[RN] Mitigate 'Not joining a new URL while in a conference'

react/features/app/actions.js

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ function _appNavigateToMandatoryLocation(
     const newHost = newLocation.host;
 
     if (oldHost === newHost) {
-        dispatchSetLocationURL();
+        dispatchSetLocationURL()
-        dispatchSetRoom();
+            .then(dispatchSetRoom);
     } else {
         // If the host has changed, we need to load the config of the new host
         // and set it, and only after that we can navigate to a different route.
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ function _appNavigateToMandatoryLocation(
             return;
         }
 
-        dispatchSetLocationURL();
+        return (
-        dispatch(setConfig(config));
+            dispatchSetLocationURL()
+                .then(() => dispatch(setConfig(config))));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ function _appNavigateToMandatoryLocation(
      * @returns {void}
      */
     function dispatchSetLocationURL() {
-        dispatch(setLocationURL(new URL(newLocation.toString())));
+        return dispatch(setLocationURL(new URL(newLocation.toString())));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ function _appNavigateToMandatoryLocation(
      * @returns {void}
      */
     function dispatchSetRoom() {
-        dispatch(setRoom(newLocation.room));
+        return dispatch(setRoom(newLocation.room));
     }
 }
 

react/features/app/components/AbstractApp.js

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class AbstractApp extends Component {
      * @returns {ReactElement}
      */
     render() {
-        const route = this.state.route;
+        const { route } = this.state;
 
         if (route) {
             return (
@@ -348,15 +348,14 @@ export class AbstractApp extends Component {
      * Navigates to a specific Route.
      *
      * @param {Route} route - The Route to which to navigate.
-     * @returns {void}
+     * @returns {Promise}
      */
     _navigate(route) {
         if (RouteRegistry.areRoutesEqual(this.state.route, route)) {
-            return;
+            return Promise.resolve();
         }
 
         let nextState = {
-            ...this.state,
             route
         };
 
@@ -375,7 +374,18 @@ export class AbstractApp extends Component {
             nextState = undefined;
         });
 
-        nextState && this.setState(nextState);
+        // XXX React's setState is asynchronous which means that the value of
+        // this.state.route above may not even be correct. If the check is
+        // performed before setState completes, the app may not navigate to the
+        // expected route. In order to mitigate the problem, _navigate was
+        // changed to return a Promise.
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+            if (nextState) {
+                this.setState(nextState, resolve);
+            } else {
+                resolve();
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /**

react/features/app/components/App.web.js

@@ -84,18 +84,24 @@ export class App extends AbstractApp {
 
         // Navigate to the specified Route.
         const windowLocation = this.getWindowLocation();
+        let promise;
 
         if (!route || windowLocation.pathname === path) {
             // The browser is at the specified path already and what remains is
             // to make this App instance aware of the route to be rendered at
             // the current location.
-            super._navigate(route);
+
+            // XXX Refer to the super's _navigate for an explanation why a
+            // Promise is returned.
+            promise = super._navigate(route);
         } else {
             // The browser must go to the specified location. Once the specified
             // location becomes current, the App will be made aware of the route
             // to be rendered at it.
             windowLocation.pathname = path;
         }
+
+        return promise || Promise.resolve();
     }
 
     /**

react/features/app/middleware.js

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function _navigate({ dispatch, getState }) {
         }
     }
 
-    app._navigate(routeToRender);
+    return app._navigate(routeToRender);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -121,11 +121,9 @@ function _navigate({ dispatch, getState }) {
  * specified {@code action}.
  */
 function _setLocationURL({ getState }, next, action) {
-    const result = next(action);
+    return (
-
+        getState()['features/app'].app._navigate(undefined)
-    getState()['features/app'].app._navigate(undefined);
+            .then(() => next(action)));
-
-    return result;
 }
 
 /**