TypeError dispatcher.useState is not a function when using React Hooks

I have this component:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  useEffect(() => {
    document.title = `You clicked ${count} times`;
  });

  return (
    <div>
      <p>You clicked {count} times</p>
      <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Click me</button>
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

as I want to try out the new React hooks proposal by installing [email protected] in my package.json, but I'm getting an error:

TypeError: dispatcher.useState is not a function

  2 | import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
  3 | 
  4 | function App() {
> 5 |   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
    |                                     ^
  6 |   useEffect(() => {
  7 |     document.title = `You clicked ${count} times`;
  8 |   });

What did I do wrong?

There could be many reasons, and most are due to version incompatibilites or using a ^ in package.json:

1. Ensure react and react-dom are of the same version

Ensure that you have also updated the react-dom package and it is of the same version as react. In general react and react-dom should always be the same version in package.json as the React team updates them together.

If you want to install React 16.7.0-alpha.2, check that you are not using the ^ as you will install 16.7 instead, which doesn't have hooks.

Example package.json:

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.8.4", // Make sure version is same as react-dom
    "react-dom": "16.8.4",
    ...
  }
}

2. react-test-renderer is of the same version as react and react-dom

If you are using Jest, ensure that react-test-renderer is of the same version as react and react-dom:

Example package.json:

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.8.4",
    "react-dom": "16.8.4",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.8.4",
    ...
  }
}

You may get same error when using jest. So to fix the error I had to update react-test-renderer to have the same version as react and react-dom

yarn add -D react-test-renderer@next

Or

npm i react-test-renderer@next

All react, react-dom and react-test-renderer should contain same version

"react": "^16.7.0-alpha.0",
"react-dom": "^16.7.0-alpha.0",
"react-test-renderer": "^16.7.0-alpha.0"

Fixed mine by calling React.useState(0).

If a react version is new enough, it just has to use React.useState.

Now that react 16.7 (the one not containing hooks) is released you might get an error if you type ^16.7.0-alpha.0 with the leading ^ in your package.json.

For the version with hooks you have to omit the ^.

Make sure you are using the hook correctly. it also works for me when you use it wrong but the error description is not enough.

 import React,{useState} from 'react';

 const ComponentName= () => {
   const[stateOne, setStateOne]= useState(initial); // right usage - []
   const{stateTwo, setStateTwo}= useState(initial); // wrong usage - {}
                                                                     
   useEffect(() => {
       setStateOne(value1);
       setStateTwo(value2);
   }, []);
}

export default ComponentName;