I am working on basic Food Order project with React.js. For preventing props drilling, I want to use context, but I encounter with error. There are default values in my context (items, amount and so on), and when I console.log(ctx.item) in Cart component, I see it shows undefined, however it has to return an empty array. This is my context.js:
import React from 'react';
const cartContext = React.createContext({
items: [],
totalQuantity: 0,
addItem: (item) => {},
removeItem: (item) => {}
})
export default cartContext;
And this is the context-provider here:
import cartContext from "./cartContext";
export default function CartProvider (props) {
const cartContextData = {
items: [],
totalQuantity: 0,
addItem: (item) => {},
removeItem: (id) => {}
}
return (
<cartContext.Provider value={cartContext}>
{props.children}
</cartContext.Provider>
)
}
I use context provider in app.js
import './App.css';
import Header from './Components/Header/Header'
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import cartContext from './Storage/cartContext';
import Meals from './Components/Meals/Meals';
import data from './Storage/data.js';
import CartItems from './Components/Header/Cart/CartItems';
import CartProvider from './Storage/CartProvider';
function App() {
const [isCartDisplayed, setCardDisplay] = useState(false)
const displayCartFunction = () => {
setCardDisplay(prevState => prevState ? false : true);
}
return (
<CartProvider>
{isCartDisplayed && <CartItems displayCartFunction={displayCartFunction}></CartItems>}
<Header displayCartFunction={displayCartFunction}></Header>
<Meals data={data}></Meals>
</CartProvider>
);
}
export default App;
And this is where I face with undefined error when I print ctx.item:
import React, { useContext, Fragment } from 'react';
import cartContext from '../../../Storage/cartContext';
import './Cart.css'
import CartIcon from './CartIcon';
import CartItems from './CartItems';
function Cart(props) {
const ctx = useContext(cartContext);
console.log(ctx.items)
return (
<Fragment>
<button onClick={props.displayCartFunction} className='card-button'>
<CartIcon />
<span>Your Card</span>
<span className='card-badge'>0</span>
</button>
</Fragment>
)
}
export default Cart;
What would be the problem ?