How to set initial state for useState Hook in jest and enzyme?
You can mock React.useState to return a different initial state in your tests: // Cache original functionality const realUseState = React.useState // Stub the initial state const stubInitialState = [‘stub data’] // Mock useState before rendering your component jest .spyOn(React, ‘useState’) .mockImplementationOnce(() => realUseState(stubInitialState)) Reference: https://dev.to/theactualgivens/testing-react-hook-state-changes-2oga