Simple Setup for Application Wide State in React
November 20, 2021
To quick setup application wide state in your app just make a file called src/GlobalState.js in your react app.
GlobalState.js
import { useState, createContext, useContext } from "react"
// The initial state, you can setup any properties initilal values here.
const initialState = {
count: 0
}
// create the context object for delivering your state across your app.
const GlobalContext = createContext(null)
// custom component to provide the state to your app
export const GlobalState = props => {
// declare the GlobalState
const [globalState, setGlobalState] = useState({})
// create a function that'll make it easy to update one state property at a time
const updateGlobalState = (key, newValue) => {
setGlobalState(oldState => {
if (oldState[key] !== newValue) {
const newState = { ...oldState }
newState[key] = newValue
return newState
} else {
return oldState
}
})
}
return (
<GlobalContext.Provider value={[globalState, updateGlobalState]}>{props.children}</GlobalContext.Provider>
)
}
// custom hook for retrieving the provided state
export const useGlobalState = () => useContext(GlobalContext)
then you just have wrap your application with the GlobalState component in index.js
<GlobalState>
<App/>
</GlobalState>
then in any component you can use the state. Below is an example of a counter component using the GlobalState.
import {useGlobalState} from "../GlobalState.js"
function Counter(props){
const [globalState, updateGlobalState] = useGlobalState()
return <div>
<h1>{globalState.count}</h1>
<button onClick={() => updateGlobalState("count", globalState.count + 1)}>Add One</button>
<button onClick={() => updateGlobalState("count", globalState.count - 1)}>Subtract One</button>
</div>
}
There you go, now you can share state across your app in an easy that you can customize to your needs.