Why is react skeleton not rendering? - reactjs

Question

I have a component Recommended that makes a service call to firebase and renders the returned data. During the loading delay at the database call, I want to render a react skeleton, as follows:
Recommended.js
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import Skeleton from "react-loading-skeleton";
import { getVenues } from "../services/firebase";
import VenueCard from "./VenueCard";
const Reccomended = () => {
const [venues, setVenues] = useState([]);
useEffect(() => {
async function getAllVenues() {
const response = await getVenues();
await setVenues(response);
}
getAllVenues();
}, []);
venues[0] ? console.log(true) : console.log(false)
return (
<div>
{!venues[0] ? (
<>
<Skeleton />
</>
) : (
<>
<p className="recommended">Recommended for Josh</p>
<VenueCard venues={venues} />
</>
)}
</div>
);
};
export default Reccomended;
However, the skeleton is not rending during loading. The returning data is saved to the state variable venues, and I'm using the 'truthiness' as a conditional for the render. I tested this by logging the following:
venues[0] ? console.log(true) : console.log(false)
In the browser it initially logged false, followed quickly by true
So given this, I don't understand why the skeleton isn't loading - any suggestions?
I've also passed parameters into <Skeleton/> which didn't change anything.

Answer 1

You must include the CSS styles, or you won't see anything. Just add
import "react-loading-skeleton/dist/skeleton.css";
with the rest of the imports.
This is documented in the package readme in the react-loading-skeleton basic Usage section