using-the-notifier-component.md

Using the Notifier Component

To use the Notifier component, edit the src/App.js file to read like this:

    // src/App.js

    import React, { Component } from 'react';
    import logo from './logo.png';
    import './App.css';
    import Notifier from './components/Notifier';

    class App extends Component {
      constructor() {
        super();
        this.state = {
          offline: false
        }
      }

      componentDidMount() {
        window.addEventListener('online', () => {
          this.setState({ offline: false });
        });

        window.addEventListener('offline', () => {
          this.setState({ offline: true });
        });
      }

      componentDidUpdate() {
        let offlineStatus = !navigator.onLine;
        if (this.state.offline !== offlineStatus) {
          this.setState({ offline: offlineStatus });
        }
      }

      render() {
        return (
          <div className="App">
            <Notifier offline={this.state.offline} />
            <header className="App-header">
              <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="Cloudinary Logo" />
              <h1 className="App-title">CloudyCam</h1>
            </header>
          </div>
        );
      }
    }

    export default App;

The App.js component has one state, offline, which specifies whether the app is in offline mode. By default, the state is false. When App.jsis mounted, the componentDidMount function, which is executed when the app is loaded, listens for the online/offline event and updates the App.jsstate accordingly.

The render function defines the layout of the app and the Notifiercomponent, passing the offline state as a property to Notifier for display.

Fetch the Cloudinary logo from the Cloudinary site and save it in your src directory as logo.png.

Now you might wonder how all that is displayed in the app. In the src/index.js file, the App component is rendered on a <div> tag with the ID root, as follows:

    // src/index.js
    import React from 'react';
    import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
    import './index.css';
    import App from './App';
    import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';

    ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
    registerServiceWorker();

To view your app, first run this command on your development server:

    yarn start

Afterwards, go to http://localhost:3000 on your browser to display the app. Toggle your Internet connection and you will see one of the two versions on display, depending on whether you are online or offline. See below.