Use formik with context/hooks instead of render-props

Note that this feature is available in formik >= 2.0

Usually when you’re creating forms using formik you access formik props using render-prop pattern

export function MyForm() {
  return (
    <Formik
      initialValues={{ /* something here */ }}
      onSubmit={(values, actions) => {/* handler here */}}
    >
      {(formikProps) => (
        <form onSubmit={formikProps.handleSubmit}>
          <MyInputComponent value={formikProps.values.name} />
        </form>
      )}
    </Formik>
  )
}

Instead you can use formik as context provider (which it is under the hood actually) and use useFormikContext() hook or FormikConsumer component to consume provided form state.

Example below:

export function MyFormContainer() {
  return (
    <Formik
      {/* Under the hood Formik uses Context Provider */}
      initialValues={{ /* something here */}}
      onSubmit={(values, actions) => { /* handler here */ }}
    >
      {/* You do not have to use function here! */}
      {/* However you can, if you would like to :) */}
      <MyForm />
    </Formik>
  )
}

export function MyForm() {
  const { handleSubmit, values } = useFormikContext(); // formikProps

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
      <MyInputComponent value={values.name} />
    </form>
  );
}

This allows us to use formik props deep down in our nested components without drilling down formikProps.

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