What is Context API in React and how to use it?

What is Context API in React and how to use it?

Use the Context API to pass on your theme, user name, etc. in your next awesome project by following these simple steps

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N.B. This article requires you to have little knowledge of prop drilling and the issue associated with them.

Context API acts as a container for the global state variables which is helpful when you want to avoid prop drilling and pass data from one component to another without the need for passing props.

Steps to use Context API

Step 1: Create Context

create context

Step 2: Use Context

use context

And that's it. You have successfully implemented Context API.

Overall Code

Overall Code

Final Output:

final output

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