I cannot get iCloud backup to work

[Fischaela]

What happened?

What did you expect to happen?

I was expecting my apps redux store which uses @react-native-async-storage/async-storage to be backed up. So when users uninstall the app, the data will be saved in iCloud as a backup. And when a user reinstalls the app, the backup will be applied and the redux stores data is available in the app.

Version

1.17.10

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows
• web

System Information

System:
    OS: macOS 12.0.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Max
    Memory: 252.14 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.13.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.1/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.1.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.1/bin/npm
    Watchman: Not Found
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.11.3 - /Users/michaelalehr/.rbenv/shims/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.0.1, iOS 15.0, macOS 12.0, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0
    Android SDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7935034
    Xcode: 13.1/13A1030d - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.16 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 18.0.0 => 18.0.0 
    react-native: 0.69.4 => 0.69.4 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps to Reproduce

What did you do?

I updated info.plist like described in the docs:

<key>RCTAsyncStorageExcludeFromBackup</key>
<false/>

Then I used @react-native-async-storage/async-storage it as the storage of my persistent redux store:

const persistConfig = {
  key: 'root',
  version: 1,
  storage: AsyncStorage,
  blacklist: blacklistPaths,
}

I also added iCloud to the Capabilities in Xcode:

What did happen?

Testing it in a simulator and on a real device via TestFlight, I cannot see any data saved to the iCloud.

When uninstalling and reinstalling the app, the data is not backed up.

Do you have any idea what I am doing wrong?
Cheers, Michaela

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[Fischaela]

Any updates here? Can anyone help?

[graemegeorge]

@Fischaela having the same issue here did you get anywhere with it?

[Fischaela]

@graemegeorge No, unfortunately not. I have no idea what to do. Did you find a solution?

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[rachellauyui]

@Fischaela Hey, I have the same issue. Wonder if you have managed to get it working? Thanks!

[Fischaela]

@rachellauyui @graemegeorge I did not manage to make it work. You?

[floki-92]

same issue here

[Uroosaajaz]

I am facing same issue any update about this?

[s00se]

Are there any update on this?

Seems people have very different outcomes with different platforms persisting data across uninstalls, but this does not work at all for me on iOS or Android following the documentation.