diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
index 64b0b5009..ad787b126 100644
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -1,161 +1,154 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   updateUserAvatar,
   updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from '../selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type {
   ImageAvatarDBContent,
   UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 } from '../types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from '../types/loading-types.js';
 import type { NativeMediaSelection } from '../types/media-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 export type UserAvatarSelection =
   | { +needsUpload: true, +mediaSelection: NativeMediaSelection }
   | { +needsUpload: false, +updateUserAvatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest };
 type RegistrationMode =
   | { +registrationMode: 'off' }
   | {
       +registrationMode: 'on',
       +successCallback: UserAvatarSelection => mixed,
     };
 const registrationModeOff = { registrationMode: 'off' };
 
 export type EditUserAvatarContextType = {
   +userAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
   +updateImageUserAvatar: (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<void>,
   +setUserAvatar: (avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => Promise<void>,
   +setRegistrationMode: (registrationMode: RegistrationMode) => void,
   +getRegistrationModeEnabled: () => boolean,
 };
 
 const EditUserAvatarContext: React.Context<?EditUserAvatarContextType> =
   React.createContext<?EditUserAvatarContextType>();
 
 const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
 );
 
 type Props = {
   +displayFailureAlert?: () => mixed,
   +useUploadSelectedMedia: (
     setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
   ) => (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<?ImageAvatarDBContent>,
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { displayFailureAlert, useUploadSelectedMedia, children } = props;
+  const { useUploadSelectedMedia, children } = props;
 
   const registrationModeRef =
     React.useRef<RegistrationMode>(registrationModeOff);
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const updateUserAvatarCall = useServerCall(updateUserAvatar);
 
   const [userAvatarMediaUploadInProgress, setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress] =
     React.useState(false);
 
   const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
 
   const userAvatarSaveInProgress =
     userAvatarMediaUploadInProgress ||
     updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus === 'loading';
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia(
     setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   );
 
   const updateImageUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       if (registrationModeRef.current.registrationMode === 'on') {
         registrationModeRef.current.successCallback({
           needsUpload: true,
           mediaSelection: selection,
         });
         return;
       }
 
       const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(selection);
       if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
         return;
       }
 
       const promise = (async () => {
         setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(false);
         return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
       })();
       dispatchActionPromise(updateUserAvatarActionTypes, promise);
       await promise;
     },
     [uploadSelectedMedia, dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall],
   );
 
   const setUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
       const regMode = registrationModeRef.current;
       if (regMode.registrationMode === 'on') {
         regMode.successCallback({
           needsUpload: false,
           updateUserAvatarRequest: request,
         });
         return;
       }
 
-      const promise = (async () => {
-        try {
-          return await updateUserAvatarCall(request);
-        } catch (e) {
-          displayFailureAlert && displayFailureAlert();
-          throw e;
-        }
-      })();
+      const promise = updateUserAvatarCall(request);
       dispatchActionPromise(updateUserAvatarActionTypes, promise);
       await promise;
     },
-    [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall, displayFailureAlert],
+    [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall],
   );
 
   const setRegistrationMode = React.useCallback((mode: RegistrationMode) => {
     registrationModeRef.current = mode;
   }, []);
   const getRegistrationModeEnabled = React.useCallback(
     () => registrationModeRef.current.registrationMode === 'on',
     [],
   );
 
   const context = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
       setRegistrationMode,
       getRegistrationModeEnabled,
     }),
     [
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
       setRegistrationMode,
       getRegistrationModeEnabled,
     ],
   );
 
   return (
     <EditUserAvatarContext.Provider value={context}>
       {children}
     </EditUserAvatarContext.Provider>
   );
 }
 
 export { EditUserAvatarContext, BaseEditUserAvatarProvider };
diff --git a/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js b/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
index 703cfa672..d92069bbf 100644
--- a/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
@@ -1,74 +1,76 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text } from 'react-native';
 
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { getDefaultAvatar } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 
 import RegistrationContainer from './registration-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationContentContainer from './registration-content-container.react.js';
 import type { RegistrationNavigationProp } from './registration-navigator.react.js';
+import { useNativeSetUserAvatar } from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import EmojiAvatarCreation from '../../avatars/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../../themes/colors.js';
 
 export type EmojiAvatarSelectionParams = {
   +usernameOrEthAddress: string,
 };
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RegistrationNavigationProp<'EmojiAvatarSelection'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'EmojiAvatarSelection'>,
 };
 function EmojiAvatarSelection(props: Props): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
-  const { setUserAvatar, userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const { usernameOrEthAddress } = props.route.params;
   const savedEmojiAvatarFunc = React.useCallback(
     () => getDefaultAvatar(usernameOrEthAddress),
     [usernameOrEthAddress],
   );
 
   const { goBack } = props.navigation;
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(
     avatarRequest => {
       goBack();
-      return setUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
+      return nativeSetUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
     },
-    [goBack, setUserAvatar],
+    [goBack, nativeSetUserAvatar],
   );
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   return (
     <RegistrationContainer>
       <RegistrationContentContainer style={styles.scrollViewContentContainer}>
         <Text style={styles.header}>Select an emoji</Text>
         <EmojiAvatarCreation
           saveAvatarCall={onSuccess}
           saveAvatarCallLoading={userAvatarSaveInProgress}
           savedEmojiAvatarFunc={savedEmojiAvatarFunc}
         />
       </RegistrationContentContainer>
     </RegistrationContainer>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   scrollViewContentContainer: {
     flexGrow: 1,
     paddingHorizontal: 0,
   },
   header: {
     fontSize: 24,
     color: 'panelForegroundLabel',
     paddingBottom: 16,
     paddingHorizontal: 16,
   },
 };
 
 export default EmojiAvatarSelection;
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
index d30625069..f373e84e1 100644
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -1,236 +1,234 @@
 // @flow
 
-import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { setDataLoadedActionType } from 'lib/actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { registerActionTypes, register } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
-import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import type { LogInStartingPayload } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import {
   useServerCall,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { setURLPrefix } from 'lib/utils/url-utils.js';
 
 import type {
   RegistrationServerCallInput,
   UsernameAccountSelection,
   AvatarData,
 } from './registration-types.js';
-import { useUploadSelectedMedia } from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
+import {
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
+  useUploadSelectedMedia,
+} from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { NavContext } from '../../navigation/navigation-context.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../../selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import { setNativeCredentials } from '../native-credentials.js';
 import { useSIWEServerCall } from '../siwe-hooks.js';
 
 // We can't just do everything in one async callback, since the server calls
 // would get bound to Redux state from before the registration. The registration
 // flow has multiple steps where critical Redux state is changed, where
 // subsequent steps depend on accessing the updated Redux state.
 
 // To address this, we break the registration process up into multiple steps.
 // When each step completes we update the currentStep state, and we have Redux
 // selectors that trigger useEffects for subsequent steps when relevant data
 // starts to appear in Redux.
 
 type CurrentStep =
   | { +step: 'inactive' }
   | {
       +step: 'waiting_for_registration_call',
       +avatarData: ?AvatarData,
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     };
 
 const inactiveStep = { step: 'inactive' };
 
 function useRegistrationServerCall(): RegistrationServerCallInput => Promise<void> {
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] =
     React.useState<CurrentStep>(inactiveStep);
 
   // STEP 1: ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
 
   const navContext = React.useContext(NavContext);
   const logInExtraInfo = useSelector(state =>
     nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector({
       redux: state,
       navContext,
     }),
   );
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const callRegister = useServerCall(register);
 
   const registerUsernameAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: UsernameAccountSelection,
       keyserverURL: string,
     ) => {
       const extraInfo = await logInExtraInfo();
       const registerPromise = (async () => {
         try {
           const result = await callRegister(
             {
               ...extraInfo,
               username: accountSelection.username,
               password: accountSelection.password,
             },
             {
               urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
             },
           );
           await setNativeCredentials({
             username: result.currentUserInfo.username,
             password: accountSelection.password,
           });
           return result;
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message === 'username_reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
               'Username reserved',
               'This username is currently reserved. Please contact support@' +
                 'comm.app if you would like to claim this account.',
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'username_taken') {
             Alert.alert(
               'Username taken',
               'An account with that username already exists',
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'client_version_unsupported') {
             const app = Platform.select({
               ios: 'App Store',
               android: 'Play Store',
             });
             Alert.alert(
               'App out of date',
               'Your app version is pretty old, and the server doesn’t know how ' +
                 `to speak to it anymore. Please use the ${app} app to update!`,
             );
           } else {
             Alert.alert('Unknown error', 'Uhh... try again?');
           }
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       dispatchActionPromise(
         registerActionTypes,
         registerPromise,
         undefined,
         ({ calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery }: LogInStartingPayload),
       );
       await registerPromise;
     },
     [logInExtraInfo, callRegister, dispatchActionPromise],
   );
 
   const siweServerCallParams = React.useMemo(() => {
     const onServerCallFailure = () => {
       Alert.alert('Unknown error', 'Uhh... try again?');
     };
     return { onFailure: onServerCallFailure };
   }, []);
   const siweServerCall = useSIWEServerCall(siweServerCallParams);
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const returnedFunc = React.useCallback(
     (input: RegistrationServerCallInput) =>
       new Promise(
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-async-promise-executor
         async (resolve, reject) => {
           try {
             if (currentStep.step !== 'inactive') {
               return;
             }
             const { accountSelection, avatarData, keyserverURL } = input;
             if (accountSelection.accountType === 'username') {
               await registerUsernameAccount(accountSelection, keyserverURL);
             } else {
               await siweServerCall(accountSelection, {
                 urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
               });
             }
             dispatch({
               type: setURLPrefix,
               payload: keyserverURL,
             });
             setCurrentStep({
               step: 'waiting_for_registration_call',
               avatarData,
               resolve,
               reject,
             });
           } catch (e) {
             reject(e);
           }
         },
       ),
     [currentStep, registerUsernameAccount, siweServerCall, dispatch],
   );
 
   // STEP 2: SETTING AVATAR
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia();
-
-  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
-  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const { setUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const hasCurrentUserInfo = useSelector(
     state => !!state.currentUserInfo && !state.currentUserInfo.anonymous,
   );
 
   const avatarBeingSetRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !hasCurrentUserInfo ||
       currentStep.step !== 'waiting_for_registration_call' ||
       avatarBeingSetRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     avatarBeingSetRef.current = true;
     const { avatarData, resolve } = currentStep;
     (async () => {
       try {
         if (!avatarData) {
           return;
         }
         let updateUserAvatarRequest;
         if (!avatarData.needsUpload) {
           ({ updateUserAvatarRequest } = avatarData);
         } else {
           const { mediaSelection } = avatarData;
           updateUserAvatarRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(mediaSelection);
           if (!updateUserAvatarRequest) {
             return;
           }
         }
-        await setUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
+        await nativeSetUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
       } finally {
         dispatch({
           type: setDataLoadedActionType,
           payload: {
             dataLoaded: true,
           },
         });
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
         avatarBeingSetRef.current = false;
         resolve();
       }
     })();
   }, [
     currentStep,
     hasCurrentUserInfo,
     uploadSelectedMedia,
-    setUserAvatar,
+    nativeSetUserAvatar,
     dispatch,
   ]);
 
   return returnedFunc;
 }
 
 export { useRegistrationServerCall };
diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
index 951044448..edf7c370d 100644
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -1,363 +1,388 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useActionSheet } from '@expo/react-native-action-sheet';
 import * as ImagePicker from 'expo-image-picker';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import Alert from 'react-native/Libraries/Alert/Alert.js';
 import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { uploadMultimedia } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import {
   extensionFromFilename,
   filenameFromPathOrURI,
 } from 'lib/media/file-utils.js';
-import type { ImageAvatarDBContent } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
+import type {
+  ImageAvatarDBContent,
+  UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
+} from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   NativeMediaSelection,
   MediaLibrarySelection,
   MediaMissionFailure,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { useServerCall } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import CommIcon from '../components/comm-icon.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import { getCompatibleMediaURI } from '../media/identifier-utils.js';
 import type { MediaResult } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import { processMedia } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import { useStaffCanSee } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 function displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert(): void {
   Alert.alert(
     'Couldn’t save avatar',
     'Please try again later',
     [{ text: 'OK' }],
     { cancelable: true },
   );
 }
 
 function useUploadProcessedMedia(): MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> {
   const callUploadMultimedia = useServerCall(uploadMultimedia);
   const uploadProcessedMultimedia: MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> =
     React.useCallback(
       processedMedia => {
         const { uploadURI, filename, mime, dimensions } = processedMedia;
         return callUploadMultimedia(
           {
             uri: uploadURI,
             name: filename,
             type: mime,
           },
           dimensions,
         );
       },
       [callUploadMultimedia],
     );
   return uploadProcessedMultimedia;
 }
 
 function useProcessSelectedMedia(): NativeMediaSelection => Promise<
   MediaMissionFailure | MediaResult,
 > {
   const hasWiFi = useSelector(state => state.connectivity.hasWiFi);
   const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
 
   const processSelectedMedia = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       const { resultPromise } = processMedia(selection, {
         hasWiFi,
         finalFileHeaderCheck: staffCanSee,
       });
 
       return await resultPromise;
     },
     [hasWiFi, staffCanSee],
   );
 
   return processSelectedMedia;
 }
 
 async function selectFromGallery(): Promise<?MediaLibrarySelection> {
   try {
     const { assets, canceled } = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
       mediaTypes: ImagePicker.MediaTypeOptions.Images,
       allowsEditing: true,
       allowsMultipleSelection: false,
       quality: 1,
     });
 
     if (canceled || assets.length === 0) {
       return undefined;
     }
 
     const asset = assets.pop();
     const { width, height, assetId: mediaNativeID } = asset;
     const assetFilename =
       asset.fileName || filenameFromPathOrURI(asset.uri) || '';
     const uri = getCompatibleMediaURI(
       asset.uri,
       extensionFromFilename(assetFilename),
     );
 
     const currentTime = Date.now();
     const selection: MediaLibrarySelection = {
       step: 'photo_library',
       dimensions: { height, width },
       uri,
       filename: assetFilename,
       mediaNativeID,
       selectTime: currentTime,
       sendTime: currentTime,
       retries: 0,
     };
 
     return selection;
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(e);
     return undefined;
   }
 }
 
 function useUploadSelectedMedia(
   setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
 ): (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<?ImageAvatarDBContent> {
   const processSelectedMedia = useProcessSelectedMedia();
   const uploadProcessedMedia = useUploadProcessedMedia();
 
   return React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(true);
       const urisToBeDisposed: Set<string> = new Set([selection.uri]);
 
       let processedMedia;
       try {
         processedMedia = await processSelectedMedia(selection);
         if (processedMedia.uploadURI) {
           urisToBeDisposed.add(processedMedia.uploadURI);
         }
       } catch (e) {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media processing failed',
           'Unable to process selected media.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       if (!processedMedia.success) {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media processing failed',
           'Unable to process selected media.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       let uploadedMedia: UploadMultimediaResult;
       try {
         uploadedMedia = await uploadProcessedMedia(processedMedia);
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
       } catch {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media upload failed',
           'Unable to upload selected media. Please try again.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       if (!uploadedMedia.id) {
         return undefined;
       }
 
       return {
         type: 'image',
         uploadID: uploadedMedia.id,
       };
     },
     [
       processSelectedMedia,
       setProcessingOrUploadInProgress,
       uploadProcessedMedia,
     ],
   );
 }
 
+function useNativeSetUserAvatar(): (
+  request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
+) => Promise<void> {
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
+  const { setUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
+      try {
+        await setUserAvatar(request);
+      } catch {
+        displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
+      }
+    },
+    [setUserAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return nativeSetUserAvatar;
+}
+
 function useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(): (
   selection: NativeMediaSelection,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
   const { updateImageUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
   const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       try {
         await updateImageUserAvatar(selection);
       } catch {
         displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
       }
     },
     [updateImageUserAvatar],
   );
 
   return nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar;
 }
 
 function useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar(): () => Promise<void> {
   const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar();
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
     React.useCallback(async (): Promise<void> => {
       const selection = await selectFromGallery();
       if (!selection) {
         return;
       }
       await nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(selection);
     }, [nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar]);
 
   return selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar;
 }
 
 type ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions = {
   +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'camera' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
   +onPress?: () => mixed,
 };
 function useShowAvatarActionSheet(
   options: $ReadOnlyArray<ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions>,
 ): () => void {
   options = Platform.OS === 'ios' ? [...options, { id: 'cancel' }] : options;
 
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
   const { showActionSheetWithOptions } = useActionSheet();
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   const showAvatarActionSheet = React.useCallback(() => {
     const texts = options.map((option: ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions) => {
       if (option.id === 'emoji') {
         return 'Select emoji';
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return 'Select image';
       } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
         return 'Open camera';
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return 'Use ENS avatar';
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
         return 'Reset to default';
       } else {
         return 'Cancel';
       }
     });
 
     const cancelButtonIndex = options.findIndex(
       option => option.id === 'cancel',
     );
 
     const containerStyle = {
       paddingBotton: insets.bottom,
     };
 
     const icons = options.map(option => {
       if (option.id === 'emoji') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="emote-smile"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="image-1"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="camera"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return (
           <CommIcon
             name="ethereum-outline"
             size={18}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="trash-2"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else {
         return undefined;
       }
     });
 
     const onPressAction = (selectedIndex: ?number) => {
       if (
         selectedIndex === null ||
         selectedIndex === undefined ||
         selectedIndex < 0
       ) {
         return;
       }
       const option = options[selectedIndex];
       if (option.onPress) {
         option.onPress();
       }
     };
 
     showActionSheetWithOptions(
       {
         options: texts,
         cancelButtonIndex,
         containerStyle,
         icons,
       },
       onPressAction,
     );
   }, [
     insets.bottom,
     options,
     showActionSheetWithOptions,
     styles.bottomSheetIcon,
   ]);
 
   return showAvatarActionSheet;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   bottomSheetIcon: {
     color: '#000000',
   },
 };
 
 export {
   displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert,
   selectFromGallery,
   useUploadSelectedMedia,
   useUploadProcessedMedia,
   useProcessSelectedMedia,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
index fd29aef90..8f0955d21 100644
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,157 +1,157 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ActivityIndicator, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { useENSAvatar } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { getETHAddressForUserInfo } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
 import type { GenericUserInfoWithAvatar } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 
 import {
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
 } from './avatar-hooks.js';
 import EditAvatarBadge from './edit-avatar-badge.react.js';
 import UserAvatar from './user-avatar.react.js';
 import {
   EmojiUserAvatarCreationRouteName,
   UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
   EmojiAvatarSelectionRouteName,
   RegistrationUserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
 } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 type Props =
   | { +userID: ?string, +disabled?: boolean }
   | {
       +userInfo: ?GenericUserInfoWithAvatar,
       +disabled?: boolean,
       +prefetchedAvatarURI: ?string,
     };
 function EditUserAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const {
-    userAvatarSaveInProgress,
-    setUserAvatar,
-    getRegistrationModeEnabled,
-  } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress, getRegistrationModeEnabled } =
+    editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
     useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar();
 
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
   const userInfoProp = props.userInfo;
   const userInfo: ?GenericUserInfoWithAvatar = userInfoProp ?? currentUserInfo;
 
   const ethAddress = React.useMemo(
     () => getETHAddressForUserInfo(userInfo),
     [userInfo],
   );
   const fetchedENSAvatarURI = useENSAvatar(ethAddress);
   const ensAvatarURI = fetchedENSAvatarURI ?? props.prefetchedAvatarURI;
 
   const { navigate } = useNavigation();
 
   const usernameOrEthAddress = userInfo?.username;
   const navigateToEmojiSelection = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (!getRegistrationModeEnabled()) {
       navigate(EmojiUserAvatarCreationRouteName);
       return;
     }
     navigate<'EmojiAvatarSelection'>({
       name: EmojiAvatarSelectionRouteName,
       params: { usernameOrEthAddress },
     });
   }, [navigate, getRegistrationModeEnabled, usernameOrEthAddress]);
 
   const navigateToCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigate(
       getRegistrationModeEnabled()
         ? RegistrationUserAvatarCameraModalRouteName
         : UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
     );
   }, [navigate, getRegistrationModeEnabled]);
 
   const setENSUserAvatar = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setUserAvatar({ type: 'ens' });
-  }, [setUserAvatar]);
+    nativeSetUserAvatar({ type: 'ens' });
+  }, [nativeSetUserAvatar]);
 
   const removeUserAvatar = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setUserAvatar({ type: 'remove' });
-  }, [setUserAvatar]);
+    nativeSetUserAvatar({ type: 'remove' });
+  }, [nativeSetUserAvatar]);
 
   const hasCurrentAvatar = !!userInfo?.avatar;
   const actionSheetConfig = React.useMemo(() => {
     const configOptions = [
       { id: 'emoji', onPress: navigateToEmojiSelection },
       { id: 'image', onPress: selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar },
       { id: 'camera', onPress: navigateToCamera },
     ];
 
     if (ensAvatarURI) {
       configOptions.push({ id: 'ens', onPress: setENSUserAvatar });
     }
 
     if (hasCurrentAvatar) {
       configOptions.push({ id: 'remove', onPress: removeUserAvatar });
     }
 
     return configOptions;
   }, [
     hasCurrentAvatar,
     ensAvatarURI,
     navigateToCamera,
     navigateToEmojiSelection,
     removeUserAvatar,
     setENSUserAvatar,
     selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
   ]);
 
   const showAvatarActionSheet = useShowAvatarActionSheet(actionSheetConfig);
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   let spinner;
   if (userAvatarSaveInProgress) {
     spinner = (
       <View style={styles.spinnerContainer}>
         <ActivityIndicator color="white" size="large" />
       </View>
     );
   }
 
   const { userID } = props;
   const userAvatar = userID ? (
     <UserAvatar userID={userID} size="profile" />
   ) : (
     <UserAvatar userInfo={userInfo} size="profile" />
   );
 
   const { disabled } = props;
   return (
     <TouchableOpacity onPress={showAvatarActionSheet} disabled={disabled}>
       {userAvatar}
       {spinner}
       {!disabled ? <EditAvatarBadge /> : null}
     </TouchableOpacity>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   spinnerContainer: {
     position: 'absolute',
     alignItems: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     top: 0,
     bottom: 0,
     left: 0,
     right: 0,
   },
 };
 
 export default EditUserAvatar;
diff --git a/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js b/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
index 8330e8236..9d4497c1a 100644
--- a/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
@@ -1,41 +1,45 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { savedEmojiAvatarSelectorForCurrentUser } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 
+import { useNativeSetUserAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import EmojiAvatarCreation from '../avatars/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js';
 import { displayActionResultModal } from '../navigation/action-result-modal.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function EmojiUserAvatarCreation(props: { ... }): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
 
-  const { setUserAvatar, userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
+
   const setAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async avatarRequest => {
-      const result = await setUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
+      const result = await nativeSetUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
       displayActionResultModal('Avatar updated!');
       return result;
     },
-    [setUserAvatar],
+    [nativeSetUserAvatar],
   );
 
   const savedEmojiAvatarFunc = useSelector(
     savedEmojiAvatarSelectorForCurrentUser,
   );
 
   return (
     <EmojiAvatarCreation
       saveAvatarCall={setAvatar}
       saveAvatarCallLoading={userAvatarSaveInProgress}
       savedEmojiAvatarFunc={savedEmojiAvatarFunc}
     />
   );
 }
 
 export default EmojiUserAvatarCreation;