React native - firebase authentication with react-redux in App.js

Question

I am using Firebase authentication and react-redux in my app. I added firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged to my App.js's componentDidMount function to check for user login status throughout the app. I tried connecting App.js to my redux actions's function getUserProfile like this:

App.js

import React from 'react';
import { createStackNavigator, createAppContainer } from 'react-navigation';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux'; 
import reducers from './app/src/reducers';
import ReduxThunk from 'redux-thunk';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { firebase } from './config/config';
import { getUserProfile } from './app/src/actions/index';

...

const AppContainer = createAppContainer(MainStack);

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }

  componentDidMount = () => {
    var that = this;
    firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(async function(user) {
        if (user) {
            await that.getUserProfile(user.uid);
        } else {
            that.navigation.navigate('Auth');
        }
    })
  }

  render() {
    const store = createStore(reducers, {}, applyMiddleware(ReduxThunk));
    return (
      <Provider store={store}>
        <AppContainer/>
      </Provider>
    );
  }
}

const mapStateToProps = state => {
  return {
      user: state.auth.user
  }
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, {getUserProfile})(App);

I got the error: Invariant Violation: Could not find "store" in the context of "Connect(App)". Either wrap the root component in a , or pass a custom React context provider to and the corresponding React context consumer to Connect(App) in connect options. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

I see the problem now. You are using connect on a component that is the parent of the Provider component.

What you need to do is create a new component called Main and use connect on that. Your App component cannot use connect because it is not a child of Provider, instead it is the parent.

Or in other words:

App.js

import React from 'react';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux'; 
import reducers from './app/src/reducers';
import ReduxThunk from 'redux-thunk';

...

const store = createStore(reducers, {}, applyMiddleware(ReduxThunk));

class App extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <Provider store={store}>
        <Main />
      </Provider>
    );
  }
}

export default App;

Main.js

import React from 'react';
import { createStackNavigator, createAppContainer } from 'react-navigation';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { firebase } from './config/config';
import { getUserProfile } from './app/src/actions/index';

...

const AppContainer = createAppContainer(MainStack);

class Main extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }

  componentDidMount = () => {
    var that = this;
    firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(async function(user) {
        if (user) {
            await that.getUserProfile(user.uid);
        } else {
            that.navigation.navigate('Auth');
        }
    })
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <AppContainer />
    );
  }
}

const mapStateToProps = state => {
  return {
      user: state.auth.user
  }
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, {getUserProfile})(Main);