I'm using React Navigation 6.x's linking with Expo so that when a user clicks on a notification they are directed to the appropriate part of my application to interact with the new information. When my app is backgrounded (running in the background) and a user clicks on a notification they are redirected to the screen they need to be at, which works perfectly fine. However, when the app is killed and the user clicks on a notification, they are taken directly to the screen for which the url is provided and they cannot press back to navigate elsewhere in my application. I tried to resolve this by using the initialRouteName prop like is shown in the docs (link: https://reactnavigation.org/docs/configuring-links/#rendering-an-initial-route), but I cannot get it to work. For further clarification, when I mentioned above that I am able to get linking working it is in relation to the direct SettingsScreen, AddFriendScreen, and MessagingScreen links. What I cannot get working is the specific block of code inside the liking object that starts with HomeScreen. What I believe may be causing the issue is that I am trying to set my initialRoute as a screen within HomeScreen's Tabs.Navigator and then trying to route to a screen within my Stack.Navigator. However, the docs show that this is possible (link: https://reactnavigation.org/docs/configuring-links/#rendering-an-initial-route).
My code:
const linking = {
prefixes: [prefix],
config: {
screens: {
HomeScreen: {
initialRouteName: "Chats",
screens: {
AddFriendScreen: "addFriend",
CreateChatScreen: "createChatScreen",
Friends: "friends",
MessagingScreen: 'messagingScreen/:chatRoomId'
}
},
SettingsScreen: "SettingsScreen",
AddFriendScreen: "AddFriendScreen",
MessagingScreen: 'MessagingScreen/:chatRoomId'
},
}
};
<NavigationContainer linking={linking} theme={MyTheme} >
<Stack.Navigator>
{!authState.value ?
<>
<Stack.Screen name="LoginScreen" component={LoginScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="SignUpScreen" component={SignUpScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="ForgotPasswordScreen" component={ForgotPasswordScreen} />
</>
:
<>
<Stack.Screen name="HomeScreen" component={HomeScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="MessagingScreen" component={MessagingScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="SettingsScreen" component={SettingsScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="CreateChatScreen" component={CreateChatScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="AddFriendScreen" component={AddFriendScreen} />
</>
}
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
const HomeScreen = () => {
return (
<Tabs.Navigator>
<Tabs.Screen name="Chats" component={ChatScreen} />
<Tabs.Screen name="Friends" component={FriendsScreen} />
<Tabs.Screen name="Profile" component={ProfileScreen} />
</Tabs.Navigator>
)
}
