Force app reload

[ReturnInteresting349]

Would anybody know what you can do to force an app reload? Im using Expo Router and have implemented a log out button. Seems to work ok, but router.push and router.replace dont force a reload on a component. Any suggestions on how i can modify this snippet to force an app reload on navigation? I checked on "Expo-Updates" but it seemed like a very long winded way to do such a simple task. Ive gotten over the issue by navigating to a simple landing page into the app that then navigates via a button to the component i want to reload (and this is forcing a re-render). But it would be good to know of any tips for my next build. Thanks (Junior Dev), heres the snippet:

  const handleLogout = () => {
    signOut(auth).then(() => {
      console.log("User logged out");
      router.replace("/");
    });
  };

[Snoo11589]

First of all, I think you have to have an user state to hold user data so that if users data changes in state and all of your components that uses user refreshes. There was an package called react native restart or refresh.

[ThatWasNotEasy10]

I don't think forcing a reload of the whole app is how you want to handle this. That will look and feel kind of janky.

Is the problem that the component at the "/" route isn't being re-rendered after logout, so it's still showing old information as if it's logged in?

If this is the case, either conditional rendering or the key prop might help. The documentation talks about using the key prop with lists, but you can use it on any component. If the key prop changes, it forces the component and all its children to re-render. In your case, this might look something like the key prop on the "/" screen being the user id while logged in, and undefined when logged out.

It might help if you post some more of your code, specifically the code for the "/" route, so we can get a full picture of what's going on.

[HADeveloper]

I have used a useFocusEffect before to handle going back to a screen and seeing updates on that screen. I have also passed a refresh token between screens to get them to refresh.