going back to old way...

the reason that auth would only work every other time is because it always worked, but my nav stack you send to next...i think it's a race, because the loading screen would try to show and bring it back to current page

nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneCodeVerificationView.swift

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct PhoneCodeVerificationView: View {
                               verificationCode: self.verificationCode
                             )
                             
+                            // TODO: bug one: not navigating after creating user...two: creating user with a random Id
                             // firebase will now verify the credential
                             Auth.auth().signIn(with: credential) { (res, err) in
                                 // done with the response here, turn off loading screen
@@ -96,10 +97,10 @@ struct PhoneCodeVerificationView: View {
                                 // firebase either created a new user or is giving back an existing user's id
                                 let userId = res?.user.uid
                                 let userPhoneNumber = res?.user.phoneNumber
-                                print("user id that was authenticated is: \(userId)")
+                                print("firebase auth: user id that was authenticated is: \(userId)")
-                                print("user id that was authenticated is: \(userPhoneNumber)")
+                                print("firebase auth: phone number that was authenticated is: \(userPhoneNumber)")
                                 
-                                // if for some reason firebase couldn't get basic user details
+                                // if for some reason firebase couldn't get auth details
                                 if userId == nil || userPhoneNumber == nil {
                                     self.toastText = "⚠️ Error with Verification"
                                     self.toastSubMessage = "Code is invalid. Please try again or re-enter your phone number in the previous page."
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ struct PhoneCodeVerificationView: View {
                                 self.phoneverificationViewModel.createOrUpdateUser(userId: userId!, phoneNumber: userPhoneNumber!)
                                 
                                 // then sending to next page
-                                self.navigationStack.push(OnboardingTrioView()) // verify code page
+                                self.navigationStack.push(OnboardingTrioView())
                             }
                             
                         } label: {

nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationView.swift

@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ struct PhoneVerificationView: View {
             OnboardingTemplateView(hdrText: "Let's get you verified", imgName: "undraw_my_password_d-6-kg", bottomActArea: AnyView(
                 VStack {
                     HStack {
-                        PushView(destination: PhoneCodeVerificationView(), isActive: self.$navigateNext) {
-                          
-                        }
-                        
                         Text("+\(ccode)")
                             .padding()
                             .background(.ultraThinMaterial)
@@ -116,8 +112,7 @@ struct PhoneVerificationView: View {
                                   // use this in the next screen to verify with the code provided
                                   UserDefaults.standard.set(verificationID, forKey: "authVerificationID")
                                   
-//                                  self.navigationStack.push(PhoneCodeVerificationView()) // verify code page
+                                  self.navigationStack.push(PhoneCodeVerificationView()) // verify code page
-                                  self.navigateNext.toggle()
                               }
                         } label: {
                             VStack {