What tool(s) do you use to track Jotai state in React Native?

[sylque]

Here are my findings so far:

• Jotai Devtools is not compatible with React Native.
• Jotai doesn't provide a simple way to subscribe to all atoms of a store, so there's no easy way to forward any change to Reactotron

[sylque]

Anyone on this?

[dmaskasky]

Jotai doesn't provide a simple way to subscribe to all atoms of a store, so there's no easy way to forward any change to Reactotron

Beginning with v2.12.0,
you can listen for when any atom changes.

import {
  INTERNAL_getBuildingBlocksRev1 as INTERNAL_getBuildingBlocks,
  INTERNAL_initializeStoreHooks,
} from 'jotai/vanilla/internals'

const buildingBlocks = INTERNAL_getBuildingBlocks(store)
const storeHooks = INTERNAL_initializeStoreHooks(buildingBlocks[6])
storeHooks.c.add(undefined, (atom) => {
  console.log(String(atom), 'changed')
})

[DavidJFelix]

I don't use react-native so didn't feel like it was my place to comment. One thing that stuck out to me was:

Jotai doesn't provide a simple way to subscribe to all atoms of a store, so there's no easy way to forward any change to Reactotron

Jotai doesn't provide much, by design. I think almost all of the auxiliary utility that is available is combinations of atom with some uniform behavior encapsulated and provided as a new facade to atom. For example, the atomWithStorage utility wraps atom and takes the time to store the value -- this utility works with react native's async storage. I think without much effort these would get picked up by reactatron watching async storage. Unfortunately not all atoms really make sense to be stored so this might only be a stopgap for you.

If your goal is only forwarding data, something like atomWithEffect (pinging @dmaskasky for assist here) might be the right solution to direct information over there.

I think don't try to subscribe to all of the atoms in the store, instead bring the store closer to reactatron either through the above or by writing your own store and maybe reactatron plugin/middleware.

That's the best advice I've got as a RN outsider, good luck!