't paying attention to how I was writing my functional component.
I was doing this:
const LiveMatches = (props: LiveMatchesProps) => {
const {
dateMatches,
draftingConfig,
sportId,
getDateMatches,
} = props;
if (!dateMatches) {
const date = new Date();
getDateMatches({ sportId, date });
};
return (<div>{component stuff here..}</div>);
};
I had just forgotten to use useEffect before dispatching my redux call of getDateMatches()
So it should have been:
const LiveMatches = (props: LiveMatchesProps) => {
const {
dateMatches,
draftingConfig,
sportId,
getDateMatches,
} = props;
useEffect(() => {
if (!dateMatches) {
const date = new Date();
getDateMatches({ sportId, date });
}
}, [dateMatches, getDateMatches, sportId]);
return (<div>{component stuff here..}</div>);
};
please read the error message thoroughly, mine was pointing to SignIn Component that had a bad setState. which when i examined, I had an onpress that was not an Arrow function.
it was like this:
onPress={navigation.navigate("Home", { screen: "HomeScreen" })}
I changed it to this:
onPress={() => navigation.navigate("Home", { screen: "HomeScreen" }) }
My error message was:
Warning: Cannot update a component
(ForwardRef(BaseNavigationContainer)) while rendering a different
component (SignIn). To locate the bad setState() call inside
SignIn, follow the stack trace as described in
https://reactjs.org/link/setstate-in-render
in SignIn (at SignInScreen.tsx:20)
I fixed this issue by removing the dispatch from the register components render method to the componentwillunmount method. This is because I wanted this logic to occur right before redirecting to the login page. In general it's best practice to put all your logic outside the render method so my code was just poorly written before. Hope this helps anyone else in future :)
My refactored register component:
class Register extends Component {
componentWillUnmount() {
// Reset register status to allow return to register page
if ( this.props.registerStatus !== "" ) this.props.dispatch( resetRegisterStatus() )
}
render() {
if( this.props.registerStatus === SUCCESS ) {
return <Redirect push to = {LOGIN}/>
}
return (
<div style = {{paddingTop: "180px", background: 'radial-gradient(circle, rgba(106,103,103,1) 0%, rgba(36,36,36,1) 100%)', height: "100vh"}}>
<RegistrationForm/>
</div>
);
}
}
I think that this is important.
It's from this post that #Red-Baron pointed out:
#machineghost : I think you're misunderstanding what the message is warning about.
There's nothing wrong with passing callbacks to children that update state in parents. That's always been fine.
The problem is when one component queues an update in another component, while the first component is rendering.
In other words, don't do this:
function SomeChildComponent(props) {
props.updateSomething();
return <div />
}
But this is fine:
function SomeChildComponent(props) {
// or make a callback click handler and call it in there
return <button onClick={props.updateSomething}>Click Me</button>
}
And, as Dan has pointed out various times, queuing an update in the same component while rendering is fine too:
function SomeChildComponent(props) {
const [number, setNumber] = useState(0);
if(props.someValue > 10 && number < 5) {
// queue an update while rendering, equivalent to getDerivedStateFromProps
setNumber(42);
}
return <div>{number}</div>
}
If useEffect cannot be used in your case or if the error is NOT because of Redux
I used setTimeout to redirect one of the two useState variables to the callback queue.
I have one parent and one child component with useState variable in each of them. The solution is to wrap useState variable using setTimeout:
setTimeout(() => SetFilterData(data), 0);
Example below
Parent Component
import ExpenseFilter from '../ExpensesFilter'
function ExpensesView(props) {
const [filterData, SetFilterData] = useState('')
const GetFilterData = (data) => {
// SetFilterData(data);
//*****WRAP useState VARIABLE INSIDE setTimeout WITH 0 TIME AS BELOW.*****
setTimeout(() => SetFilterData(data), 0);
}
const filteredArray = props.expense.filter(expenseFiltered =>
expenseFiltered.dateSpent.getFullYear().toString() === filterData);
return (
<Window>
<div>
<ExpenseFilter FilterYear = {GetFilterData}></ExpenseFilter>
Child Component
const ExpensesFilter = (props) => {
const [filterYear, SetFilterYear] = useState('2022')
const FilterYearListener = (event) => {
event.preventDefault()
SetFilterYear(event.target.value)
}
props.FilterYear(filterYear)
return (
Using React and Material UI (MUI)
I changed my code from:
<IconButton onClick={setOpenDeleteDialog(false)}>
<Close />
</IconButton>
To:
<IconButton onClick={() => setOpenDeleteDialog(false)}>
<Close />
</IconButton>
Simple fix
If you use React Navigation and you are using the setParams or setOptions you must put these inside method componentDidMount() of class components or in useEffects() hook of functional components.
Minimal reproducing example
I was a bit confused as to what exactly triggers the problem, having a minimal immediately runnable example helped me grasp it a little better:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react#17/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom#17/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/#babel/standalone#7.14.7/babel.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="root"></div>
<script type="text/babel">
function NotMain(props) {
props.setN(1)
return <div>NotMain</div>
}
function Main(props) {
const [n, setN] = React.useState(0)
return <>
<NotMain setN={setN} />
<div>Main {n}</div>
</>
}
ReactDOM.render(
<Main/>,
document.getElementById('root')
);
</script>
</body>
</html>
fails with error:
react-dom.development.js:61 Warning: Cannot update a component (`Main`) while rendering a different component (`NotMain`). To locate the bad setState() call inside `NotMain`, follow the stack trace as described in https://reactjs.org/link/setstate-in-render
followed by a stack trace:
at NotMain (<anonymous>:16:9)
at Main (<anonymous>:21:31)
Presumably 16:9 would be the exact line where props.setN(1) is being called from, but the line numbers are a bit messed up because of the Babel JSX translation.
The solution like many other answers said is to do instead:
function NotMain(props) {
React.useEffect(() => { props.setN(1) }, [])
return <div>NotMain</div>
}
Intuitively, I think that the general idea of why this error happens is that:
You are not supposed to updat state from render methods, otherwise it could lead to different results depending on internal the ordering of how React renders things.
and when using functional components, the way to do that is to use hooks. In our case, useEffect will run after rendering is done, so we are fine doing that from there.
When using classes this becomes slightly more clear and had been asked for example at:
Calling setState in render is not avoidable
Calling setState() in React from render method
When using functional components however, things are conceptually a bit more mixed, as the component function is both the render, and the code that sets up the callbacks.
I was facing same issue, The fix worked for me was if u are doing
setParams/setOptions
outside of useEffect then this issue is occurring. So try to do such things inside useEffect. It'll work like charm
TL;DR;
For my case, what I did to fix the warning was to change from useState to useRef
react_devtools_backend.js:2574 Warning: Cannot update a component (`Index`) while rendering a different component (`Router.Consumer`). To locate the bad setState() call inside `Router.Consumer`, follow the stack trace as described in https://reactjs.org/link/setstate-in-render
at Route (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:126692:29)
at Index (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:144246:25)
at Switch (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:126894:29)
at Suspense
at App
at AuthProvider (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:144525:23)
at ErrorBoundary (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:21030:87)
at Router (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:126327:30)
at BrowserRouter (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:125948:35)
at QueryClientProvider (http://localhost:3000/main.bundle.js:124450:21)
The full code for the context of what I did (changed from the lines with // OLD: to the line above them). However this doesn't matter, just try changing from useState to useRef!!
import { HOME_PATH, LOGIN_PATH } from '#/constants';
import { NotFoundComponent } from '#/routes';
import React from 'react';
import { Redirect, Route, RouteProps } from 'react-router-dom';
import { useAccess } from '#/access';
import { useAuthContext } from '#/contexts/AuthContext';
import { AccessLevel } from '#/models';
type Props = RouteProps & {
component: Exclude<RouteProps['component'], undefined>;
requireAccess: AccessLevel | undefined;
};
export const Index: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
const { component: Component, requireAccess, ...rest } = props;
const { isLoading, isAuth } = useAuthContext();
const access = useAccess();
const mounted = React.useRef(false);
// OLD: const [mounted, setMounted] = React.useState(false);
return (
<Route
{...rest}
render={(props) => {
// If in indentifying authentication state as the page initially loads, render a blank page
if (!mounted.current && isLoading) return null;
// OLD: if (!mounted && isLoading) return null;
// 1. Check Authentication is one step
if (!isAuth && window.location.pathname !== LOGIN_PATH)
return <Redirect to={LOGIN_PATH} />;
if (isAuth && window.location.pathname === LOGIN_PATH)
return <Redirect to={HOME_PATH} />;
// 2. Authorization is another
if (requireAccess && !access[requireAccess])
return <NotFoundComponent />;
mounted.current = true;
// OLD: setMounted(true);
return <Component {...props} />;
}}
/>
);
};
export default Index;
My example.
Code with that error:
<Form
initialValues={{ ...kgFormValues, dataflow: dataflows.length > 0 ? dataflows[0].df_tpl_key : "" }}
onSubmit={() => {}}
render={({values, dirtyFields }: any) => {
const kgFormValuesUpdated = {
proj_key: projectKey,
name: values.name,
description: values.description,
public: values.public,
dataflow: values.dataflow,
flavours: flavoursSelected,
skipOCR: values.skipOCR
};
if (!_.isEqual(kgFormValues, kgFormValuesUpdated)) {
setNewKgFormValues(kgFormValuesUpdated);
}
Working Code:
<Form
initialValues={{ ...kgFormValues, dataflow: dataflows.length > 0 ? dataflows[0].df_tpl_key : "" }}
onSubmit={() => {}}
render={({ values, dirtyFields }: any) => {
useEffect(() => {
const kgFormValuesUpdated = {
proj_key: projectKey,
name: values.name,
description: values.description,
public: values.public,
dataflow: values.dataflow,
flavours: flavoursSelected,
skipOCR: values.skipOCR
};
if (!_.isEqual(kgFormValues, kgFormValuesUpdated)) {
setNewKgFormValues(kgFormValuesUpdated);
}
}, [values]);
return (
I had the same problem. I was setting some state that was storing a function like so:
// my state definition
const [onConfirm, setOnConfirm] = useState<() => void>();
// then I used this piece of code to update the state
function show(onConfirm: () => void) {
setOnConfirm(onConfirm);
}
The problem was from setOnConfirm. In React, setState can take the new value OR a function that returns the new value. In this case React wanted to get the new state from calling onConfirm which is not correct.
changing to this resolved my issue:
setOnConfirm(() => onConfirm);
I was able to solve this after coming across a similar question in GitHub which led me to this comment showing how to pinpoint the exact line within your file causing the error. I wasn't aware that the stack trace was there. Hopefully this helps someone!
See below for my fix. I simply converted the function to use callback.
Old code
function TopMenuItems() {
const dispatch = useDispatch();
function mountProjectListToReduxStore(projects) {
const projectDropdown = projects.map((project) => ({
id: project.id,
name: project.name,
organizationId: project.organizationId,
createdOn: project.createdOn,
lastModifiedOn: project.lastModifiedOn,
isComplete: project.isComplete,
}));
projectDropdown.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
dispatch(loadProjectsList(projectDropdown));
dispatch(setCurrentOrganizationId(projectDropdown[0].organizationId));
}
};
New code
function TopMenuItems() {
const dispatch = useDispatch();
const mountProjectListToReduxStore = useCallback((projects) => {
const projectDropdown = projects.map((project) => ({
id: project.id,
name: project.name,
organizationId: project.organizationId,
createdOn: project.createdOn,
lastModifiedOn: project.lastModifiedOn,
isComplete: project.isComplete,
}));
projectDropdown.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
dispatch(loadProjectsList(projectDropdown));
dispatch(setCurrentOrganizationId(projectDropdown[0].organizationId));
}, [dispatch]);
};
My case was using setState callback, instead of setState + useEffect
BAD ❌
const closePopover = useCallback(
() =>
setOpen((prevOpen) => {
prevOpen && onOpenChange(false);
return false;
}),
[onOpenChange]
);
GOOD ✅
const closePopover = useCallback(() => setOpen(false), []);
useEffect(() => onOpenChange(isOpen), [isOpen, onOpenChange]);
I got this when I was foolishly invoking a function that called dispatch instead of passing a reference to it for onClick on a button.
const quantityChangeHandler = (direction) => {
dispatch(cartActions.changeItemQuantity({title, quantityChange: direction}));
}
...
<button onClick={() => quantityChangeHandler(-1)}>-</button>
<button onClick={() => quantityChangeHandler(1)}>+</button>
Initially, I was directly calling without the fat arrow wrapper.
Cannot update a component while rendering a different component warning
I have the same problem but when I dispatch an action inside a component rendered. You should dispatch the action inside useEffect hook to fix that problem
//dispatch action to inform user that 'Marked days already have hours!'
React.useEffect(() => {
if (btn_class == 'redButton') {
dispatch({ type: ActionType.ADD_NOTIFICATION, payload: 'Marked days already have hours!' });
} else {
dispatch({ type: ActionType.ADD_NOTIFICATION, payload: '' });
}
}, [btn_class, dispatch]);
also use union type for btn-class variable
*`
type ButtonState = 'btnAddDay' | 'redButton' | 'btnAddDayBlue' | 'btnAddDayGreen';
`*
Using some of the answers above, i got rid of the error with the following:
from
if (value === "newest") {
dispatch(sortArticlesNewest());
} else {
dispatch(sortArticlesOldest());
}
this code was on my component top-level
to
const SelectSorting = () => {
const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
const {value, onChange} = useSelect();
useEffect(() => {
if (value === "newest") {
dispatch(sortArticlesNewest());
} else {
dispatch(sortArticlesOldest());
}
}, [dispatch, value]);

React component not rendering despite event firing

I'm making a blog with react, next.js, and json-server. I have come as far as dynamically loading blog posts and other UI, but now when I'm trying to load the comments dynamically as well, it's not working.
The component in question is this one.
const Comments = ({ id }) => {
const [com, setCom] = useState([]);
useEffect(() => {
const getComments = async () => {
const comment = await fetchPost(id);
if (comment["comments"].length == 0) return;
const comments = [...comment["comments"]];
setCom([...comment["comments"]]);
};
getComments();
}, []);
return (
<div>
{com.map((p) => {
console.log(p.comment);
<Comment key={p.id} comment={p.comment} />;
})}
</div>
);
};
I know that the component is getting called and have the information as I'm logging it to console inside map. What I can't get my head around is why it is not rendering as it is a near carbon copy of how I render the blog-posts.
Aside from the above, I have tried the following:
checked syntax
Running <Comment/> with and without a key
putting in strings directly inside the component com.map, instead of p.comment == does not render
lifting state and useEffect up to <Post/>
Your function is not returning anything so React has nothing to render
{com.map((p) => (
<Comment key={p.id} comment={p.comment} />;
))}
The following code returns nothing
() => { const value = 1; }
The following code returns 1
() => { const value = 1; return value;}
The following code returns 1
() => 1

Have a custom hook run an API call only once in useEffect

I have a custom hook in my React application which uses a GET request to fetch some data from the MongoDB Database. In one of my components, I'm reusing the hook twice, each using different functions that make asynchronous API calls.
While I was looking at the database logs, I realized each of my GET requests were being called twice instead of once. As in, each of my hooks were called twice, making the number of API calls to be four instead of two. I'm not sure why that happens; I'm guessing the async calls result in re-renders that aren't concurrent, or there's somewhere in my component which is causing the re-render; not sure.
Here's what shows up on my MongoDB logs when I load a component:
I've tried passing an empty array to limit the amount of time it runs, however that prevents fetching on reload. Is there a way to adjust the custom hook to have the API call run only once for each hook?
Here is the custom hook which I'm using:
const useFetchMongoField = (user, id, fetchFunction) => {
const [hasFetched, setHasFetched] = useState(false);
const [data, setData] = useState(null);
const [error, setError] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
const fetchData = async () => {
if (!user) return;
try {
let result = await fetchFunction(user.email, id);
setData(result);
setHasFetched(true);
} catch (error) {
setError(error.message);
}
};
if (data === null) {
fetchData();
}
}, [user, id, fetchFunction, data]);
return { data, hasFetched, error };
};
This is one of the components where I'm re-using the custom hook twice. In this example, getPercentageRead and getNotes are the functions that are being called twice on MongoDB (two getPercentageRead calls and two getNotes calls), even though I tend to use each of them once.
const Book = ({ location }) => {
const { user } = useAuth0();
const isbn = queryString.parse(location.search).id;
const { data: book, hasFetched: fetchedBook } = useFetchGoogleBook(isbn);
const { data: read, hasFetched: fetchedPercentageRead } = useFetchMongoField(
user,
isbn,
getPercentageRead
);
const { data: notes, hasFetched: fetchedNotes } = useFetchMongoField(
user,
isbn,
getNotes
);
if (isbn === null) {
return <RedirectHome />;
}
return (
<Layout>
<Header header="Book" subheader="In your library" />
{fetchedBook && fetchedPercentageRead && (
<BookContainer
cover={book.cover}
title={book.title}
author={book.author}
date={book.date}
desc={book.desc}
category={book.category}
length={book.length}
avgRating={book.avgRating}
ratings={book.ratings}
language={book.language}
isbn={book.isbn}
username={user.email}
deleteButton={true}
redirectAfterDelete={"/"}
>
<ReadingProgress
percentage={read}
isbn={book.isbn}
user={user.email}
/>
</BookContainer>
)}
{!fetchedBook && (
<Wrapper minHeight="50vh">
<Loading
minHeight="30vh"
src={LoadingIcon}
alt="Loading icon"
className="rotating"
/>
</Wrapper>
)}
<Header header="Notes" subheader="All your notes on this book">
<AddNoteButton
to="/add-note"
state={{
isbn: isbn,
user: user,
}}
>
<AddIcon color="#6b6b6b" />
Add Note
</AddNoteButton>
</Header>
{fetchedNotes && (
<NoteContainer>
{notes.map((note) => {
return (
<NoteBlock
title={note.noteTitle}
date={note.date}
key={note._noteID}
noteID={note._noteID}
bookID={isbn}
/>
);
})}
{notes.length === 0 && (
<NoNotesMessage>
You don't have any notes for this book yet.
</NoNotesMessage>
)}
</NoteContainer>
)}
</Layout>
);
};
The way you have written your fetch functionality in your custom hook useFetchMongoField you have no flag to indicate that a request was already issued and you are currently just waiting for the response. So whenever any property in your useEffect dependency array changes, your request will be issued a second time, or a third time, or more. As long as no response came back.
You can just set a bool flag when you start to send a request, and check that flag in your useEffect before sending a request.
It may be the case that user and isbn are not set initially, and when they are set they each will trigger a re-render, and will trigger a re-evalution of your hook and will trigger your useEffect.
I was able to fix this issue.
The problem was I was assuming the user object was remaining the same across renders, but some of its properties did in fact change. I was only interested in checking the email property of this object which doesn't change, so I only passed user?.email to the dependency array which solved the problem.

React: Abstraction for components. Composition vs Render props

Long question please be ready
I've been working with react-query recently and discovered that a lot of the code has to be duplicated for every component that is using useQuery. For example:
if(query.isLoading) {
return 'Loading..'
}
if(query.isError) {
return 'Error'
}
if(query.isSuccess) {
return 'YOUR ACTUAL COMPONENT'
}
I tried creating a wrapper component to which you pass in the query information and it will handle all the states for you.
A basic implementation goes as follows:
const Wrapper = ({ query, LoadingComponent, ErrorComponent, children }) => {
if (query.isLoading) {
const toRender = LoadingComponent || <DefaultLoader />;
return <div className="grid place-items-center">{toRender}</div>;
}
if (query.isError) {
const toRender = ErrorComponent ? (
<ErrorComponent />
) : (
<div className="dark:text-white">Failed to Load</div>
);
return <div className="grid place-items-center">{toRender}</div>;
}
if (query.isSuccess) {
return React.Children.only(children);
}
return null;
};
And, using it like:
const Main = () => {
const query = useQuery(...);
return (
<Wrapper query={query}>
<div>{query.message}</div>
</Wrapper>
)
}
The issue with this is that query.message can be undefined and therefore throws an error.
Can't read property message of undefined
But, it should be fixable by optional chaining query?.message.
This is where my confusion arises. The UI elements inside wrapper should have been rendered but they donot. And, if they don't then why does it throw an error.
This means that, the chilren of wrapper are executed on each render. But not visible. WHY??
Render Props to rescue
Wrapper
const WrapperWithRP = ({ query, children }) => {
const { isLoading, data, isError, error } = query;
if (isLoading) return 'Loading...'
if (isError) return 'Error: ' + error
return children(data)
}
And using it like,
const Main = () => {
const query = useQuery(...);
return (
<Wrapper query={query}>
{state => {
return (
<div>{state.message}</div>
)
}
}
</Wrapper>
)
}
This works as expected. And the children are only rendered when the state is either not loading or error.
I am still confused as to why the first approach doesn't show the elements on the UI event when they are clearly executed?
Codesandbox link replicating the behaviour: https://codesandbox.io/s/react-composition-and-render-prop-tyyzh?file=/src/App.js
Okay, so i figured it out and it is simpler than it sounds.
In approach one: the JSX will still be executed because it's a function call React.createElement.
But, Wrapper is only returning the children when the query succeeds. Therefore, the children won't be visible on the UI.
Both approaches work, but with approach 1, we might have to deal with undefined data.
I ended up using render-prop as my solution as it seemed cleaner.

Replace of setState callback in react hook with useEffect hooks for complicated scenario not working

Hi I have a scenario where i need to replace setState callback after setting new state in react hooks with React_hooks in a particular scenario.
The current code is::
const ThemeOptions = () => {
const [previewType, setPreviewType] = useState("Desktop");
const [previewUrl, setPreviewUrl] = useState("");
const [layout, setLayout] = useState(null);
const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
const handleSave = (newdata) => {
setLayout(newdata);
setSaving(true);
axios
.put(window.urls.save, this.state.layout)
.then(
function(response) { // i want this to change in hooks
this.setState(
{
layout: response.data,
saving: false,
},
function() {
this.refs["preview"].refresh();
}
);
}.bind(this)
)
.catch(
function(error) {
console.log(error);
setSaving(false);
}.bind(this)
);
}
return (
<div>
<Router>
<div className="theme_options">
<div className="row" style={{ height: 100 + "vh" }}>
<Sidebar
layout={layout}
onSave={handleSave}
onReset={this.handleReset}
previewType={previewType}
onChangeScreen={handlePreviewScreenChange}
saving={saving}
/>
<div className="col main">
<span className="d-none d-md-block">
<Preview
ref="preview"
type={this.state.previewType}
url={this.state.previewUrl}
/>
</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</Router>
</div>
)
}
I want the success callback function of axios.put requests to be changed in hooks as in the above code there is usage of setState along with callback in it.
The major code to refactor is::
this.setState(
{
layout: response.data,
saving: false,
},
function() {
this.refs["preview"].refresh();
}
);
I was thinking of doing ::
useEffect(()=> {
// i dont know what to put there...
),[]);
I want the callback in setState() to happen in react hooks. Kindly suggest me an ideal way to do this considering the above code.
so this is a very simple yet difficult puzzle which many person find it hard to tackle. Use the below code and it will for sure run and execute its task perfectly::
in the state add one additional flag of 'isError' :
const [layout, setLayout] = useState(null);
const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
const [iserror, setIserror] = useState(true);
and use a useEffect like below. The first time useeffect will run but since the condions in useeffect is of specific type it will not run the IF block at all.and IF block will run only on specific conditions mentioned below. But mind it that useEffect will run everytime any of the dependency array elements change but the IF block will not execute at all.
useEffect(()=>{
if(layout && !saving && !iserror){
console.log('specific case render ');
this.refs["preview"].refresh();
}
},[layout,saving,iserror]);
had we put the default conditions of states in IF block then only IF block inside effect would run which is not the case as mentioned above. As we want the setState callback to run only after some specific condition and not always.
If we change the above code to something like this then::
//for understanding purpose only default states
layout==null,
saving == false
isError== true
//
useEffect(()=>{
if(layout == null && !saving && iserror){ //observe this default case
console.log('default case render ');
}
},[layout,saving,iserror]);
The handleSave function will do its task with little change::
const handleSave = (newdata) => {
setLayout(newdata); // useEffect run as layout changed but conditions
// not satisfied
setSaving(true); // useEffect will run since saving changed
// not satisfied
axios
.put(window.urls.save, layout)
.then(
function(response) { // only this case forces the code in
// useEffect to run as 3 below cases are
// satisfied
setLayout(response.data);
setSaving(false);
setIserror(false);
}.bind(this)
)
.catch(
function(error) {
console.log(error);
setSaving(false);// only 2 case satisfied i.e layout before
// axios line and saving but not iserror.
setIserror(true);
}.bind(this)
);
}
Hope it helps.
setState is asynchronous. In your case axios executed before setLayout will get updated
const handleSave = (newdata) => {
axios
.put(window.urls.save, this.state.layout)
.then(
function(response) { // i want this to change in hooks
setLayout(response.data);
setSaving(false);
this.refs["preview"].refresh();
}.bind(this)
)
.catch(
function(error) {
console.log(error);
setSaving(false);
}.bind(this)
);
}
useEffect(()=>{
setLayout(newdata);
setSaving(true);
if(newData) handleSave(newData)
},[newData,saving])
and also use setchange while onSave funtion.
<Sidebar
layout={layout}
onSave={(data)=>setLayout(data)}
onReset={this.handleReset}
previewType={previewType}
onChangeScreen={handlePreviewScreenChange}
saving={saving}
/>

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