ReactJS Call Function of another Component react-router - reactjs

Question

I have implemented an app which uses react-router to handle the routes in my web-app. I want to trigger the function logintoggle which is on the Header.js component from a function from the Hompage.js component. The App.js has all the routes in one file.
Can anyone explain to me how this can be achieved with small code snippet?
App.js
render() {
const { location } = this.props;
return (
<IntlProvider
locale="a"
messages="s"
>
<Fragment>
<div>
<Headers />
<Switch>
<Route exact path="/women" component={HomePage} />
</Switch>
</div>
</Fragment>
</IntlProvider>
);
}
}
export default App;
Header
class Header extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
logintoggle(tab) {
if (this.state.activeTab !== tab) {
this.setState({
activeTab: tab
});
}
}
}
Homepage.js
class CheckOut extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
}

Answer 1

When you need to have a shared state among the components React.Context API is what you need. It allows you to create a separate context provider, which will provide the state and the methods to manipulate this state to all the components you need. In the example below I have a LoginContextProvider with activeTab state variable. I provide activeTab and setActiveTab to all the components inside LoginContextProvider's children. Header changes activeTab to 1, Homepage changes to 2 and LoginContextDebug represents the actual activeTab value.
const LoginContext = React.createContext(null);
const LoginContextProvider = ({ children }) => {
const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = React.useState(0);
return (
<LoginContext.Provider value={{ setActiveTab, activeTab }}>
{children}
</LoginContext.Provider>
);
};
const Header = () => {
// Use setActiveTab here
const { setActiveTab } = React.useContext(LoginContext);
return (
<div>
<h1>I am header</h1>
<button onClick={() => setActiveTab(1)}>Set activeTab to 1</button>
</div>
);
};
const Homepage = () => {
// Use setActiveTab here
const { setActiveTab } = React.useContext(LoginContext);
return (
<div>
<h1>I am homepage</h1>
<button onClick={() => setActiveTab(2)}>Set activeTab to 2</button>
</div>
);
};
const LoginContextDebug = () => {
const { activeTab } = React.useContext(LoginContext);
return (
<pre style={{ padding: 10, background: "lightgray" }}>
activeTab={activeTab}
</pre>
);
};
const App = () => (
<LoginContextProvider value={null}>
<Header />
<Homepage />
<LoginContextDebug />
</LoginContextProvider>
);
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react#16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom#16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>