Here is an example of Bottom Navigation with Navigation Icon from Local Directory. This post is an extension of my previous post on How to Make React Native Bottom Navigation with Latest Navigation V. 3+.
In this example, we are making the same layout and flow as the previous one, Bottom Navigation with navigation options like Home and Setting. Each screen has other navigation options too but this time the navigation tab icon will be from the local directory.
This example will work for the React Navigation Version 3+. If you are using Version 2+ then please find the comments in the code for the suitable changes or can see our old post React Native Navigation Version 2+ for the help.
To Make a React Native App
Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install thereact-native-cli command line utility.
Open the terminal and go to the workspace and runnpm install -g react-native-clireact-native init ProjectNameInstallation of Dependencies
To install dependencies open the terminal and jump into your project
1 | cd ProjectName |
To use createStackNavigator you need to install react-navigation and react-native-gesture-handler dependencies.
Run the following commands
1 | npm install react-navigation --save |
1 | npm install react-native-gesture-handler --save |
This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory. –save is optional, it is just to update dependencies in your package.json file.
Linking of Dependencies
After installing the dependencies you need to link it with your project using
1 | react-native link |
After linking the dependency if you face Could not Compile Settings File project/android/settings.gradle error while building and installing the project then you can find the solution here.
Project File Structure
To start with this Example you need to create
- A directory named pages in your project and create four files DetailsScreen.js, HomeScreen.js, ProfileScreen.js and SettingScreen.js in it.
- A directory named asset which will have our icons stored.
Now Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// //Icons Used in this example is from local directory// import React from 'react'; import { Button, Image } from 'react-native'; import { createStackNavigator, createBottomTabNavigator, createAppContainer, } from 'react-navigation'; import HomeScreen from './pages/HomeScreen'; import SettingsScreen from './pages/SettingsScreen'; import DetailsScreen from './pages/DetailsScreen'; import ProfileScreen from './pages/ProfileScreen'; const HomeStack = createStackNavigator( { //Defination of Navigaton from home screen Home: { screen: HomeScreen }, Details: { screen: DetailsScreen }, }, { //For React Navigation 2.+ change defaultNavigationOptions->navigationOptions defaultNavigationOptions: { //Header customization of the perticular Screen headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#42f44b', }, headerTintColor: '#FFFFFF', title: 'Home', //Header title }, } ); const SettingsStack = createStackNavigator( { //Defination of Navigaton from setting screen Settings: { screen: SettingsScreen }, Details: { screen: DetailsScreen }, Profile: { screen: ProfileScreen }, }, { //For React Navigation 2.+ change defaultNavigationOptions->navigationOptions defaultNavigationOptions: { //Header customization of the perticular Screen headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#42f44b', }, headerTintColor: '#FFFFFF', title: 'Settings', //Header title }, } ); const App = createBottomTabNavigator( { //Defination of Navigaton bottom options Home: { screen: HomeStack }, Settings: { screen: SettingsStack }, }, { //For React Navigation 2.+ change defaultNavigationOptions->navigationOptions defaultNavigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ tabBarIcon: ({ focused, horizontal, tintColor }) => { const { routeName } = navigation.state; if (routeName === 'Home') { return ( <Image source={ focused ? require('./asset/logo1.png') : require('./asset/logo2.png') } style={{ width: 20, height: 20, borderRadius: 40 / 2, }} /> ); } else if (routeName === 'Settings') { return ( <Image source={ focused ? require('./asset/logo1.png') : require('./asset/logo4.png') } style={{ width: 20, height: 20, borderRadius: 40 / 2, }} /> ); } }, }), tabBarOptions: { activeTintColor: '#42f44b', inactiveTintColor: 'gray', }, } ); //For React Navigation 2.+ need to export App only //export default App; //For React Navigation 3.+ export default createAppContainer(App); |
Open pages/DetailsScreen.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
DetailsScreen.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// import React from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { Text, View, TouchableOpacity, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the basic component we have used export default class DetailsScreen extends React.Component { //Detail Screen to show from any Open detail button render() { return ( <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <Text>Details!</Text> </View> ); } } |
Open pages/HomeScreen.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
HomeScreen.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// import React from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { Text, View, TouchableOpacity, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the basic component we have used export default class HomeScreen extends React.Component { //Home Screen to show in Home Option render() { return ( <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <Text style={{ marginTop: 50, fontSize: 25 }}>Home!</Text> <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Settings')}> <Text>Go to settng Tab</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Details')}> <Text>Open Details Screen</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ button: { alignItems: 'center', backgroundColor: '#DDDDDD', padding: 10, width: 300, marginTop: 16, }, }); |
Open pages/ProfileScreen.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
ProfileScreen.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// import React from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { Text, View, TouchableOpacity, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the basic component we have used export default class ProfileScreen extends React.Component { //Profile Screen to show from Open profile button render() { return ( <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <Text>Profile!</Text> </View> ); } } |
Open pages/SettingsScreen.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
SettingsScreen.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// import React from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { Text, View, TouchableOpacity, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the basic component we have used export default class SettingsScreen extends React.Component { //Setting Screen to show in Setting Option render() { return ( <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <Text style={{ marginTop: 50, fontSize: 25 }}>Setting!</Text> <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Home')}> <Text>Go to Home Tab</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Details')}> <Text>Open Detail Screen</Text> </TouchableOpacity> <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Profile')}> <Text>Open Profile Screen</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ button: { alignItems: 'center', backgroundColor: '#DDDDDD', padding: 10, width: 300, marginTop: 16, }, }); |
To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.cd ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).
That was the React Native Bottom Navigation. If you have any doubt or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. There will be more posts coming soon. Stay tuned!
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