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Navigating from children screen to parent's sibling screen in React Navigation

I have few questions about React Navigation. I want to navigate from child screen to parent's sibling component, but I couldn't find a proper way for that. My navigation in the app looks like this:
Stack (Main)
LoginPage
Desk (DrawerNavigation)
Messages
MyAccount
Here I want to navigate to MyAccount, from Messages (Desk's child screen). How can I achieve that?

I'm using #react-navigation/stack, #react-navigation/drawer to config and useNavigation to redirect screen:
import * as React from "react";
import { Button, Text, View } from "react-native";
import { NavigationContainer, useNavigation } from "#react-navigation/native";
import { createStackNavigator } from "#react-navigation/stack";
import { createDrawerNavigator } from "#react-navigation/drawer";
const STYLE = {
flex: 1,
alignItems: "center",
justifyContent: "center",
width: "100%",
};
function LoginPage() {
const navigation = useNavigation();
return (
<View style={STYLE}>
<Text>LoginPage</Text>
<Button
title="Go to DrawerNav"
onPress={() => navigation.navigate("Desk")}
/>
</View>
);
}
function Messages() {
const navigation = useNavigation();
return (
<View style={STYLE}>
<Text>Messages</Text>
<Button
title="Go to MyAccount"
onPress={() => navigation.navigate("MyAccount")}
/>
</View>
);
}
function MyAccount() {
return (
<View style={STYLE}>
<Text>MyAccount</Text>
</View>
);
}
const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator();
const Desk = () => {
return (
<Drawer.Navigator initialRouteName="Messages">
<Drawer.Screen name="Messages" component={Messages} />
</Drawer.Navigator>
);
};
const Stack = createStackNavigator();
export default function App() {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Stack.Navigator initialRouteName="LoginPage">
<Stack.Screen name="LoginPage" component={LoginPage} />
<Stack.Screen
name="Desk"
component={Desk}
options={{ headerShown: false }}
/>
<Stack.Screen name="MyAccount" component={MyAccount} />
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
}

In React Native Navigation, how do I send props to my screens?

I want to be able to use navigation on a different screen other than just the first one but I am getting an error that this.props does not exist.
I have my App.js file setup like this:
import { createStackNavigator } from '#react-navigation/stack';
import { NavigationContainer } from '#react-navigation/native';
import Screen2 from './screens/Screen2';
import Screen3 from './screens/Screen3';
import HomeScreen from './screens/HomeScreen';
const Stack = createStackNavigator();
function HomeScreen({ navigation }) {
return (
<View>
<Button
title="Go to Screen2"
onPress={() => {
navigation.navigate('Screen2');
}}
/>
<Button
title="Go to Screen3"
onPress={() => {
navigation.navigate('Screen3');
}}
/>
</View>
);
const App: () => React$Node = () => {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Stack.Navigator>
<Stack.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="Screen2" component={Screen2} />
<Stack.Screen name="Screen3" component={Screen3} />
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
};
The buttons in app.js work but if I go to Screen2 and click a button that intends to go to another (Screen3 in the example below), props does not exist.
Example Screen2.js would look like this:
const Screen2: () => React$Node = () => {
return (
<>
<View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
<Button
title="Go to Screen3"
onPress={goToScreen3}}
/>
</View>
</>
);
function goToScreen3() {
if(condition){
this.props.navigate.navigate('Screen3');
}}
How do I pass the props so that I can use navigation in my second screen?

For functional component sometimes it's tricky to pass navigation through props as well. So just use withNavigation.
you have to import it and wrap the function with it.
import { withNavigation } from 'react-navigation';
const Screen2 = props => {
const goToScreen3 = () => {
if(condition){
props.navigate.navigate('Screen3');
}}
return (
<>
<View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
<Button
title="Go to Screen3"
onPress={goToScreen3()}
/>
</View>
</>
);
export default withNavigation(Screen2)

In Functional Component there is no this binding so you need to get the props from the function first
check th
const Screen2 = (props) => {
return (
<>
<View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
<Button
title="Go to Screen3"
onPress={goToScreen3}}
/>
</View>
</>
);
function goToScreen3() {
if(condition){
props.navigate.navigate('Screen3');
}
}
}

React Native: Using navigation with dynamic components mapped to arrays

I am building an app in which several of the screens have dynamically rendered cards which are mapped to an array of objects called ENTRIES. Each one of these cards can be pressed to navigate to a corresponding screen, however I cannot seem to get the navigation to work.
I keep getting the following error Error: You need to specify name or key when calling navigate with an object as the argument.
I am passing is the screen value from ENTRIES into my this.props.navigation.navigate, which should direct to that screen when the <TouchableOpacity> is pressed.
Here is an an example of the code below:
App.js File
import React from 'react;
import {createMaterialBottomTabNavigator} from '#react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs';
import {NavigationContainer} from '#react-navigation/native';
import {createStackNavigator} from '#react-navigation/stack';
import Home from './src/screens/Home';
import SettingsScreen from './src/screens/SettingsScreen';
import PrivacyScreen from './src/screens/PrivacyScreen';
import NotificationsScreen from './src/screens/NotificationsScreen';
import SoundsScreen from './src/screens/SoundsScreen';
import ThemeScreen from './src/screens/ThemeScreen';
const PrivacyStack = createStackNavigator();
const SettingsStack = createStackNavigator();
const AuthStack = createStackNavigator();
const MainStack = createStackNavigator();
const Tabs = createMaterialBottomTabNavigator();
const TabNavigator = () => {
return (
<Tabs.Navigator
initialRouteName="Home"
<Tabs.Screen
name="Home"
component={HomeStack}
/>
Tabs.Screen
name="Settings"
component={SettingsStack}
children={this.SettingsStack}
</Tabs.Navigator>
)
}
const AuthStack = () => (
<AuthStack.Navigator>
<AuthStack.Screen
name="Auth"
component={Auth}
/>
</AuthStack.Navigator>
);
const SettingsStackScreen = () => (
<SettingsStack.Navigator>
<SettingsStack.Screen
name="Settings"
component={Settings}
/>
<SettingsStack.Screen
name="Privacy"
component={PrivacyStack}
/>
<SettingsStack.Screen
name="Theme"
component={ThemeScreen}
/>
<SettingsStack.Screen
name="Notifications"
component={NotificationsScreen}
/>
<SettingsStack.Screen
name="Sound"
component={SoundsScreen}
/>
</SettingsStack.Navigator>
);
const PrivacyStack = () => (
<PrivacyStack.Navigator>
<PrivacyStack.Screen
name="Privacy"
component={PrivacyScreen}
/>
<PrivacyStack.Screen
name="Notifications"
component={NotificationsScreen}
/>
</PrivacyStack.Navigator>
);
const App = () => {
return (
<NavigationContainer ref={navigationRef}>
<MainStack.Navigator>
<MainStack.Screen name="Tabs" component={TabNavigator} />
<MainStack.Screen
name="Auth"
component={AuthStack}
options={{gestureEnabled: false}}
/>
</MainStack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
)
}
Settings.js File
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {TouchableOpacity, ScrollView} from 'react-native;
export default class Settings extends Component {
render(screen, index) {
return (
<ScrollView>
{ENTRIES.map((entry, index) => (
<TouchableOpacity
key={entry.index}
onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate(screen)}>
</TouchableOpacity>
))}
</ScrollView>
)
}
export default Settings
entries.js File
import React from 'react';
export const ENTRIES = [
{
name: "Theme",
screen: "ThemeScreen",
},
{
name: "Sounds",
screen: "SoundsScreen",
},
{
name: "Notifications",
screen: "NotificationsScreen",
},
]

The render function does not take any arguments. And the screen in your array should be accessed by using the entry.screen
render() {
return (
<ScrollView>
{ENTRIES.map((entry, index) => (
<TouchableOpacity
key={entry.name}
onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate(entry.screen)}>
</TouchableOpacity>
))}
</ScrollView>
)
}

How to use react hooks on react-native with react-navigation

This is App.js using react-navigation. There are two screens on it called HomeScreen and AddScreen.
import * as React from 'react';
import { NavigationContainer } from '#react-navigation/native';
import { createStackNavigator } from '#react-navigation/stack';
import HomeScreen from './src/HomeScreen';
import AddScreen from './src/AddScreen';
const Stack = createStackNavigator();
function App() {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Stack.Navigator initialRouteName="Home">
<Stack.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="Add" component={AddScreen} />
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
}
export default App;
And This is home Screen. There is a 'items' in 'useState. It is gived through Add by navigation as props.
import * as React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';
function HomeScreen({ navigation, route }) {
const [items, setItems] = React.useState([]);
React.useEffect(() => {
if (route.params?.items) {
// Post updated, do something with `route.params.post`
// For example, send the post to the server
console.log('saved');
}
}, [route.params?.items]);
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
<Button
title="Create post"
onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Add', { items, setItems })}
/>
<View>
{items.map((item, i) => {
return (
<View>
<Text>{item.itemName}</Text>
<Text>{item.itemPrice}</Text>
</View>
);
})}
</View>
</View>
);
}
HomeScreen.propTypes = {
navigation: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};
export default HomeScreen;
And AddScreen receives 'items' as route.params.
And it use 'setItems' to push his own data in it.
After adding, navigation return to HomeScreen with items that is added with new item.
import * as React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { View, Text, Button, TextInput } from 'react-native';
function AddScreen({ route, navigation }) {
const { items, setItems } = route.params;
const [itemName, setItemName] = React.useState('');
const [itemPrice, setItemPrice] = React.useState('0');
const addItem = () => {
setItems([...items, { itemName, itemPrice }]);
setItemName('');
setItemPrice('0');
};
return (
<View>
<TextInput
multiline
placeholder="What's on your mind?"
value={itemName}
onChangeText={setItemName}
/>
<TextInput
multiline
placeholder="What's on your mind?"
value={itemPrice}
onChangeText={setItemPrice}
/>
<Button
title="Done"
onPress={() => {
addItem();
// Pass params back to home screen
navigation.navigate('Home', items);
}}
/>
</View>
);
}
AddScreen.propTypes = {
navigation: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
route: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};
export default AddScreen;
It works well on my purpose.
But I'm not sure whether this way is correct or not using react hooks to give and receive data from parent to child.
Could you modify my code ?

You should consider using React Context API https://uk.reactjs.org/docs/context.html. Its dedicated to sharing the common state (items in your case). Here is an example:
You should create a common context for items:
ItemsState.js
import React, { useState, useContext } from 'react';
const ItemsContext = React.createContext([]);
export const ItemsProvider = ({ children }) => {
return (
<ItemsContext.Provider value={useState([])}>
{children}
</ItemsContext.Provider>
);
}
export const useItems = () => useContext(ItemsContext);
Then share the context between screens with provider in App.js like this
import {ItemsProvider} from 'ItemsState';
function App() {
return (
<ItemsProvider> // share the items between both screens
<NavigationContainer>
<Stack.Navigator initialRouteName="Home">
<Stack.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
<Stack.Screen name="Add" component={AddScreen} />
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
</ItemsProvider>
);
}
Then use items context in each screen like this AddScreen.js
import {useItems} from './ItemsState';
function AddScreen({ route, navigation }) {
const [items, setItems] = useItems(); // <- using items context as global useState
const [itemName, setItemName] = React.useState('');
const [itemPrice, setItemPrice] = React.useState('0');
const addItem = () => {
setItems([...items, { itemName, itemPrice }]);
setItemName('');
setItemPrice('0');
};
return (
<View>
<TextInput
multiline
placeholder="What's on your mind?"
value={itemName}
onChangeText={setItemName}
/>
<TextInput
multiline
placeholder="What's on your mind?"
value={itemPrice}
onChangeText={setItemPrice}
/>
<Button
title="Done"
onPress={() => {
addItem();
// Pass params back to home screen
navigation.navigate('Home', items);
}}
/>
</View>
);
}
You can also use useReducer hook and make more Redux-like. Check out this article
https://medium.com/simply/state-management-with-react-hooks-and-context-api-at-10-lines-of-code-baf6be8302c

in order to share data between components you can use Context API or Redux, passing full objects through navigation routes is an anti-pattern, you can find more information in the docs
https://reactnavigation.org/docs/params/#what-should-be-in-params

React native navigation in flatlist

I using the flatlist to display a list of data. I wish to pass the data into another pages, but i have no idea which kind of navigation I shd use.
import Routes from './src/Routes';
export default class App extends Component<Props> {
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<StatusBar
backgroundColor="#1c313a"
arStyle="light-content"
/>
<Routes/>
</View>
);
}
}
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {StyleSheet, View, StatusBar,Text} from 'react-native';
import { NavigationContainer } from '#react-navigation/native';
import { createDrawerNavigator } from '#react-navigation/drawer';
import HomeScreen from '../pages/HomeScreen'
import YourActivitiesScreen from '../pages/YourActivitiesScreen'
import YourFavouriteScreen from '../pages/YourFavouriteScreen'
const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator();
function MyDrawer() {
return (
<Drawer.Navigator initialRouteName="Home">
<Drawer.Screen
name="Home"
component={HomeScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Home' }}
/>
<Drawer.Screen
name="Your Activities"
component={YourActivitiesScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Your Activities' }}
/>
<Drawer.Screen
name="Your Favourite"
component={YourFavouriteScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Your Favourite' }}
/>
</Drawer.Navigator>
);
}
export default function SideMenu() {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<MyDrawer />
</NavigationContainer>
);
}
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {Router, Stack, Scene} from 'react-native-router-flux';
import Login from './pages/Login';
import Signup from './pages/Signup';
import SideMenu from './components/SideMenu'
export default class Routes extends Component {
render() {
return(
<Router>
<Stack key="root" hideNavBar>
<Scene key="login" component={Login} title="Login" initial/>
<Scene key="signup" component={Signup} title="Signup" />
<Scene key="home" component={SideMenu} title="HomeScreen" />
</Stack>
</Router>
);
}
}
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
StyleSheet,
View,
Text,
AsyncStorage,
TouchableOpacity,
FlatList,
Button,
} from 'react-native';
import DetailsScreen from './Details';
import { createDrawerNavigator, SafeAreaView } from 'react-navigation';
class HomeScreen extends Component{
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
activitiesList: [],
}
};
renderItem = (item) => {
return (
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={() => {
console.log('test')
}}
>
<View style={styles.item}>
<Text style={styles.title}>{item.name}</Text>
</View>
</TouchableOpacity>
);
}
render(){
const listActivities = this.state.activitiesList
return (
<View>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.heading}>UPCOMING ACTIVITIES</Text>
</View>
<View>
<SafeAreaView>
<FlatList
data = {listActivities}
renderItem={({ item }) => this.renderItem(item)}
keyExtractor={item => item.id}
/>
</SafeAreaView>
</View>
</View>
)
}
}
I used the react-native-router-flux at the early part of system, which is login, signup and home. Now home display the flatlist, from the flatlist i have to make a onPress to navigate to another pages, the Actions in router-flux that i used before cannot work. Anyone have idea about it? or another better way navigate to to the details of flatlist?

First off, I'd refactor all the code to use just one kind of navigator (in this case, going for react-navigation). So, we will have your router-flux code combined with your
//Your routes screen
import { NavigationContainer } from '#react-navigation/native';
import { createStackNavigator } from '#react-navigation/stack';
//... add missing imports
const Stack = createStackNavigator();
//this will be your old router-flux
const Root = () => {
return (
<Stack.Navigator>
<Stack.Screen name="login" component={Login} title="Login" initial/>
<Stack.Screen name="signup" component={Signup} title="Signup" />
<Stack.Screen name="home" component={SideMenu} title="HomeScreen" />
</Stack.Navigator>
)
}
const Drawer = () => {
return (
<Drawer.Screen
name="Home"
component={HomeScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Home' }}
/>
<Drawer.Screen
name="Your Activities"
component={YourActivitiesScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Your Activities' }}
/>
<Drawer.Screen
name="Your Favourite"
component={YourFavouriteScreen}
options={{ drawerLabel: 'Your Favourite' }}
/>
</Drawer.Navigator>
)
}
const AppContainer = () => {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Stack.Navigator>
<Stack.Screen name="Root" component={Root} />
<Stack.Screen name="Drawer" component={Drawer} />
//import your Details screen to use inside component
<Stack.Screen name="Details" component={Details} />
</Stack.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
}
export default AppContainer
You will wrap your App.js component with this AppContainer. What we just did was to nest the navigations, your Home will be reached first and your drawer will be all in the same. Also, there is one missing stack in your code that is the one for the Details.
Right after here you are going to use all the actions from react-navigation. All the screens will receive a navigation props. Once you want to navigate from your Root, you will call the navigation just like props.navigation.navigate("Home").
The same will apply to navigate to your Detail screen from the FlatList.
//Your Home Screen
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
StyleSheet,
View,
Text,
AsyncStorage,
TouchableOpacity,
FlatList,
Button,
SafeAreaView
} from 'react-native';
class HomeScreen extends Component{
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
activitiesList: [],
}
};
renderItem = (item) => {
return (
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={() => {
props.navigation.navigate("Details", { data: item })
console.log('test')
}}
>
<View style={styles.item}>
<Text style={styles.title}>{item.name}</Text>
</View>
</TouchableOpacity>
);
}
render(){
const listActivities = this.state.activitiesList
return (
<View>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.heading}>UPCOMING ACTIVITIES</Text>
</View>
<View>
<SafeAreaView>
<FlatList
data = {listActivities}
renderItem={({ item }) => this.renderItem(item)}
keyExtractor={item => item.id}
/>
</SafeAreaView>
</View>
</View>
)
}
}
Just added the navigation action to the code above. You have to access the params object in your Details Screen
//Details Screen
class DetailsScreen extends React.Component {
render() {
const { routes } = this.props;
return (
<View>
//Your component
<Text>{routes.data.name}</Text>
</View>
);
}
}
Just a side note. If you have a problem when navigating to a nested stack you can navigate this way using params
navigation.navigate(<YourParent>, {
screen: <YourDesiredScreen>,
params: { <YourObject> },
});
I hope it helps, at least as a guide. I didn't tested it, that's why I asked you to upload your code to expo.

I use react-navigation and couldn't be happier. All the navigation needed can be done with a simple:
this.props.navigation.navigate('ScreenName', {param1: 'Hello', param2: 'World'})
and then, when on the screen desired, get the param:
const { param1, param2 } = this.props.route.params;
More details here.
And, of course, if using function components it is even easier.

This example is form my 1st react-native-expo project but I hope that it will help you.
Bottom code is for two stack screens where I have PlayersTab screen and Player so main focus is to access Player with parms from PlayersTab using react-navigation
Navigation is in props object all you need is to destructor it in component const PlayersList = ({ navigation }) => {//your code}
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
import React from 'react';
import { createNativeStackNavigator } from '#react-navigation/native-stack';
import PlayersList from '../personal_data_screen/PlayersList';
import PersonalDataScreenPlayer from'../personal_data_screen/PersonalDataScreenPlayer';
const Stack = createNativeStackNavigator();
const PersonalPlayerDataNavigator = ({ loginDataObject }) => {
return (
<Stack.Navigator>
<Stack.Screen options={{ headerShown: false }} name='PlayersTab'>
{(props) => (
<PlayersList {...props} loginDataObject={loginDataObject} />
)}
</Stack.Screen>
<Stack.Screen options={{ headerShown: false }} name='Player'>
{(props) => <PersonalDataScreenPlayer {...props} />}
</Stack.Screen>
</Stack.Navigator>
);
};
export default PersonalPlayerDataNavigator;
FlatList witch is in PlayersTab looks like this
<FlatList
data={Object.keys(friendList.data)}
renderItem={renderItem}
keyExtractor={keyExtractor}
navigation={navigation}
/>
const renderItem = ({ item }) => (
<Item
navigation={navigation}
account_id={friendList.data[item].account_id}
nickname={friendList.data[item].nickname}
/>
const Item = ({ nickname, account_id, navigation }) => (
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Player', { account_id: account_id })}>
<View style={styles.itemView}>
<Text style={styles.playerNicknameText}>{nickname}</Text>
</View>
</TouchableOpacity>
And code for Player screen
import React from 'react';
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
const PersonalDataScreenPlayer = ({ route }) => {
return (
<View
style={{
flex: 1,
flexDirection: 'column',
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
}}>
<Text>{route.params.account_id}</Text>
</View>
);
};
export default PersonalDataScreenPlayer;