the initialstate for use reducer isn't updating while using context api in react js

Question

I am fairly new at using context API and hooks in react. am facing a problem that the initial state is not updating while trying to pass a dispatch of action using a reference of useReducer, eventhought the objects are passed to it. The code are as follow: reducer.js

export const initialState={
    basket:[ ],
}  

const reducer= (state= initialState, action) => {
    
   console.log(action);
    switch(action.type) {
        
        case 'ADD_TO_BASKET':
          return {
               ...state,
       basket:[...state.basket,action.item]
       };
        
        case 'REMOVE_FROM_BASKET':
             //we cloned the basket   
        let newBasket = [...state.basket];
        const index= state.basket.findIndex((basketItem) => basketItem.id === action.id);
           if (index >= 0) {
               //item exist in basket , remove it
         newBasket.splice(index, 1);
           } else {
               console.warn (
                   'cant remove product (id: ${action.id}) as its not in basket' 
               );
           }
           return {...state, basket: newBasket,};

        break;
        default:
            return state;
    }
}

export default reducer;

the console.log(action) in above is giving item: {…} ​​ id: "101" ​​ image: "https://images.pexels.com/photos/534/animal-countryside-agriculture-farm.jpg" ​​ price: 11.96 ​​ rating: 5 ​​ title: "dress1" ​​ <prototype>: Object { … } ​ type: "ADD_TO_BASKET" ​ <prototype>: Object { … } so the object is getting passed to the reducer but the initial state is not updating. only the case:ADD_TO_BASKET is not working the other case: REMOVE_FORM_BASKET is working fine .I would really appreciate if anyone can help me out.

here is other files for refrence . stateProvider.js

//we need this to track the basket
//setup data layer
import React, { createContext , useContext, useReducer } from "react";
import reducer, {initialState} from './reducer';

//this is the data Layer
export const StateContext = createContext();


//BUILD a provider

export const StateProvider = ({children}) =>{

    const state = useReducer(reducer, initialState);
    return (
      <StateContext.Provider value={state}>
        {children}
      </StateContext.Provider>
    );
}
//this is how we use it inside of a component
export const useStateValue = () =>useContext(StateContext);

product.js

import { useStateValue } from './StateProvider';
import "./product.css";


function Product ({id,title,image,price,rating}){
   

    const [{}, dispatch]  = useStateValue();

  const  addToBasket =() => {
       console.log("am clicked");
        
      dispatch({
          type: 'ADD_TO_BASKET',
          item: {
              id: id,
              title: title,
              image: image,
              price: price,
              rating: rating
          },
      });

    };


    return (......
......
.....

header.js

import "./Header.css";
import {Link} from "react-router-dom"
import { useStateValue } from './StateProvider';
function Header() {
//const [state,dispach] = useStateValue();
const [{basket,user}]  = useStateValue();
console.log(basket);

return(
<div>
.
.
.
<Link to="/checkout" className="header_link">
       <div className="header_optionbasket">
      <ShoppingBasketIcon/>
      <span className="header_optiontwo basketcount">{basket.length}</span>
       </div>
       </Link>
.
.
.
</div>
)

after the intial state is updated the basket.length in header.js was soupose to update, but it remains 0 but if I hardcode a object in initialState>basket then the the basket.length is getting updated. but the objects are not getting added to the InitialState > basket

Answer 1

export const initialState={
    basket:[ ],
}  

const reducer= (state=initialState, action) => {
    
   console.log(action);
    switch(action.type) {
        
        case 'ADD_TO_BASKET':
          return {
               ...state,
       basket:[...state.basket,action.item]
       };

You have to initialize the state in reducer. Also you dont need to add Break statements in reducer.