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March 19, 2021 11:10
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Here is a useSafeState hook that ignores state changes after a component has been unmounted.
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import { | |
DependencyList, | |
Dispatch, | |
MutableRefObject, | |
SetStateAction, | |
useCallback, | |
useEffect, | |
useRef, | |
useState | |
} from 'react'; | |
/** | |
* Returns a ref that indicates if the component has unmounted. | |
*/ | |
export const useUnmounted = (): MutableRefObject<boolean> => { | |
const ref = useRef<boolean>(false); | |
useEffect(() => () => (ref.current = true), []); | |
return ref; | |
}; | |
/** | |
* Returns a callback that only executes if the component is mounted. | |
*/ | |
export const useSafeCallback = <T extends (...args: any[]) => any>( | |
callback: T, | |
deps: DependencyList | |
) => { | |
const unmounted = useUnmounted(); | |
return useCallback( | |
(...args) => { | |
if (!unmounted.current && callback) { | |
callback(...args); | |
} | |
}, | |
[callback, ...deps] | |
); | |
}; | |
/** | |
* Returns a state hook that can safely be used after component is unmounted. | |
*/ | |
export const useSafeState = <S,>( | |
initialState: S | (() => S) | |
): [S, Dispatch<SetStateAction<S>>] => { | |
const [value, setValue] = useState(initialState); | |
const safeValue = useSafeCallback(setValue, []); | |
return [value, safeValue]; | |
}; |
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