Minor Changes

• #3778 f12248b23 Thanks @davidkpiano! - The createActorContext(...) helper has been introduced to make global actors easier to use with React. It outputs a React Context object with the following properties:

  • .Provider - The React Context provider
  • .useActor(...) - A hook that can be used to get the current state and send events to the actor
  • .useSelector(...) - A hook that can be used to select some derived state from the actor's state
  • .useActorRef() - A hook that can be used to get a reference to the actor that can be passed to other components

  Usage:

  import { createActorContext } from '@xstate/react';
  import { someMachine } from './someMachine';
  
  // Create a React Context object that will interpret the machine
  const SomeContext = createActorContext(someMachine);
  
  function SomeComponent() {
    // Get the current state and `send` function
    const [state, send] = SomeContext.useActor();
  
    // Or select some derived state
    const someValue = SomeContext.useSelector((state) => state.context.someValue);
  
    // Or get a reference to the actor
    const actorRef = SomeContext.useActorRef();
  
    return (/* ... */);
  }
  
  function App() {
    return (
      <SomeContext.Provider>
        <SomeComponent />
      </SomeContext.Provider>
    );
  }