Ionic + React.js: Warning: Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop

Issue

I am utilizing firebase for the database and Ionic + React for mobile app. I already converted my firebase data into array but when I want to map the values. It tells me that it should have a unique key, but I already put a unique key in my return function in the element. Can someone tell me what did I do wrong? Thanks.

Here is my code in converting objects to array

const Tab2: React.FC = () => {
  const [doctors, setDoctor] = React.useState([]);

  useIonViewWillEnter(()=>{
    console.log('Enter')
    firebase.database().ref('users').orderByChild('type').equalTo('doctor').on('value',(snapshot)=>{
          setDoctor(Object.keys(snapshot.val()).map(key => ({ [key]: snapshot.val()[key] })))
        })
    console.log(doctors)

  })

And in my return

        <IonList>
        {doctors.map(elem => {
            return(
              <IonItem key={elem['uid']}>
              <IonLabel>
                <IonText className="font-weight: bold;">
                <h3>{elem['name']}</h3>
                </IonText>
                <h4>{elem['speciality']}</h4>
                <h4>{elem['email']}</h4>
              </IonLabel>
              <br></br>
            </IonItem> 
            )
          })}
        </IonList>

What I got is Warning: Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop.

My firebase structure

Update: the console.log(doctors) will only output an empty array like this [] and i dont know why. I already put it in a method before the component enter.

Solution

Note: thats just a warning, not an error.

This is the right approach.

<IonList>
  {doctors.map((elem, index) => {
    // index has to come from the second parameter from map
    
    return (
      <IonItem key={index}>
        <IonLabel>
          <IonText className="font-weight: bold;">
            <h3>{elem["name"]}</h3>
          </IonText>
          <h4>{elem["speciality"]}</h4>
          <h4>{elem["email"]}</h4>
        </IonLabel>
        <br></br>
      </IonItem>
    );
  })}
</IonList>;

The index must be placed in the first/parent div element. In this case it will be <IonItem>

ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map

Also as per you're not getting the data. Adjust your code like so. You just have to create a new arr, and move through snapshot to get a key.

pushing the object with the respective key to a new arr, so it can be iterable without specific key names such as eA9w5ynhqN9iT7kKDBt2Ane9VF3

useIonViewWillEnter(() => {
  console.log("Enter");
  let newArr = [];
  firebase
    .database()
    .ref("users")
    .orderByChild("type")
    .equalTo("doctor")
    .on("value", (snapshot) => {
      let key;
      snapshot.forEach((childSnap) => {
        key = childSnap.key; // im just getting the key
        const snapVal = snapshot.val(); // getting the object
        newArr.push(snapVal[key]); 
      });
      setDoctor(newArr);

      // console.log(doctors)
    });
});

Answered By - BARNOWL