Refactoring User Context

[mbahgatTech]

Task

• Need to refactor user information storage into a user context that can be accessed from any component using the useContext hook.
• Store the user id, username data entries shared with them and potentially their submitted data entries.
• The user data will be fetched from the user's document in the database and can be edited using context states.
• This will allow for easier user data access and reduce the amount of parameters passed to each component.
• It will become easier to communicate with the server when trying to send data as the user.

[mbahgatTech]

User Sessions

It might be helpful to store the user context on local device storage for future access after app closures to the user's account. This can be done using:

• react-native-session

  OR

• Manually using react-native-async-storage since we already have the context information.

Benefits

• User doesn't have to manually sign in every time they launch the app if their login info didn't change.
• Potentially allow for further features like push notifications for the device with the user session that matches any account ids in the database that have been sent a data entry for example.

[mbahgatTech]

Won't implement user sessions for security risk reasons, since the field phones are always being switched out between teams, it might even act as an inconvenience for the field techs to stay signed in on an account.