TypeError: (0 , react__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__.createContext) is not a function with Next.js and React 18

[RobinaShaheen]

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I am experiencing a TypeError: (0 , react__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__.createContext) is not a function when using @react-google-maps/api with a Next.js project and React 18.

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[RobinaShaheen]

anyone idea to solve this issue

[sdkayy]

Seems this is actually a next issue, and the map being inside of a server component using the Context API, try marking your map component a client component with "use client", just ran into this and found this discussion