Here is an example of React Native Bottom Navigation. Bottom Navigation is very useful when you have 2-3 main navigation options. It provides the user with easy access to regular usable options.
In this example, We will make a Bottom Navigation with navigation options like Home and Setting. Each screen has other navigation options too. So let’s get started.
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 |
1. 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 |
2. We are going to use Ionicons to show the menu icons from react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons. So to install react-native-vector-icons run the following command
1 | npm install react-native-vector-icons --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.
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 | //This is an example code for Bottom Navigation// import React from 'react'; import { Button, Text, View, TouchableOpacity, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the basic component we have used import Ionicons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons'; //import Ionicons to show the icon for bottom options //For React Navigation 2.+ import following //import {createStackNavigator,createBottomTabNavigator} from 'react-navigation'; //For React Navigation 3.+ import following import { createStackNavigator, createBottomTabNavigator, createAppContainer, } from 'react-navigation'; //import createStackNavigator, createBottomTabNavigator, createAppContainer in our project 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( { Home: { screen: HomeStack }, Settings: { screen: SettingsStack }, }, { defaultNavigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ tabBarIcon: ({ focused, horizontal, tintColor }) => { const { routeName } = navigation.state; let IconComponent = Ionicons; let iconName; if (routeName === 'Home') { iconName = `ios-information-circle${focused ? '' : '-outline'}`; } else if (routeName === 'Settings') { iconName = `ios-checkmark-circle${focused ? '' : '-outline'}`; } return <IconComponent name={iconName} size={25} color={tintColor} />; }, }), 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).Android
(Home menu with details screen in it)
IOS
(Home menu with details screen in it)
Android
(Setting menu with detail and profile screens in it)
IOS
(Setting menu with detail and profile screens in it)
In this example, we have used Ionicons for the bottom navigation tab icons. If you want to use the icons from the local directory of your project then please visit our next post on Bottom Navigation with Navigation Icon from Local Directory. This will be a similar example but the bottom tab icon will be from the project’s local directory.
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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Please how to home page diffrent 2 button click go to diffrent bottom tab bar example add please ….
Hello Nilesh,
you can download the project files from here.
https://we.tl/t-mKYf3nIAcL
You can also see the snack here
https://snack.expo.io/SJjbtF-xE?session_id=snack-session–mKzbXCcE
Process:
1. You just need to make a React Native project.
2. Replace app.js and place pages folder from the downloaded files.
3. Add the react-navigation in the project (This Example will help you https://aboutreact.com/react-native-navigation-router/).
and RUN the project.
Hi, I have created my own icons and want to use them instead of IonIcons. I have stored them in a folder called assets. I don’t have to import them. But I can not figure out how to implement them in the defaultNavigationOptions.
Can you please show me the way.
Thank you
Peter
Great tutorial, thanks for your time and knowledge shared!
If someone is using Expo on the section *Linking of Dependencies*, there is a different command ‘react-native link react-native-gesture-handler’. Don’t know if it also applies to the plain use of React Native.
Gracias one more time 🙂
Thank you for your words. 🙂
How to download this project. Your earlier link in comment is not working!!!
Hey hi,
You can see snack over there https://snack.expo.io/SJjbtF-xE?session_id=snack-session–mKzbXCcE
Please download the code from there and can see the output in runtime.
Hello, how do I put a floating action button on the tab navigation?
There is not a way to put a floating action button on a single place instead you have to make a different component for that and have to include that component into all screens.