React Router v5 - Fix for redirects not rendering when using custom history
If you're using React Router v5 with a custom history object (<Router history={history}>) and are experiencing issues like redirects not working properly or not rendering, it might be because of the version of the history library you're using.
React Router (react-router-dom) 5.x works with history 4.x, I was using "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0" with "history": "^5.0.0" and my redirects were updating the url but not rendering the component or logging any errors in the browser console, it was a frustrating couple of hours before I stumbled onto the solution.
The issues were fixed by updating the history version to "history": "^4.10.1".
Example of using react router with custom history
function App() {
return (
<Router history={history}>
<Switch>
<PrivateRoute exact path="/" component={Home} />
<Route path="/login" component={Login} />
<Redirect from="*" to="/" />
</Switch>
</Router>
);
}
Custom history used by react router
import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
export const history = createBrowserHistory();
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