Like the most common use case, I want to have a drawer in my react-native application where, from all screens header I can open/close the drawer, navigate to them. Also, each screen has an option (button, card,...) that on press should navigate to any other screen.
So I have defined the following structure. But there are several problems;
- Drawer cannot recognize which screen in on focus now.
- Drawer type check does not give auto-suggestions on navigation prop (e.g.
props.navigation.navigate(" /* no suggestion on the present screens in the stack*/")
) - On Android I feel that the overall performance drops significantly
So is this a good structure? From the official documentation, I could not find any hint on how to implement it? stack nested in drawer or vise-versa?
export type MainStackParamList = {
HomeScreen: undefined;
OverViewScreen: undefined;
WorkOrdersScreen: {id?: number; description?: string; tabIndex?: number};
PropertiesScreen: undefined;
PropertyDetailScreen: {propertyUnit: PropertyUnit};
};
export type MainDrawerParamList = {MainStack: NavigatorScreenParams<MainStackParamList>};
export type AppNavigationCompositeProps = CompositeScreenProps<
DrawerScreenProps<MainDrawerParamList, 'MainStack'>,
StackScreenProps<MainStackParamList>
>;
//____The navigation part______
const MainStack = createStackNavigator<MainStackParamList>();
const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator<MainDrawerParamList>();
/* the composite type is the only way I found to have access to
drawer fucntions such as toggleDrawer in the stack screens*/
const MainStackScreens = (navigation: AppNavigationCompositeProps) => (
<MainStack.Navigator initialRouteName={'HomeScreen'} screenOptions={MainStackScreenOptions(navigation)}>
<MainStack.Screen name="HomeScreen" component={HomeScreen} />
<MainStack.Screen name="OverViewScreen" component={OverViewScreen} />
<MainStack.Screen name="WorkOrdersScreen" component={WorkOrdersScreen} />
<MainStack.Screen name="PropertiesScreen" component={PropertiesScreen} />
<MainStack.Screen name="PropertyDetailScreen" component={PropertyDetailScreen} />
</MainStack.Navigator>
);
const Navigation: React.FC<{}> = () => {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Drawer.Navigator
initialRouteName="MainStack"
screenOptions={{headerShown: false}}
drawerContent={props => <CustomDrawerContent {...props} />}>
<Drawer.Screen name="MainStack" component={MainStackScreens} />
</Drawer.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
};
export default Navigation;
const MainStackScreenOptions = (navigation: AppNavigationCompositeProps): StackNavigationOptions => {
return {
headerStyle: {backgroundColor: '#00aade'},
headerTintColor: '#fca903',
headerTitleAlign: 'center',
headerTitleStyle: {fontWeight: 'bold', fontStyle: 'italic'},
headerBackTitle: 'GoBack',
headerLeft: () => <IconButton icon="menu" color="white" onPress={() => navigation.navigation.openDrawer()} />
};
};
//___the drawer content is like
const CustomDrawerContent: React.FC<DrawerContentComponentProps> = props => {
return (
<DrawerContentScrollView>
<Drawer.Item label="Home" onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('HomeScreen')} icon="star" />
<Drawer.Item label="OverView" onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('OverViewScreen')} icon="star" />
<Drawer.Item label="WorkOrders" onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('WorkOrdersScreen')} icon="star" />
<Drawer.Item label="Properties" onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('PropertiesScreen')} icon="star" />
</DrawerContentScrollView>
);
};