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How to Create Top Navigation Tab Under Another Component in React Native?

I'm using react-navigation version 5, currently, I have a screen with Text and Button inside a View which placed at the top of the SafeAreaView, and I need to add TopTabNavigator just below the View.
Here's the code:
TimelineComponent.js
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import {ScrollView, Text} from 'react-native';
class TimelineComponent extends React.PureComponent {
render() {
return (
<ScrollView>
<Text>Timeline</Text>
</ScrollView>
);
}
}
export default TimelineComponent;
TrendingComponent.js
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import {ScrollView, Text} from 'react-native';
class TrendingComponent extends React.PureComponent {
render() {
return (
<ScrollView>
<Text>Trending</Text>
</ScrollView>
);
}
}
export default TrendingComponent;
TopNav.js
import React from 'react';
import {createMaterialTopTabNavigator} from '#react-navigation/material-top-tabs';
import TimelineComponent from '../TimelineComponent';
import TrendingComponent from '../TrendingComponent';
const Tab = createMaterialTopTabNavigator();
export function TopNav() {
return (
<Tab.Navigator>
<Tab.Screen name="Timeline" component={TimelineComponent} />
<Tab.Screen name="Trending" component={TrendingComponent} />
</Tab.Navigator>
);
}
WallFragmentComponent.js
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome';
import {
Keyboard,
SafeAreaView,
StyleSheet,
Text,
TouchableOpacity,
TouchableWithoutFeedback,
View,
} from 'react-native';
import {TopNav} from './TopNav';
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
padding: 20,
},
header_container: {
backgroundColor: 'white',
alignItems: 'center',
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
justifyContent: 'space-between',
},
header_text: {
fontSize: 30,
fontWeight: '500',
},
new_chat_button: {
alignItems: 'center',
borderColor: 'blue',
borderWidth: 1,
borderRadius: 12,
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
paddingHorizontal: 22,
paddingTop: 6,
paddingVertical: 6,
},
top_nav: {
marginVertical: 20,
},
});
class WallFragmentComponent extends React.PureComponent {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
input: {},
secureTextEntry: true,
};
}
handleInput = (name, value) => {
this.setState({
input: {...this.state.input, [name]: value},
});
};
render() {
return (
<View style={{backgroundColor: 'white'}}>
<SafeAreaView>
<TouchableWithoutFeedback
onPress={Keyboard.dismiss}
accessible={false}>
<View style={styles.container}>
<View style={styles.header_container}>
<Text style={styles.header_text}>Wall</Text>
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.new_chat_button}>
<Icon name="comment" style={{marginEnd: 6, color: 'blue'}} />
<Text style={{fontWeight: '500', color: 'blue'}}>
New Post
</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
</TouchableWithoutFeedback>
<View style={styles.top_nav}>
<TopNav />
</View>
</SafeAreaView>
</View>
);
}
}
export default WallFragmentComponent;
In the WallFragmentComponent.js file, I have placed <TopNav /> inside a View, but it's not rendering when I run the project. Here's the screenshot:
screenshot
How am I able to add top navigation just under the Wall Text and New Post button? any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Regards

This might help
// TopNav.js
const Tab = createMaterialTopTabNavigator();
const AppNavigator = () => {
return (
<Tab.Navigator>
<Tab.Screen name="Timeline" component={TimelineComponent} />
<Tab.Screen name="Trending" component={TrendingComponent} />
</Tab.Navigator>
)
}
export default AppNavigator;
WallFragmentComponent.js
import AppNavigator from './AppNavigator';
...........
const TopNav = createAppContainer(AppNavigator);
class WallFragmentComponent extends React.PureComponent {
......
render() {
return (
<View style={{backgroundColor: 'white'}}>
......
<TopNav />
......
</View>
);
}
}
You can also use react-native-scrollable-tab-view

Well, finally I have found the solution:
Change the first <View ... /> element into <SafeAreaView style={{flex: 1}} /> and then everything is working correctly.
WallFragmentComponent.js
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome';
import {
Keyboard,
SafeAreaView,
StyleSheet,
Text,
TouchableOpacity,
TouchableWithoutFeedback,
View,
} from 'react-native';
import {TopNav} from './TopNav';
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
padding: 20,
},
header_container: {
backgroundColor: 'white',
alignItems: 'center',
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
justifyContent: 'space-between',
},
header_text: {
fontSize: 30,
fontWeight: '500',
},
new_chat_button: {
alignItems: 'center',
borderColor: 'blue',
borderWidth: 1,
borderRadius: 12,
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
paddingStart: 22,
paddingEnd: 22,
paddingTop: 6,
paddingBottom: 6,
},
top_nav: {
marginTop: 20,
},
});
class WallFragmentComponent extends React.PureComponent {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
input: {},
secureTextEntry: true,
};
}
handleInput = (name, value) => {
this.setState({
input: {...this.state.input, [name]: value},
});
};
render() {
return (
<SafeAreaView style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white'}}>
<TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={Keyboard.dismiss} accessible={false}>
<View style={styles.container}>
<View style={styles.header_container}>
<Text style={styles.header_text}>Wall</Text>
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.new_chat_button}>
<Icon name="comment" style={{marginEnd: 6, color: 'blue'}} />
<Text style={{fontWeight: '500', color: 'blue'}}>
{' '}
New Post
</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
</TouchableWithoutFeedback>
<TopNav />
</SafeAreaView>
);
}
}
export default WallFragmentComponent;
Screenshot
And that's it

Passing onPress redirect to child component React Native

I am struggling a little bit. I have tried to create more components for my React native app but after I did it my ButtonSaving stoped redirecting to Dashboard for some reason. I was trying some ways to pass onRowPress to component but without luck. What do I do incorrectly here please?
Login button is working fine => redirecting to Dashboard
ButtonSaving not working at all => should redirect to Dashboard
AppNavigator.js
import { createStackNavigator } from 'react-navigation-stack'
import { createAppContainer } from 'react-navigation';
import Homepage from './components/Homepage/Homepage';
import Dashboard from './components/Dashboard/Dashboard';
const AppNavigator = createStackNavigator({
Homepage: Homepage,
Dashboard: { screen: Dashboard},
},
{
initialRouteName: 'Homepage',
defaultNavigationOptions: {
headerStyle: {
backgroundColor: 'white',
opacity: 70,
borderBottomColor: 'white',
borderColor: 'white'
},
headerTintColor: 'black',
headerTitleStyle: {
fontWeight: 'bold'
}
}
}
);
const Container = createAppContainer(AppNavigator);
export default Container;
Homepage.js
import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Button, Image } from 'react-native';
import {NavigationActions} from 'react-navigation';
// COMPONENTS
import ButtonSaving from './ButtonSaving/ButtonSaving';
class Homepage extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
isLoading: false
},
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
this.onRowPress = this.onRowPress.bind(this);
}
handleClick() {
const counterApp = this.state.counter;
this.setState({
counter: counterApp + 1,
dashboard: 'Dashboard'
})
}
onRowPress = ({ navigation }) => {
this.props.navigation.navigate(this.state.dashboard);
}
render() {
return(
<View style={styles.container}>
{/* LOGIN BUTTON */}
<View style={styles.buttonContainer}>
<View style={styles.buttonLogin}>
<Button title="log in"
color="white"
onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Dashboard')}/>
</View>
</View>
{/* LOGO CONTAINER */}
<View style={styles.logoContainer}>
<Image
style={{height: 147, width: 170}}
source= {require('./REACT_NATIVE/AwesomeProject/logo.png')}
></Image>
</View>
{/* EXPLAINATION OF WALT */}
<Text style={styles.textContainer}>Lorem ipsum lorem upsum></Text>
{/* Needs to be refactored to VIEW */}
<ButtonSaving onPress={() => this.onRowPress}/>
</View>)
}
ButtonSaving.js
import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Button, Image, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
import { LinearGradient } from 'expo-linear-gradient';
class ButtonSaving extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
},
this.onRowPress = this.onRowPress.bind(this);
}
onRowPress = ({ navigation }) => {
this.props.navigation.navigate(this.state.dashboard);
}
render(){
return(
<View style={styleButton.container}>
<LinearGradient
colors={[
'#00b38f',
'#7dcf5a'
]}
style={styleButton.opacityContainer}>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Button
title="Start Saving"
color='white'
onPress={this.onRowPress}/>
</TouchableOpacity>
</LinearGradient>
</View>
)
}
}
const styleButton = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
flexWrap: 'wrap',
width: '100%',
height: 50,
justifyContent: 'center',
marginTop: '39%'
},
opacityContainer: {
height: 48,
borderRadius: 25,
backgroundColor: 'darkgreen',
width: '70%',
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center'
}
})
export default ButtonSaving;

You miss to put dashboard in your state in ButtonSaving.js
In Homepage.js when your are calling handleClick ?. Dunno how you got that working...

You say in the onRowPress this:
this.props.navigation.navigate(this.state.dashboard);
but I don't see anywhere that you set this.state.dashboard.
Probabbly you missed set it up.

It was simple refactor and this helped!
<ButtonSaving navigation ={this.props.navigation}/>
I will update solution for others later.

There is no point to save "dashboard" in the Homepage state or the ButtonSaving state.
In Homepage.js you don't need to pass onPress to ButtonSaving
...
<ButtonSaving navigation={this.props.navigation}/>
...
Next in ButtonSaving.js
onRowPress = () => {
this.props.navigation.navigate('Dashboard');
}

Why won't one of my components work in my React Native project?

I'm teaching myself React Native and as of now, I've ran into a minor problem.
I want <KeyboardAvoidingView/> to push the 2 input boxes up so that the user can see what they're typing but my code isn't doing that. It isn't even showing what user is typing. The user must press Next on the keyboard they can see what they typed. Also, what I press Next, it doesn't go to the next input box.
Here's App.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {View, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
import BackGround from './components/BackGround';
export default class App extends Component {
render() {
return(
<View style={styles.back}>
<BackGround/>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
back: {
flex: 1
}
});
Here's Login.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {StyleSheet, TextInput, View, Text, TouchableOpacity, KeyboardAvoidingView} from 'react-native';
class Login extends Component {
render() {
return(
<KeyboardAvoidingView behavior={"padding"} style={styles.container}>
<View>
<TextInput
style={styles.input}
returnKeyType={"next"}
keyboardType={"email-address"}
autoCorrect={false}
placeholder={"Email"}
/>
<TextInput
style={styles.input}
returnKeyType={"go"}
placeholder={"Password"}
secureTextEntry
/>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.loginAndCA}>Login</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.loginAndCA}>Create Account</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</KeyboardAvoidingView>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
padding: 20
},
input: {
backgroundColor: '#DAE5FF',
// paddingBottom: 20,
padding: 20,
paddingHorizontal: 15,
marginBottom: 10,
borderRadius: 15,
},
loginAndCA: {
fontSize: 40,
textAlign: 'center',
color: 'white',
fontFamily: 'Bodoni 72 Smallcaps',
paddingHorizontal: 10
}
});
export default Login;
Here's BackGround.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {StyleSheet, Image, View, Text} from 'react-native';
import Login from './Login';
class BackGround extends Component {
render() {
return(
<View style={styles.first}>
<Image style={styles.container} source={require('../pictures/smoke.jpg')}>
<Login/>
</Image>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
alignItems: 'center',
width: null,
height: null,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
},
first: {
flex: 1
},
second: {
paddingTop: 290 // Moves both <TextInput> boxes down.
},
});
export default BackGround;

Why won't <TextInput/> display what's being typed?

Whenever I click on Email in the first <TextInput/> box on my physical device, I can't see what's being typed. Only when I press Next to go to the Password box do I see what was typed in the Email box. Why's this so?
Here's App.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {View, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
import BackGround from './components/BackGround';
export default class App extends Component {
render() {
return(
<View style={styles.back}>
<BackGround/>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
back: {
flex: 1
}
});
Here's Login.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {StyleSheet, TextInput, View, Text, TouchableOpacity, KeyboardAvoidingView} from 'react-native';
class Login extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
text: ''
};
}
updateTextInput = text => this.setState({text});
render() {
return(
<KeyboardAvoidingView behavior={"padding"} style={styles.container}>
<View>
<TextInput
style={styles.input}
returnKeyType={"next"}
keyboardType={"email-address"}
autoCorrect={false}
onChangeText={this.updateTextInput}
value={this.state.text}
/>
<TextInput
style={styles.input}
returnKeyType={"go"}
secureTextEntry
/>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.loginAndCA}>Login</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.loginAndCA}>Create Account</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</KeyboardAvoidingView>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
padding: 20
},
input: {
backgroundColor: '#DAE5FF',
paddingBottom: 20,
padding: 20,
paddingHorizontal: 15,
marginBottom: 10,
borderRadius: 15,
},
loginAndCA: {
fontSize: 40,
textAlign: 'center',
color: 'white',
fontFamily: 'Bodoni 72 Smallcaps',
paddingHorizontal: 10
},
buttons: {
paddingBottom: 50
}
});
export default Login;
Here's BackGround.js:
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {StyleSheet, Image, View} from 'react-native';
import Login from './Login';
export default class BackGround extends Component {
render() {
return(
<View style={styles.first}>
<Image style={styles.container} source={require('../pictures/smoke.jpg')}>
<View style={styles.second}>
<Login/>
</View>
</Image>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center',
width: null,
height: null,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
resizeMode: 'cover'
},
first: {
flex: 1
},
second: {
paddingTop: 290 // Moves both <TextInput> boxes down.
}
});

You need to pass value and onTextChange props to TextInput.
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/textinput.html

You need to give it a value connected to state and as that textinput changes, you update the state value:
export default class TextInputExample extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
text: ''
};
}
updateTextInput = text => this.setState({ text })
render() {
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1}}>
<TextInput
style={{height: 40}}
placeholder="Type here!"
onChangeText={this.updateTextInput}
value={this.state.text}
/>
</View>
);
}
}

DrawerLayoutAndroid not showing anything?

I'm trying to display the [DrawerLayoutAndroid][1] component of React Native:
/**
* Sample React Native App
* https://github.com/facebook/react-native
*/
'use strict'
import React, {
AppRegistry,
Component,
StyleSheet,
Text,
TextInput,
View,
ScrollView,
DrawerLayoutAndroid
} from 'react-native'
class Dictionary extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
movies: 'Test'
}
}
render() {
const navigationView = (
<View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#fff'}}>
<Text style={{margin: 10, fontSize: 15, textAlign: 'left'}}>Im in the Drawer!</Text>
</View>
)
return (
<ScrollView>
<DrawerLayoutAndroid
drawerWidth={300}
drawerPosition={DrawerLayoutAndroid.positions.Left}
renderNavigationView={() => navigationView}>
<View style={{flex: 1, alignItems: 'center'}}>
<Text style={{margin: 10, fontSize: 15, textAlign: 'right'}}>Hello</Text>
<Text style={{margin: 10, fontSize: 15, textAlign: 'right'}}>World!</Text>
</View>
</DrawerLayoutAndroid>
<View style={styles.parent}>
<Text>
Type something in English:
</Text>
<TextInput/>
<Text style={styles.germanLabel}>
Movies: { this.state.movies }
</Text>
</View>
</ScrollView>
)
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
parent: {
padding: 16
},
germanLabel: {
marginTop: 20,
fontWeight: 'bold'
},
germanWord: {
marginTop: 15,
fontSize: 30,
fontStyle: 'italic'
}
})
AppRegistry.registerComponent('Dictionary', () => Dictionary)
However, the app doesn't display anything:
What could be the cause? (There aren't any error messages either, seems like everything compiled just fine.)

Try to make your DrawerLayoutAndroid as a root node. There is no information about this in docs, but helped me. Does this helps you?