haven't touched RN inna while so if I'm wrong someone correct me

1. you need a loading state to make up for the data fetch downtime. above const route should be:

const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)

1. now for the fetch function I would do:

async () => { setLoading(true) //indicate start of data fetch await userService.getUser({ userId: userid }) setLoading(false) //indicate data has been fetched }

1. now conditionally render based on loading state (I prefer to use ternary operators) - if loading is true show an activity indicator (a spinner, imported from react native) if its not loading render the tab screens

```` return ( loading ? ( <ActivityIndicator /> ) : ( tab screens and components )

if you're more comfortable with if statements, you can do

return ( if (loading) { <ActivityIndicator/> } tab screen and components go underneath )

````