_layout.tsx

import { useReactNavigationDevTools } from '@dev-plugins/react-navigation';
import FontAwesome from '@expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome';
import { useFonts } from 'expo-font';
import { SplashScreen, Stack, useNavigationContainerRef } from 'expo-router';
import { useEffect } from 'react';
import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';

export {
  // Catch any errors thrown by the Layout component.
  ErrorBoundary,
} from 'expo-router';

// Prevent the splash screen from auto-hiding before asset loading is complete.
SplashScreen.preventAutoHideAsync();

export const unstable_settings = {
  initialRouteName: 'index',
};

export default function RootLayout() {
  const [loaded, error] = useFonts({
    SpaceMono: require('../../assets/fonts/SpaceMono-Regular.ttf'),
    ...FontAwesome.font,
  });

  // Expo Router uses Error Boundaries to catch errors in the navigation tree.
  useEffect(() => {
    if (error) throw error;
  }, [error]);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (loaded) {
      SplashScreen.hideAsync();
    }
  }, [loaded]);

  if (!loaded) {
    return null;
  }

  return <RootLayoutNav />;
}

function RootLayoutNav() {
  const navigationRef = useNavigationContainerRef();
  useReactNavigationDevTools(navigationRef);

  return (
    <>
      <Stack />
      <StatusBar style="dark" />
    </>
  );
}