I have an issue where when I enter a valid email and set the status of logged to true, the component redirects, but doesn't render. I have my app wrapped in BrowserRouter. The address bar shows the correct path but nothing renders.
function App() {
const [savedEmail, setSavedEmail] = useState(localStorage.getItem("email"));
const [loggedIn, setLoggedIn] = useState(localStorage.getItem("logged"));
return (
<>
<PropContext.Provider value={{ loggedIn, setLoggedIn, setSavedEmail }}>
<Header />
<Switch>
<Route
exact
path="/"
render={() => {
return loggedIn ? (
<Redirect to="/users" />
) : (
<Redirect to="/login" />
);
}}
></Route>
{loggedIn ? (
<Redirect to="/users" />
) : (
<Route exact path="/login" component={Login} />
)}
{loggedIn ? (
<Route exact path="/users" component={Users} />
) : (
<Redirect to="/login" />
)}
</Switch>
</PropContext.Provider>
</>
);
}
this is the login page that handles state update, it should update the state of app and redirect to /users, which it does but it doesn't render it.
function Login() {
const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
const [validEmail, setValidEmail] = useState(false);
const { loggedIn, setLoggedIn, setSavedEmail } = useContext(PropContext);
const handleClick = () => {
if (!localStorage.getItem("email")) {
setSavedEmail(email);
localStorage.setItem("email", email);
setLoggedIn(true);
localStorage.setItem("logged", true);
console.log("if");
} else if (localStorage.getItem("email") === email) {
setLoggedIn(true);
localStorage.setItem("logged", true);
console.log("else if");
}
};
const emailIsValid = () =>
/^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/.test(
email
);
useEffect(() => {
emailIsValid(email) ? setValidEmail(true) : setValidEmail(false);
}, [email]);
return (
<div>
<input
value={email}
onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}
type="email"
name="email"
id="email"
required
/>
<button disabled={!validEmail} onClick={() => handleClick()}>
Log in
</button>
</div>
);
}