tweak status check on email collection page

app/src/component/AppNavigator.js

@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ import {
 import { makeSelectClientSetting } from '../redux/selectors/settings';
 import { decode as atob } from 'base-64';
 import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome5';
+import Constants from '../constants';
 import discoverStyle from '../styles/discover';
 import searchStyle from '../styles/search';
-import SearchRightHeaderIcon from "../component/searchRightHeaderIcon";
+import SearchRightHeaderIcon from '../component/searchRightHeaderIcon';
 
 const discoverStack = StackNavigator({
   Discover: {
@@ -210,11 +211,15 @@ class AppWithNavigationState extends React.Component {
         !emailVerifyPending &&
         !this.state.emailVerifyDone &&
         (emailToVerify || emailVerifyErrorMessage)) {
+      AsyncStorage.getItem(Constants.KEY_SHOULD_VERIFY_EMAIL).then(shouldVerify => {
+        if ('true' === shouldVerify) {
           this.setState({ emailVerifyDone: true });
           const message = emailVerifyErrorMessage ?
             String(emailVerifyErrorMessage) : 'Your email address was successfully verified.';
           dispatch(doNotify({ message, displayType: ['toast'] }));
         }
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   _handleAppStateChange = (nextAppState) => {
@@ -243,6 +248,7 @@ class AppWithNavigationState extends React.Component {
         }
 
         if (verification.token && verification.recaptcha) {
+          AsyncStorage.setItem(Constants.KEY_SHOULD_VERIFY_EMAIL, 'true');
           try {
             dispatch(doUserEmailVerify(verification.token, verification.recaptcha));
           } catch (error) {

app/src/constants.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const Constants = {
     KEY_FIRST_RUN_EMAIL: "firstRunEmail",
+    KEY_SHOULD_VERIFY_EMAIL: "shouldVerifyEmail",
 
     SETTING_ALPHA_UNDERSTANDS_RISKS: "ALPHA_UNDERSTANDS_RISKS",
 

app/src/page/firstRun/internal/email-collect-page.js

@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ import {
 } from 'react-native';
 import Button from '../../../component/button';
 import Colors from '../../../styles/colors';
+import Constants from '../../../constants';
 import firstRunStyle from '../../../styles/firstRun';
 
 class EmailCollectPage extends React.PureComponent {
+  static MAX_STATUS_TRIES = 15;
+
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.state = {
       email: null,
       authenticationStarted: false,
-      authenticationFailed: false
+      authenticationFailed: false,
+      statusTries: 0
     };
   }
 
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ class EmailCollectPage extends React.PureComponent {
     // call user/new
     const { generateAuthToken, authenticating, authToken } = this.props;
     if (!authToken && !authenticating) {
-      this.startAuthenticating(true);
+      this.startAuthenticating();
     }
 
     AsyncStorage.getItem('firstRunEmail').then(email => {
@@ -44,22 +48,27 @@ class EmailCollectPage extends React.PureComponent {
     });
   }
 
-  startAuthenticating = (useTimeout) => {
+  startAuthenticating = () => {
     const { generateAuthToken } = this.props;
     this.setState({ authenticationStarted: true, authenticationFailed: false });
-    setTimeout(() => {
     Lbry.status().then(info => {
         generateAuthToken(info.installation_id)
     }).catch(error => {
+      if (this.state.statusTries >= EmailCollectPage.MAX_STATUS_TRIES) {
         this.setState({ authenticationFailed: true });
+      } else {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          this.startAuthenticating();
+          this.setState({ statusTries: this.state.statusTries + 1 });
+        }, 1000); // Retry every second for a maximum of MAX_STATUS_TRIES tries (15 seconds)
+      }
     });
-    }, useTimeout ? 10000 : 0); // if useTimeout is set, wait 10s to give the daemon some time to start
   }
 
   handleChangeText = (text) => {
     // save the value to the state email
     this.setState({ email: text });
-    AsyncStorage.setItem('firstRunEmail', text);
+    AsyncStorage.setItem(Constants.KEY_FIRST_RUN_EMAIL, text);
   }
 
   render() {

app/src/page/splash/view.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { NavigationActions } from 'react-navigation';
 import { decode as atob } from 'base-64';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Colors from '../../styles/colors';
+import Constants from '../../constants';
 import splashStyle from '../../styles/splash';
 
 class SplashScreen extends React.PureComponent {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class SplashScreen extends React.PureComponent {
             console.log(error);
           }
           if (verification.token && verification.recaptcha) {
+            AsyncStorage.setItem(Constants.KEY_SHOULD_VERIFY_EMAIL, 'true');
             try {
               verifyUserEmail(verification.token, verification.recaptcha);
             } catch (error) {