useIsConnected returns null initially in 6+

[justinadkins]

Current Behavior

• I recently started using 6.0.2 and have noticed that useIsConnected will return null prior to the first "check". This breaks a lot of assumptions that I had from 5.X since it defaulted to true previously.
• I now need to do a bunch of null checks to prevent running logic that was only intended for false

Expected Behavior

• I expect the value to be true until we have determined that it is false.
• I expect the typing for useIsConnected to reflect what it will return
  • Update: the typing is correct, VSCode let me down

How to reproduce

• Repro can be found here

Your Environment

software	version
react-native-offline	6.0.2
react-native	0.71.4
node	18
npm or yarn	yarn 1.22.19

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[nitesh-habilelabs]

any update regarding this issue? or any workaround?
i am having an issue where if i have added some alerts to check if internet is working or not.
so when i launch the app with internet on… i get the alert that internet connected (working as intended)
when i turn off internet … gets the alert “you are offline” (working as intended)

but if i turn on internet again….nothing happens at all. after turning off internet once… it doesn’t update anymore.

[dabit1]

Hi! same issue here. We should be able to control the initial value of the hook, otherwise it is forcing us to add another function to determine what value "null" should be.

[dabit1]

I have just realized that it returns null only first time it is called. So if in your initial screen you just wait until the value is different than null then all is ok :)

[tylercaceres]

Is there any way to change the "definition" of isConnected? I want it to be more similar to netInfo's where it doesn't necessarily need internet access, so i can avoid pinging entirely.