fix more paths where there may be no ID

src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       </h1>
     </div>
 
-    <div @click="onCopyToClipboard()">
+    <div @click="onCopyToClipboard()" v-if="activeDid">
       <!--
         Play with display options: https://qr-code-styling.com/
         See docs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/qr-code-generator-vue3
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
         class="flex justify-center"
       />
     </div>
+    <div class="text-center" v-else>
+      You have no identitifiers yet, so
+      <router-link :to="{ name: 'start' }" class="text-blue-500">
+        create your identifier.
+      </router-link>
+      <br />
+      We recommend you do that first; otherwise, these contacts won't see your
+      activity.
+    </div>
 
     <h1 class="text-4xl text-center font-light pt-4">Scan Contact Info</h1>
     <qrcode-stream @detect="onScanDetect" @error="onScanError" />
@@ -106,17 +115,7 @@ export default class ContactQRScanShow extends Vue {
     await accountsDB.open();
     const accounts = await accountsDB.accounts.toArray();
     const account = R.find((acc) => acc.did === this.activeDid, accounts);
-    if (!account) {
-      this.$notify(
-        {
-          group: "alert",
-          type: "warning",
-          title: "",
-          text: "You have no identity yet.",
-        },
-        -1,
-      );
-    } else {
+    if (account) {
       const identity = await this.getIdentity(this.activeDid);
       const publicKeyHex = identity.keys[0].publicKeyHex;
       const publicEncKey = Buffer.from(publicKeyHex, "hex").toString("base64");

src/views/HomeView.vue

@@ -171,13 +171,7 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
       .equals(activeDid)
       .first()) as Account;
     const identity = JSON.parse(account?.identity || "null");
-
-    if (!identity) {
-      throw new Error(
-        "Attempted to load Give records with no identity available.",
-      );
-    }
-    return identity;
+    return identity; // may be null
   }
 
   public async getHeaders(identity: IIdentifier) {