Jared-Dahlke

import store from '../MyStoreAndMore.js'

class SecondScreen extends React.Component {

  constructor(props, context) {
    super(props, context);
    this.state = store.getState();  
      store.subscribe(()=>{
      this.setState(store.getState());

Jared-Dahlke

import store from '../MyStoreAndMore.js'

SetAlertState=(mynumber)=>{

    console.log('set alert state')

    store.dispatch({
      type: "SetAlertCount",
      payload: { AlertCount: mynumber, }
    });

Jared-Dahlke

import { createStore} from 'redux'
const defaultState = {
  AlertCount: null
};

function chatStore(state=defaultState, action) {
  switch(action.type) {
    case "SetAlertCount":
      return {...state,
          AlertCount: action.payload.AlertCount