react-native-global-state-hooks 15.0.1 → 15.0.3

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 # react-native-global-state-hooks 🌟
 
-![Image John Avatar](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnny-quesada-developer/global-hooks-example/main/public/avatar2.jpeg)
+<div align="center">
 
-Effortless **global state management** for React & React Native! 🚀 Define a **global state in just one line of code** and enjoy **lightweight, flexible, and scalable** state management. Try it now on **[CodePen](https://codepen.io/johnnynabetes/pen/WNmeGwb?editors=0010)** and see it in action! ✨
+![Johnny Quesada](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnny-quesada-developer/global-hooks-example/main/public/avatar2.jpeg)
 
----
+</div>
+
+<div align="center">
+
+**Zero setup. Native persistence. Maximum performance.** 🚀
+
+_The simplicity of `useState`, shared across your React Native app._ ✨
 
-## 🔗 Explore More
+[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/react-native-global-state-hooks.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks)
+[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/react-native-global-state-hooks.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/react-native-global-state-hooks.svg)](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-native-global-state-hooks/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
-- **[Live Example](https://johnny-quesada-developer.github.io/global-hooks-example/)** 📘
-- **[Video Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UBqXk2MH8I/)** 🎥
-- **[react-hooks-global-states](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-hooks-global-states)** compatible with both `React & React Native`
-- **[react-global-state-hooks](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-global-state-hooks)** specific for web applications (**local-storage integration**).
-- **[react-native-global-state-hooks](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks)** specific for React Native projects (**async-storage integration**).
+[**NPM**](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks) • [**GitHub**](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-native-global-state-hooks) • [**Core API Demo**](https://johnny-quesada-developer.github.io/global-hooks-example/) • [**Video Tutorial**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UBqXk2MH8I/)
+
+</div>
 
 ---
 
-## 🚀 React Hooks Global States - DevTools Extension
+## 🎯 The One-Liner
 
-React Hooks Global States includes a dedicated, `devTools extension` to streamline your development workflow! Easily visualize, inspect, debug, and modify your application's global state in real-time right within your browser.
+```tsx
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
 
-### 🔗 [Install the DevTools Extension for Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bafojplmkpejhglhjpibpdhoblickpee/preview?hl=en&authuser=0)
+export const useCounter = createGlobalState(0);
+```
+
+**That's it.** No providers. No Redux boilerplate. No configuration files. Just shared state with a familiar React API. 🎨
+
+```tsx
+import { Button } from "react-native";
 
-### 📸 DevTools Highlights
+function Counter() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useCounter();
 
-| **Track State Changes**                                                                                                               | **Modify the State**                                                                                                            |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| ![Track State Changes](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-hooks-global-states/raw/main/public/track-state-changes.png) | ![Modify the State](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-hooks-global-states/raw/main/public/modify-the-state.png) |
-| Effortlessly monitor state updates and history.                                                                                       | Instantly edit global states directly from the extension.                                                                       |
+  return <Button title={`Count: ${count}`} onPress={() => setCount((current) => current + 1)} />;
+}
+```
 
 ---
 
-| **Restore the State**                                                                                                             | **Custom Actions Granularity**                                                                                                                      |
-| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| ![Restore the State](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-hooks-global-states/raw/main/public/restore-the-state.png) | ![Custom Actions Granularity](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-hooks-global-states/raw/main/public/custom-actions-granularity.png) |
-| Quickly revert your application to a previous state.                                                                              | Precisely debug specific actions affecting state changes.                                                                                           |
+## 🚀 Why Developers Love This Library
 
-<br>
+### 🎓 **Zero Learning Curve**
 
-## 🗂️ Async Persist Storage
+If you know `useState`, the basic API already feels familiar:
 
-To persist the global state using **Async Storage**, simply add the `asyncStorage` option:
+```tsx
+// Local state
+const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
 
-```ts
-const useCount = createGlobalState(0, {
-  asyncStorage: {
-    key: "count",
-  },
-});
+// Global state
+const [count, setCount] = useCounter();
 ```
 
-### 🔹 How It Works
-
-✅ **Automatically syncs the state with Async Storage** if the value is serializable.
-✅ **Provides an `isAsyncStorageReady` flag** to indicate when the async storage has been reviewed and committed.
-✅ **Uses `@react-native-async-storage/async-storage` by default** (make sure to install this package if needed).
-✅ **Allows custom async storage managers** with `asyncStorageWrapper.addAsyncStorageManager(customAsyncStorageManager)`;
+### ⚡ **Surgical Re-renders**
 
-Inside your components:
+Subscribe to only the part of the state your component needs.
 
 ```tsx
-const [count, setCount, { isAsyncStorageReady }] = useCount();
+const [name] = useStore((state) => state.user.name);
 ```
 
-If you specify a key in `asyncStorage`, the state value persists automatically when serializable. When connecting to async storage, expect a **second render** that updates `isAsyncStorageReady`, indicating that the storage has been reviewed and the state is committed.
+The component only needs to react when its selected value changes.
 
-### 🔧 Custom Async Storage Manager
+### 🔗 **Chainable Selectors**
 
-You can configure your own storage selection by using `asyncStorageWrapper.addAsyncStorageManager`. Ensure that the manager is **added before any hook is called**.
+Build reusable state hooks from other selector hooks.
 
-`index.ts`
+```tsx
+const useUsers = useStore.createSelectorHook((state) => state.users);
 
-```ts
-import { asyncStorageWrapper } from "react-global-state-hooks";
-asyncStorageWrapper.addAsyncStorageManager(customAsyncStorageManager);
+const useAdmins = useUsers.createSelectorHook((users) => users.filter((user) => user.role === "admin"));
 ```
 
-## 🛠 Creating a Global State
+### 🎭 **Actions (Optional)**
 
-Define a **global state** in **one line**:
+Keep mutation logic close to the store when you want more structure.
 
 ```tsx
-import { createGlobalState } from "react-hooks-global-states/createGlobalState";
-export const useCount = createGlobalState(0);
+const useCounter = createGlobalState(0, {
+  actions: {
+    increment(amount = 1) {
+      return ({ setState, getState }) => {
+        setState(getState() + amount);
+      };
+    },
+  },
+});
 ```
 
-Now, use it inside a component:
+### 🎪 **Context Mode**
+
+Need isolated state instead of app-wide state? Use the same state model inside a Provider.
 
 ```tsx
-const [count, setCount] = useCount();
-return <Button onClick={() => setCount((count) => count + 1)}>{count}</Button>;
+const Form = createContext({
+  name: "",
+  email: "",
+});
+
+<Form.Provider>
+  <FormFields />
+</Form.Provider>;
 ```
 
-Works just like **useState**, but the **state is shared globally**! 🎉
+### 📱 **Native Async Persistence**
 
----
+Persist state with React Native async storage semantics.
 
-## 🎯 Selectors: Subscribing to Specific State Changes
+```tsx
+const useSettings = createGlobalState(
+  { theme: "dark" as "dark" | "light" },
+  {
+    asyncStorage: {
+      key: "settings",
+      validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+        if (!validateStateIntegrity(restored)) return initial;
+        return restored;
+      },
+    },
+  },
+);
+```
+
+### 📦 **Non-Reactive API**
 
-For **complex state objects**, you can subscribe to specific properties instead of the entire state:
+Read, update, or subscribe to state outside React components.
 
 ```tsx
-export const useContacts = createGlobalState({ entities: [], selected: new Set<number>() });
+const currentUser = useAuth.getState().user;
+
+useAuth.setState((state) => ({
+  ...state,
+  user: nextUser,
+}));
 ```
 
-To access only the `entities` property:
+---
 
-```tsx
-const [contacts] = useContacts((state) => state.entities);
-return (
-  <ul>
-    {contacts.map((contact) => (
-      <li key={contact.id}>{contact.name}</li>
-    ))}
-  </ul>
-);
+## 📦 Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install react-native-global-state-hooks
 ```
 
-### 📌 Using Dependencies in Selectors
+or
+
+```bash
+yarn add react-native-global-state-hooks
+```
+
+### 💾 Persisted State
+
+The core state library does **not** require AsyncStorage.
+
+But if you want the built-in React Native persistence backend, also install:
+
+```bash
+npm install @react-native-async-storage/async-storage
+```
+
+or
+
+```bash
+yarn add @react-native-async-storage/async-storage
+```
+
+`@react-native-async-storage/async-storage` is an **optional peer dependency**. You can also provide your own async storage manager or a per-store persistence adapter.
+
+---
 
-You can also add **dependencies** to a selector. This is useful when you want to derive state based on another piece of state (e.g., a filtered list). For example, if you're filtering contacts based on a `filter` value:
+## 🎬 Quick Start
+
+### 30 Seconds to Global State
 
 ```tsx
-const [contacts] = useContacts(
-  (state) => state.entities.filter((item) => item.name.includes(filter)),
-  [filter],
-);
+import { Button, Text, View } from "react-native";
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const useTheme = createGlobalState("dark" as "light" | "dark");
+
+function ThemeToggle() {
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useTheme();
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <Text>{theme} mode</Text>
+
+      <Button
+        title="Toggle theme"
+        onPress={() => {
+          setTheme((current) => (current === "dark" ? "light" : "dark"));
+        }}
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
 ```
 
-Alternatively, you can pass dependencies inside an **options object**:
+### 60 Seconds to Production-Ready
+
+A persisted React Native store initializes **asynchronously**, so the hook also exposes storage readiness through metadata.
 
 ```tsx
-const [contacts] = useContacts((state) => state.entities.filter((item) => item.name.includes(filter)), {
-  dependencies: [filter],
-  isEqualRoot: (a, b) => a.entities === b.entities,
+import { ActivityIndicator, Switch, Text, View } from "react-native";
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+type Settings = {
+  darkMode: boolean;
+  haptics: boolean;
+};
+
+const initialSettings: Settings = {
+  darkMode: true,
+  haptics: true,
+};
+
+const useSettings = createGlobalState(initialSettings, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "app-settings",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      if (!validateStateIntegrity(restored)) return initial; // you could also throw an exception and the store will use the initial state
+      return settings as Settings;
+    },
+  },
+
+  actions: {
+    setDarkMode(enabled: boolean) {
+      return ({ setState }) => {
+        setState((state) => ({
+          ...state,
+          darkMode: enabled,
+        }));
+      };
+    },
+
+    setHaptics(enabled: boolean) {
+      return ({ setState }) => {
+        setState((state) => ({
+          ...state,
+          haptics: enabled,
+        }));
+      };
+    },
+  },
 });
+
+function SettingsScreen() {
+  const [settings, actions, { isAsyncStorageReady }] = useSettings();
+
+  if (!isAsyncStorageReady) {
+    return <ActivityIndicator />;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <Text>Dark mode</Text>
+      <Switch value={settings.darkMode} onValueChange={actions.setDarkMode} />
+
+      <Text>Haptics</Text>
+      <Switch value={settings.haptics} onValueChange={actions.setHaptics} />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
 ```
 
-Unlike Redux, where only **root state changes trigger re-selection**, this approach ensures that **derived values recompute when dependencies change** while maintaining performance.
+Now you have:
+
+- ✅ Global React Native state
+- ✅ Fine-grained selectors
+- ✅ Type-safe actions
+- ✅ Async persistence
+- ✅ Restore readiness
+- ✅ Validation and error handling
 
 ---
 
-## 🔄 Reusing Selectors
+## 🌟 Core Features Deep Dive
+
+### 1️⃣ Global State with `createGlobalState`
+
+Create state that lives outside the component tree and can be consumed anywhere in your React Native app.
 
-### 📌 Creating a Selector
+#### 🎨 The Basics
 
 ```tsx
-export const useContactsArray = useContacts.createSelectorHook((state) => state.entities);
-export const useContactsCount = useContactsArray.createSelectorHook((entities) => entities.length);
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+// Primitives
+const useCount = createGlobalState(0);
+const useTheme = createGlobalState("light" as "light" | "dark");
+const useIsOnline = createGlobalState(true);
+
+// Objects
+const useUser = createGlobalState({
+  name: "Guest",
+  role: "viewer",
+});
+
+// Arrays
+const useTodos = createGlobalState([
+  { id: 1, text: "Learn the library", done: true },
+  { id: 2, text: "Build something", done: false },
+]);
 ```
 
-### 📌 Using Selectors in Components
+#### 🎯 Surgical Re-renders with Selectors
 
 ```tsx
-const [contacts] = useContactsArray();
-const [count] = useContactsCount();
+const useStore = createGlobalState({
+  user: {
+    name: "Johnny",
+    email: "johnny@example.com",
+  },
+  theme: "dark",
+  notifications: [],
+  settings: {
+    sound: true,
+    haptics: true,
+  },
+});
+
+function UserName() {
+  const [name] = useStore((state) => state.user.name);
+
+  return <Text>{name}</Text>;
+}
+
+function ThemeLabel() {
+  const theme = useStore.select((state) => state.theme);
+
+  return <Text>{theme}</Text>;
+}
+
+function NotificationCount() {
+  const [notifications] = useStore((state) => state.notifications);
+
+  return <Text>{notifications.length}</Text>;
+}
 ```
 
-#### ✅ Selectors support inline selectors and dependencies
+Each component subscribes to the value it actually uses instead of blindly reacting to the whole state object.
 
-You can still **use dependencies** inside a selector hook:
+#### ⚡ Computed Values with Dependencies
+
+Selectors can also depend on component-local values.
 
 ```tsx
-const [filteredContacts] = useContactsArray(
-  (contacts) => contacts.filter((c) => c.name.includes(filter)),
-  [filter],
+const useTodos = createGlobalState({
+  todos: [
+    { id: 1, text: "Task 1", completed: false, priority: "high" },
+    { id: 2, text: "Task 2", completed: true, priority: "low" },
+    { id: 3, text: "Task 3", completed: false, priority: "high" },
+  ],
+});
+
+function TodoList() {
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useState<"all" | "active" | "completed">("all");
+
+  const [todos] = useTodos(
+    (state) => {
+      if (filter === "active") {
+        return state.todos.filter((todo) => !todo.completed);
+      }
+
+      if (filter === "completed") {
+        return state.todos.filter((todo) => todo.completed);
+      }
+
+      return state.todos;
+    },
+    [filter],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      {todos.map((todo) => (
+        <Text key={todo.id}>{todo.text}</Text>
+      ))}
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+For more control, pass an options object:
+
+```tsx
+const [todos] = useTodos(
+  (state) =>
+    state.todos.filter((todo) => (filter === "all" ? true : todo.completed === (filter === "completed"))),
+  {
+    dependencies: [filter],
+    isEqualRoot: (previous, next) => previous.todos === next.todos,
+  },
 );
 ```
 
-#### ✅ Selector hooks share the same state mutator
+#### 🔗 Reusable Selector Hooks
 
-The **stateMutator remains the same** across all derived selectors, meaning actions and setState functions stay consistent.
+Create hooks from hooks and compose them.
 
 ```tsx
-const [actions1] = useContactsArray();
-const [actions2] = useContactsCount();
+const useStore = createGlobalState({
+  users: [
+    { id: 1, name: "Alice", role: "admin", active: true },
+    { id: 2, name: "Bob", role: "user", active: true },
+    { id: 3, name: "Charlie", role: "admin", active: false },
+  ],
+});
 
-console.log(actions1 === actions2); // true
-```
+const useUsers = useStore.createSelectorHook((state) => state.users);
 
----
+const useActiveUsers = useUsers.createSelectorHook((users) => users.filter((user) => user.active));
+
+const useActiveAdmins = useActiveUsers.createSelectorHook((users) =>
+  users.filter((user) => user.role === "admin"),
+);
 
-## 🎛 State Actions: Controlling State Modifications
+function UserStats() {
+  const [users] = useUsers();
+  const [activeUsers] = useActiveUsers();
+  const [activeAdmins] = useActiveAdmins();
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <Text>Total: {users.length}</Text>
+      <Text>Active: {activeUsers.length}</Text>
+      <Text>Active admins: {activeAdmins.length}</Text>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+```
 
-Restrict **state modifications** by defining custom actions:
+#### 🎬 Actions — When You Need Structure
+
+Actions are optional. Add them when you want a defined mutation API.
 
 ```tsx
-export const useContacts = createGlobalState(
-  { filter: "", items: [] },
+type Todo = {
+  id: string;
+  text: string;
+  completed: boolean;
+};
+
+const useTodos = createGlobalState(
+  {
+    todos: [] as Todo[],
+    filter: "all" as "all" | "active" | "completed",
+  },
   {
     actions: {
-      async fetch() {
-        return async ({ setState }) => {
-          const items = await fetchItems();
-          setState({ items });
+      addTodo(text: string) {
+        return ({ setState }) => {
+          const todo: Todo = {
+            id: `${Date.now()}`,
+            text,
+            completed: false,
+          };
+
+          setState((state) => ({
+            ...state,
+            todos: [...state.todos, todo],
+          }));
         };
       },
-      setFilter(filter: string) {
+
+      toggleTodo(id: string) {
         return ({ setState }) => {
-          setState((state) => ({ ...state, filter }));
+          setState((state) => ({
+            ...state,
+            todos: state.todos.map((todo) =>
+              todo.id === id ? { ...todo, completed: !todo.completed } : todo,
+            ),
+          }));
         };
       },
+
+      setFilter(filter: "all" | "active" | "completed") {
+        return ({ setState }) => {
+          setState((state) => ({
+            ...state,
+            filter,
+          }));
+        };
+      },
+    },
+  },
+);
+
+function TodoActions() {
+  const [, actions] = useTodos();
+
+  return <Button title="Add todo" onPress={() => actions.addTodo("New task")} />;
+}
+```
+
+#### 🔌 Non-Reactive API — Use Outside React
+
+The store hook also exposes its API directly.
+
+```tsx
+const useAuth = createGlobalState({
+  user: null as null | { id: string; name: string },
+  token: null as string | null,
+});
+```
+
+Read state outside a component:
+
+```tsx
+const auth = useAuth.getState();
+```
+
+Update it:
+
+```tsx
+useAuth.setState((state) => ({
+  ...state,
+  user: {
+    id: "42",
+    name: "Johnny",
+  },
+}));
+```
+
+Subscribe to a state fragment:
+
+```tsx
+const unsubscribe = useAuth.subscribe(
+  (state) => state.user,
+  (user) => {
+    console.log("User changed:", user);
+  },
+);
+
+// Later
+unsubscribe();
+```
+
+This is useful for networking layers, app lifecycle handlers, push-notification handlers, analytics, and other code that does not render UI.
+
+#### 🔭 Observable Fragments
+
+Create observable slices of state for reactive workflows outside components.
+
+```tsx
+const useStore = createGlobalState({
+  count: 0,
+  user: {
+    name: "Johnny",
+  },
+});
+
+const countObservable = useStore.createObservable((state) => state.count);
+
+countObservable.subscribe((count) => {
+  console.log("Count:", count);
+});
+
+console.log(countObservable.getState());
+
+const doubledObservable = countObservable.createObservable((count) => count * 2);
+```
+
+#### 📋 Metadata — Non-Reactive Side Information
+
+Metadata is useful for information that belongs to the store but should not independently trigger component updates.
+
+```tsx
+const useFeed = createGlobalState(
+  { items: [] as string[] },
+  {
+    metadata: {
+      isLoading: false,
+      lastFetch: null as Date | null,
+      error: null as Error | null,
     },
   },
 );
 ```
 
-Now, instead of `setState`, the hook returns **actions**:
+Read or update it through the store API:
 
 ```tsx
-const [filter, { setFilter }] = useContacts();
+useFeed.setMetadata((metadata) => ({
+  ...metadata,
+  isLoading: true,
+}));
+
+const metadata = useFeed.getMetadata();
+
+console.log(metadata.isLoading);
 ```
 
+Persisted Native stores extend metadata with:
+
+```tsx
+const [, , { isAsyncStorageReady, asyncStorageKey }] = useSettings();
+```
+
+`isAsyncStorageReady` is specifically about the asynchronous persistence initialization lifecycle. Arbitrary metadata remains non-reactive.
+
 ---
 
-## 🌍 Accessing Global State Outside Components
+### 💾 Persisted State with Async Storage
+
+This is the major platform-specific feature of `react-native-global-state-hooks`.
+
+Unlike browser `localStorage`, React Native persistence is **asynchronous**. A persisted store starts with its initial state, checks storage asynchronously, validates or migrates the restored value, and then marks the persistence initialization as ready.
+
+#### 🎨 Basic Persistence
+
+```tsx
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+type Settings = {
+  theme: "light" | "dark";
+  language: string;
+};
+
+const initialSettings: Settings = {
+  theme: "dark",
+  language: "en",
+};
+
+const useSettings = createGlobalState(initialSettings, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "app-settings",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      if (!restored || typeof restored !== "object") {
+        return initial;
+      }
 
-Use `stateControls()` to **retrieve or update state outside React components**:
+      const value = restored as Partial<Settings>;
+
+      if ((value.theme !== "light" && value.theme !== "dark") || typeof value.language !== "string") {
+        return initial;
+      }
+
+      return value as Settings;
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+The built-in persistence flow:
+
+- ✅ Restores the value asynchronously
+- ✅ Persists state changes asynchronously
+- ✅ Tracks restore readiness in store metadata
+- ✅ Validates restored state
+- ✅ Supports schema versioning and migration
+- ✅ Supports custom error handling
+- ✅ Uses a configurable async storage backend
+
+#### ⏳ Async Restore & `isAsyncStorageReady`
+
+Because storage access is asynchronous, the initial state can be available before persisted state has finished loading.
 
 ```tsx
-const [contactsRetriever, contactsApi] = useContacts.stateControls();
-console.log(contactsRetriever()); // Retrieves the current state
+function AppSettings() {
+  const [settings, , { isAsyncStorageReady }] = useSettings();
+
+  if (!isAsyncStorageReady) {
+    return <ActivityIndicator />;
+  }
+
+  return <Text>Theme: {settings.theme}</Text>;
+}
 ```
 
-#### ✅ Subscribe to changes
+`isAsyncStorageReady` starts as `false` for a persisted store and becomes `true` after the storage initialization flow has completed.
+
+That initialization can:
+
+1. Read the stored value
+2. Migrate it when necessary
+3. Validate the result
+4. Update the store
+5. Persist the normalized value
+6. Mark Async Storage as ready
+
+This is fundamentally different from synchronous browser `localStorage`.
+
+#### 🔒 Validation
+
+The current Native persistence configuration includes a `validator`.
 
 ```tsx
-const unsubscribe = contactsRetriever((state) => {
-  console.log("State updated:", state);
+const useProfile = createGlobalState(initialProfile, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "profile",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      if (!isProfile(restored)) {
+        return initial;
+      }
+
+      return restored;
+    },
+  },
 });
 ```
 
-#### ✅ Subscriptions are great when one state depends on another.
+The validator receives:
+
+- **`restored`** — the value loaded from persistence
+- **`initial`** — the store's current initial value
+
+Return behavior:
+
+- Return a value → that value becomes the restored state
+- Return `initial` → reject the persisted value and fall back
+- Return `undefined` → accept the restored value as-is
+
+The validator also runs after migration.
+
+#### 🔄 Versioning & Migration
+
+Persisted schemas evolve. Native persistence can migrate old values before committing them to the current store.
 
 ```tsx
-const useSelectedContact = createGlobalState(null, {
-  callbacks: {
-    onInit: ({ setState, getState }) => {
-      contactsRetriever(
-        (state) => state.contacts,
-        (contacts) => {
-          if (!contacts.has(getState())) setState(null);
-        },
-      );
+type Preferences = {
+  theme: "light" | "dark";
+  notifications: boolean;
+};
+
+const initialPreferences: Preferences = {
+  theme: "dark",
+  notifications: true,
+};
+
+const usePreferences = createGlobalState(initialPreferences, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "preferences",
+
+    versioning: {
+      version: 2,
+
+      migrator: ({ legacy, initial }) => {
+        if (legacy && typeof legacy === "object" && "theme" in legacy) {
+          return {
+            ...initial,
+            theme: legacy.theme === "light" ? "light" : "dark",
+          };
+        }
+
+        return initial;
+      },
+    },
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      if (!restored || typeof restored !== "object") {
+        return initial;
+      }
+
+      return restored as Preferences;
     },
   },
 });
 ```
 
----
+With the built-in persistence path:
 
-## 🎭 Using Context for Scoped State
+1. The stored item carries its schema version
+2. A version mismatch can invoke `migrator`
+3. The migrated result goes through `validator`
+4. The normalized state is committed and persisted
 
-- **Scoped State** – Context state is **isolated inside the provider**.
-- **Same API** – Context supports **selectors, actions, and state controls**.
+#### 🚨 Persistence Errors
 
-### 📌 Creating a Context
+Handle storage, serialization, validation, or migration failures without mixing them into your UI state.
 
 ```tsx
-import { createContext } from "react-global-state-hooks/createContext";
-export const [useCounterContext, CounterProvider] = createContext(0);
+const useSettings = createGlobalState(initialSettings, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "settings",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      return isSettings(restored) ? restored : initial;
+    },
+
+    onError(error) {
+      reportError(error);
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+If `onError` is omitted, the library reports persistence failures to `console.error`.
+
+#### 🔧 Custom Async Storage Manager
+
+By default, the library attempts to use:
+
+```text
+@react-native-async-storage/async-storage
 ```
 
-Wrap your app:
+That package is optional. You can replace the low-level storage manager globally.
+
+A manager works with **strings**, just like AsyncStorage:
 
 ```tsx
-<CounterProvider>
-  <MyComponent />
-</CounterProvider>
+import { asyncStorageWrapper, type AsyncStorageManager } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const customStorage: AsyncStorageManager = {
+  async getItem(key) {
+    return myStorage.getString(key);
+  },
+
+  async setItem(key, value) {
+    await myStorage.setString(key, value);
+  },
+};
+
+await asyncStorageWrapper.addAsyncStorageManager(async () => {
+  return customStorage;
+});
 ```
 
-Use the context state:
+Configure the manager before persisted stores need to initialize.
+
+The library still owns formatting, restoration, validation, and version envelopes when you use this low-level manager.
+
+#### 🧩 Per-Store Persistence Adapter
+
+Need one store to use a completely different persistence mechanism? Use `adapter`.
+
+Unlike the global storage manager, an adapter works with the actual **State value**, not serialized strings.
 
 ```tsx
-const [count] = useCounterContext();
+const useSettings = createGlobalState(initialSettings, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "settings",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      return isSettings(restored) ? restored : initial;
+    },
+
+    adapter: {
+      async getItem(key) {
+        return settingsDatabase.get(key);
+      },
+
+      async setItem(key, value) {
+        await settingsDatabase.set(key, value);
+      },
+    },
+  },
+});
 ```
 
-### 📌 Context Selectors
+When an adapter is provided:
+
+- ✅ The adapter controls storage for that store
+- ✅ `getItem()` and `setItem()` work with the store's state value
+- ✅ Validation still applies
+- ❌ Built-in versioning/migration is bypassed
+- ❌ Built-in string serialization is bypassed
 
-Works **just like global state**, but within the provider.
+Use the global manager when you want to replace the AsyncStorage-compatible backend for the app.
+
+Use an adapter when a specific store needs custom persistence behavior.
+
+> **Native difference:** the Native `asyncStorage` configuration does not expose the web package's `selector` option for selective persistence. If only part of a state should be persisted, split that persisted data into its own store or implement the desired behavior through an adapter.
 
 ---
 
-## 🔥 Observables: Watching State Changes
+### 2️⃣ Scoped State with `createContext`
 
-Observables **let you react to state changes** via subscriptions.
+Sometimes state should belong to one subtree rather than the entire application.
 
-### 📌 Creating an Observable
+#### 🎪 The Basics
 
 ```tsx
-export const useCounter = createGlobalState(0);
-export const counterLogs = useCounter.createObservable((count) => `Counter is at ${count}`);
+import { TextInput, View } from "react-native";
+import { createContext } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const UserForm = createContext({
+  name: "",
+  email: "",
+});
+
+function App() {
+  return (
+    <UserForm.Provider>
+      <FormFields />
+    </UserForm.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+function FormFields() {
+  const [form, setForm] = UserForm.use();
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <TextInput
+        value={form.name}
+        onChangeText={(name) => {
+          setForm((state) => ({
+            ...state,
+            name,
+          }));
+        }}
+      />
+
+      <TextInput
+        value={form.email}
+        onChangeText={(email) => {
+          setForm((state) => ({
+            ...state,
+            email,
+          }));
+        }}
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
 ```
 
-### 📌 Subscribing to an Observable
+#### 🎁 Provider Variations
+
+Use the default value:
 
 ```tsx
-const unsubscribe = counterLogs((message) => {
-  console.log(message);
+<Theme.Provider>
+  <Screen />
+</Theme.Provider>
+```
+
+Provide a value for one subtree:
+
+```tsx
+<Theme.Provider value="dark">
+  <Screen />
+</Theme.Provider>
+```
+
+Or derive a value from the context's initial value:
+
+```tsx
+<Theme.Provider value={(initial) => (initial === "dark" ? "light" : "dark")}>
+  <Screen />
+</Theme.Provider>
+```
+
+#### 🎯 Context + Selectors = ❤️
+
+```tsx
+const Profile = createContext({
+  user: {
+    name: "",
+    email: "",
+  },
+  settings: {
+    darkMode: false,
+  },
 });
+
+function UserName() {
+  const [name] = Profile.use((state) => state.user.name);
+
+  return <Text>{name}</Text>;
+}
 ```
 
-### 📌 Using Observables Inside Context
+#### 🎭 Context with Actions
 
 ```tsx
-export const [useStateControls, useObservableBuilder] = useCounterContext.stateControls();
-const createObservable = useObservableBuilder();
-useEffect(() => {
-  const unsubscribe = createObservable((count) => {
-    console.log(`Updated count: ${count}`);
-  });
-  return unsubscribe;
-}, []);
+const Counter = createContext(0, {
+  actions: {
+    increment(amount = 1) {
+      return ({ setState, getState }) => {
+        setState(getState() + amount);
+      };
+    },
+
+    reset() {
+      return ({ setState }) => {
+        setState(0);
+      };
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+function CounterScreen() {
+  const [count, actions] = Counter.use();
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <Text>{count}</Text>
+
+      <Button title="+1" onPress={() => actions.increment()} />
+
+      <Button title="Reset" onPress={actions.reset} />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
 ```
 
----
+#### 🔗 Reusable Context Selectors
+
+```tsx
+const Data = createContext({
+  users: [] as Array<{
+    id: string;
+    name: string;
+    active: boolean;
+  }>,
+});
 
-## ⚖️ `createGlobalState` vs. `createContext`
+const useUsers = Data.use.createSelectorHook((state) => state.users);
 
-| Feature                | `createGlobalState`                      | `createContext`                                                                                                    |
-| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| **Scope**              | Available globally across the entire app | Scoped to the Provider where it’s used                                                                             |
-| **How to Use**         | `const useCount = createGlobalState(0)`  | `const [useCountContext, Provider] = createContext(0)`                                                             |
-| **createSelectorHook** | `useCount.createSelectorHook`            | `useCountContext.createSelectorHook`                                                                               |
-| **inline selectors?**  | ✅ Supported                             | ✅ Supported                                                                                                       |
-| **Custom Actions**     | ✅ Supported                             | ✅ Supported                                                                                                       |
-| **Observables**        | `useCount.createObservable`              | `const [, useObservableBuilder] = useCountContext.stateControls()`                                                 |
-| **State Controls**     | `useCount.stateControls()`               | `const [useStateControls] = useCountContext.stateControls()`                                                       |
-| **Best For**           | Global app state (auth, settings, cache) | Scoped module state, reusable component state, or state shared between child components without being fully global |
+const useActiveUsers = useUsers.createSelectorHook((users) => users.filter((user) => user.active));
 
-## 🔄 Lifecycle Methods
+function ActiveUsers() {
+  const [users] = useActiveUsers();
 
-Global state hooks support lifecycle callbacks for additional control.
+  return (
+    <View>
+      {users.map((user) => (
+        <Text key={user.id}>{user.name}</Text>
+      ))}
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+#### 🧪 Testing Context Stores
+
+The Provider can expose its store tools through a wrapper helper.
+
+```tsx
+const { wrapper, context } = Counter.Provider.makeProviderWrapper();
+
+// Use `wrapper` with your hook/component test renderer.
+
+// Direct access to the context API:
+context.current.actions.increment();
+
+console.log(context.current.getState());
+```
+
+#### 🎬 Lifecycle Hooks
+
+Context stores can react to Provider creation, mount, and cleanup.
 
 ```tsx
-const useData = createGlobalState(
-  { value: 1 },
+const Session = createContext(
+  {
+    user: null,
+  },
   {
     callbacks: {
-      onInit: ({ setState }) => {
-        console.log("Store initialized");
+      onCreated(api) {
+        console.log("Context created:", api.getState());
       },
-      onStateChanged: ({ state, previousState }) => {
-        console.log("State changed:", previousState, "→", state);
-      },
-      computePreventStateChange: ({ state, previousState }) => {
-        return state.value === previousState.value;
+
+      onMounted(api) {
+        const unsubscribe = sessionEvents.subscribe((user) => {
+          api.setState({ user });
+        });
+
+        return unsubscribe;
       },
     },
   },
 );
 ```
 
-Use **`onInit`** for setup, **`onStateChanged`** to listen to updates, and **`computePreventStateChange`** to prevent unnecessary updates.
+---
 
-## Metadata
+## 🔥 Advanced Patterns
+
+### 🏗️ Production Architecture
+
+A larger application can keep each domain store self-contained.
+
+```text
+src/stores/todos/
+  ├── index.ts
+  ├── todos$.ts
+  ├── constants/
+  │   └── initialValue.ts
+  ├── types/
+  │   └── Todo.ts
+  ├── hooks/
+  │   ├── useActiveTodos.ts
+  │   └── useCompletedTodos.ts
+  └── helpers/
+      └── createTodo.ts
+```
 
-There is a possibility to add non reactive information in the global state:
+**`todos$.ts`**
 
 ```tsx
-const useCount = createGlobalState(0, { metadata: { renders: 0 } });
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+import { initialValue } from "./constants/initialValue";
+
+const todos$ = createGlobalState(initialValue, {
+  asyncStorage: {
+    key: "todos",
+
+    validator: ({ restored, initial }) => {
+      return isTodosState(restored) ? restored : initial;
+    },
+  },
+
+  actions: {
+    addTodo(text: string) {
+      return ({ setState }) => {
+        setState((state) => ({
+          ...state,
+          todos: [
+            ...state.todos,
+            {
+              id: `${Date.now()}`,
+              text,
+              completed: false,
+            },
+          ],
+        }));
+      };
+    },
+
+    toggleTodo(id: string) {
+      return ({ setState }) => {
+        setState((state) => ({
+          ...state,
+          todos: state.todos.map((todo) =>
+            todo.id === id
+              ? {
+                  ...todo,
+                  completed: !todo.completed,
+                }
+              : todo,
+          ),
+        }));
+      };
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+export default todos$;
 ```
 
-How to use it?
+**`hooks/useActiveTodos.ts`**
 
 ```tsx
-const [count, , metadata] = useCount();
+import todos$ from "../todos$";
+
+export const useActiveTodos = todos$.createSelectorHook((state) =>
+  state.todos.filter((todo) => !todo.completed),
+);
+```
+
+**`index.ts`**
 
-metadata.renders += 1;
+```tsx
+import todos$ from "./todos$";
+import { useActiveTodos } from "./hooks/useActiveTodos";
+import { useCompletedTodos } from "./hooks/useCompletedTodos";
+
+export default Object.assign(todos$, {
+  useActiveTodos,
+  useCompletedTodos,
+}); // groups everything into a single name space
 ```
 
-## 🎯 Ready to Try It?
+Usage:
 
-📦 **NPM Package:** [react-hooks-global-states](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-hooks-global-states)
+```tsx
+import todos$ from "./todos";
+
+function TodoList() {
+  const activeTodos = todos$.useActiveTodos();
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      {activeTodos.map((todo) => (
+        <Text key={todo.id}>{todo.text}</Text>
+      ))}
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+```
 
-🚀 Simplify your **global state management** in React & React Native today! 🚀
+### 🎧 Smart Subscriptions
 
-# Using async persist storage
+Subscribe to only the fragment an integration needs.
 
-```ts
-const useCount = createGlobalState(0, {
-  asyncStorage: {
-    key: "count",
+```tsx
+const useSession = createGlobalState({
+  user: null as null | { id: string; role: string },
+  isOnline: true,
+});
+
+const unsubscribeRole = useSession.subscribe(
+  (state) => state.user?.role,
+  (role) => {
+    analytics.track("role_changed", {
+      role,
+    });
   },
+);
+
+const unsubscribeConnection = useSession.subscribe(
+  (state) => state.isOnline,
+  (isOnline) => {
+    syncEngine.setOnline(isOnline);
+  },
+);
+
+// Cleanup
+unsubscribeRole();
+unsubscribeConnection();
+```
+
+### 📲 App Lifecycle Integration
+
+The non-reactive API is useful when React Native lifecycle events happen outside a screen.
+
+```tsx
+import { AppState } from "react-native";
+
+const useAppStatus = createGlobalState({
+  active: true,
+});
+
+const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (status) => {
+  useAppStatus.setState({
+    active: status === "active",
+  });
+});
+
+// Later
+subscription.remove();
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎨 `uniqueId` — Type-Safe Unique IDs
+
+`react-native-global-state-hooks` also exports `uniqueId`.
+
+### 🏷️ Basic Usage
+
+```tsx
+import { uniqueId } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const id = uniqueId();
+
+console.log(id);
+```
+
+Add a prefix:
+
+```tsx
+const userId = uniqueId("user:");
+const todoId = uniqueId("todo:");
+```
+
+### 🔒 Branded IDs
+
+Create identifiers that TypeScript treats as different domains.
+
+```tsx
+import { uniqueId } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const userId = uniqueId.for("user:");
+const todoId = uniqueId.for("todo:");
+
+type UserId = ReturnType<typeof userId>;
+type TodoId = ReturnType<typeof todoId>;
+```
+
+Now accidentally mixing identifiers becomes a type error:
+
+```tsx
+function openUser(id: UserId) {
+  // ...
+}
+
+openUser(userId); // ✅
+openUser(todoId); // ❌ TypeScript error
+```
+
+### 💼 Real-World Example
+
+```tsx
+type User = {
+  id: UserId;
+  name: string;
+};
+
+type Todo = {
+  id: TodoId;
+  text: string;
+  assignedTo: UserId | null;
+};
+
+const useApp = createGlobalState({
+  users: [] as User[],
+  todos: [] as Todo[],
 });
 ```
 
-Inside your components
+---
+
+## 🎓 Learning Resources
+
+| Resource                                                                                                | Description                                          |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| 📦 [**NPM Package**](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks)                     | Published React Native package                       |
+| 💻 [**GitHub Repository**](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-native-global-state-hooks) | Source, tests, and issues                            |
+| 🎮 [**Core API Demo**](https://johnny-quesada-developer.github.io/global-hooks-example/)                | Browser demo of the shared state-management concepts |
+| 🎥 [**Video Tutorial**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UBqXk2MH8I/)                                   | State-management walkthrough                         |
+| 📚 [**Core Package**](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-hooks-global-states)                          | Shared state engine used by the platform packages    |
+
+---
+
+## 🌐 Platform-Specific Versions
+
+| Package                                                                                            | Platform                 | Persistence                                          |
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| [`react-hooks-global-states`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-hooks-global-states)             | Core React state library | No platform-specific persistence layer               |
+| [`react-global-state-hooks`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-global-state-hooks)               | Web                      | `localStorage` integration                           |
+| [`react-native-global-state-hooks`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks) | React Native             | Async persistence with optional AsyncStorage backend |
+
+The state-management concepts are intentionally similar across the packages, but their persistence models are **not interchangeable**.
+
+---
+
+## 🎉 Why Developers Choose This
+
+### The Bottom Line
+
+| What You Get                        | What You Avoid                     |
+| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
+| ✅ `useState`-like API              | ❌ Redux-style boilerplate         |
+| ✅ Surgical selectors               | ❌ Whole-store re-renders          |
+| ✅ Chainable selector hooks         | ❌ Repeated selector logic         |
+| ✅ Optional actions                 | ❌ Forced architecture             |
+| ✅ Global + scoped context state    | ❌ Choosing only one model         |
+| ✅ Non-reactive store API           | ❌ React-only access               |
+| ✅ Async native persistence         | ❌ Hand-written restore plumbing   |
+| ✅ `isAsyncStorageReady`            | ❌ Guessing when restore completed |
+| ✅ Validation + migration           | ❌ Fragile persisted schemas       |
+| ✅ Custom storage manager / adapter | ❌ One forced persistence backend  |
+| ✅ TypeScript inference             | ❌ Manual state contracts          |
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Get Started Now
+
+```bash
+npm install react-native-global-state-hooks
+```
+
+or
+
+```bash
+yarn add react-native-global-state-hooks
+```
+
+Then:
 
 ```tsx
-const [count, setCount, { isAsyncStorageReady }] = useCount();
+import { Button } from "react-native";
+import { createGlobalState } from "react-native-global-state-hooks";
+
+const useCounter = createGlobalState(0);
+
+function App() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useCounter();
+
+  return (
+    <Button
+      title={`Count: ${count}`}
+      onPress={() => {
+        setCount((current) => current + 1);
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}
 ```
 
-- if you specify a key into the `asyncStorage` this will persist the state value if the same is serializable
-- when connecting to the async storage you can expect a second render which will update isAsyncStorageReady indicating that the async storage was already reviewed and the state value is committed.
+**That's it. You're managing shared React Native state.** 🎉
+
+---
+
+<div align="center">
+
+### Built with ❤️ for developers who value simplicity
 
-The async storage default functionality depends on **@react-native-async-storage/async-storage** but this dependency is optional, install the package as a dependency if you want to enable persisted state.
+**[⭐ Star on GitHub](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-native-global-state-hooks)** • **[📝 Report Issues](https://github.com/johnny-quesada-developer/react-native-global-state-hooks/issues)** • **[📦 NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-global-state-hooks)**
 
-optionally you can configure your own selection for persisting storage by using `asyncStorageWrapper.addAsyncStorageManager`, notice that the manager should be added before any hook gets call;
+</div>