I want to clear filters only when the component unmounts. So I wrote cleanup function only in useEffect(). But as I checked it with console.log(), 1 was printed after the component mounted too. What's wrong in this way?
useEffect(() => {
return () => {
clearFilters();
console.log(1);
};
}, []);
Stack Snippet:
const { useState, useEffect } = React;
const Example = () => {
useEffect(() => {
return () => {
// clearFilters();
console.log(1);
};
}, []);
return <div>x</div>;
};
const App = () => {
const [showExample, setShowExample] = useState(false);
return <div>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" checked={showExample} onChange={({currentTarget: {checked}}) => setShowExample(checked)} />
Show <code>Example</code> component
</label>
<div>
{showExample ? <Example /> : null}
</div>
</div>;
};
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root"));
root.render(<App />);
<div id="root"></div>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/18.1.0/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/18.1.0/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
Here's a more detailed code below
import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import { useFilterContext } from 'contexts/FilterContext';
import classNames from 'classnames/bind';
import Rating from 'components/Rating/Rating';
import { Button, Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
import styles from './Filter.module.scss';
const cn = classNames.bind(styles);
const Filter = () => {
const {
filters: { byAscendingPrice, byStock, byFastDelivery, rating },
dispatch,
} = useFilterContext();
const clearFilters = () => dispatch({ type: 'CLEAR_FILTERS' });
useEffect(() => {
return () => clearFilters();
}, []);
return (
// Some components
);
};
export default Filter;
You might be using React's strict mode which simulates unmounting and remounting a component when a component is mounted. This causes double renders in development.
This is because of the strict mode. In Strict mode, react may invoke render phase lifecycles multiple times. So it prints 1 on the mounting of the component. But the interesting thing to note here is that it only happens in Development mode, not in Production mode.
Here's the link to read more about React's strict mode: Link