This is an example to Switch Screen out of the Navigation Drawer in React Native. We will use react-navigation to make a navigation drawer in this example. I hope you have already seen our last post on React Native Navigation Drawer because in this post we are just extending the last post to switch out of the Navigation Drawer. In this example, we have a navigation drawer with 3 screens in the navigation menu, a button on the first screen to open a screen with navigation drawer and a button on the first screen to open a new screen out of the navigation drawer.
Switching Screen out of the navigation means we are opening the ScreenExternal independent of the Navigation Drawer. To do this we are going to make a DrawerNavigator and then will put this Navigator in parallel with ScreenExternal in StackNavigator. So the Drawer will be a group and ScreenExternal will be an independent entity which will a part of stackNavigator, not the DrawerNavigator.
Make the DrawerNavigator using
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator({ Screen1: { screen: FirstActivity_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Screen 1 with Button', }, }, Screen2: { screen: Screen2_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Simple Screen 2', }, }, Screen3: { screen: Screen3_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Simple Screen 3', }, }, }); |
Make StackNavigator using
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | const DrawerNavigatorExample = createStackNavigator({ Drawer: { screen: Drawer, navigationOptions: { header: null } }, ScreenExternal: { screen: ScreenExternal, navigationOptions: { title: 'Screen External' }, }, }); |
In this example, we will make a navigation drawer with Three screens, a ScreenInternal to open in navigation drawer and a ScreenExternal which will open as an independent screen (out of the navigation drawer). So let’s get started.
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 the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run
npm install -g react-native-cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
react-native init ProjectNameIf you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.Xreact-native init ProjectName --version react-native@nextThis will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Installation of Dependencies
This example is updated for the React Navigation 4.0+. For more about React Navigation 4 please have a look at Using React Navigation 4.0 in React Native apps.
To install the dependencies open the terminal and jump into your project
1 | cd ProjectName |
1. Install react-navigation dependency to import createAppContainer
1 | npm install react-navigation --save |
2. Install react-native-gesture-handler dependency to support gesture navigation
1 | npm install react-native-gesture-handler --save |
3. Install react-navigation-drawer to import createDrawerNavigator
1 | npm install react-navigation-drawer --save |
4. Install react-native-reanimated for the drawer animation (Used internally by react-navigation-drawer)
1 | npm install react-native-reanimated --save |
These steps are enough for the drawer navigation but in this example we are also using createStackNavigator to switch screeens, so please follow the next step also
5. Install react-navigation-stack to import createStackNavigator
1 | npm install react-navigation-stack --save |
These commands will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory.
CocoaPods Installation
After the updation of React Native 0.60, they have introduced autolinking so we do not require to link the libraries but need to install pods.
In this example we need to install the pods for react-native-gesture-handler and react-native-reanimated.
Please use the following command to install CocoaPods
1 | cd ios && pod install && cd .. |
Project Structure
To start with this example you need to create a directory named pages in your project and create five files Screen1.js, Screen2.js, Screen3.js, ScreenExternal.js, and ScreenInternal.js in it.
To have the drawer Icon in Action Bar you have to make an image directory in your project and have to copy any drawer image with name drawer.png (For this example. You can change if you want but you need to change the file name in code too).
Here is the drawer.png if you want to download.
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 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { View, Image, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native'; //For React Navigation 3+ //import { // createStackNavigator, // createDrawerNavigator, // createAppContainer, //} from 'react-navigation'; //For React Navigation 4+ import {createAppContainer} from 'react-navigation'; import {createDrawerNavigator} from 'react-navigation-drawer'; import {createStackNavigator} from 'react-navigation-stack'; import Screen1 from './pages/Screen1'; import Screen2 from './pages/Screen2'; import Screen3 from './pages/Screen3'; import ScreenExternal from './pages/ScreenExternal'; import ScreenInternal from './pages/ScreenInternal'; class NavigationDrawerStructure extends Component { toggleDrawer = () => { this.props.navigationProps.toggleDrawer(); }; render() { return ( <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row' }}> <TouchableOpacity onPress={this.toggleDrawer.bind(this)}> {/*Donute Button Image */} <Image source={require('./image/drawer.png')} style={{ width: 25, height: 25, marginLeft: 5 }} /> </TouchableOpacity> </View> ); } } const FirstActivity_StackNavigator = createStackNavigator({ First: { screen: Screen1, navigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ title: 'Screen 1 with Button', headerLeft: <NavigationDrawerStructure navigationProps={navigation} />, headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#FF9800', }, headerTintColor: '#fff', }), }, ScreenInternal: { screen: ScreenInternal, navigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ title: 'Screen With Navigation Drawer', headerLeft: <NavigationDrawerStructure navigationProps={navigation} />, headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#FF9800', }, headerTintColor: '#fff', }), }, }); const Screen2_StackNavigator = createStackNavigator({ Second: { screen: Screen2, navigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ title: 'Simple Screen 2', headerLeft: <NavigationDrawerStructure navigationProps={navigation} />, headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#FF9800', }, headerTintColor: '#fff', }), }, }); const Screen3_StackNavigator = createStackNavigator({ Third: { screen: Screen3, navigationOptions: ({ navigation }) => ({ title: 'Simple Screen 3', headerLeft: <NavigationDrawerStructure navigationProps={navigation} />, headerStyle: { backgroundColor: '#FF9800', }, headerTintColor: '#fff', }), }, }); const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator({ Screen1: { screen: FirstActivity_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Screen 1 with Button', }, }, Screen2: { screen: Screen2_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Simple Screen 2', }, }, Screen3: { screen: Screen3_StackNavigator, navigationOptions: { drawerLabel: 'Simple Screen 3', }, }, }); const DrawerNavigatorExample = createStackNavigator({ Drawer: { screen: Drawer, navigationOptions: { header: null } }, ScreenExternal: { screen: ScreenExternal, navigationOptions: { title: 'Screen External' }, }, }); export default createAppContainer(DrawerNavigatorExample); |
Open pages/Screen1.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
Screen1.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 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { StyleSheet, View, Text, Button } from 'react-native'; export default class Screen1 extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={styles.MainContainer}> <Text style={{ fontSize: 23 }}> Screen 1 </Text> <Button title="Go to Other Screen out of the Navigation Drawer" onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('ScreenExternal')} /> <View style={{padding:20}}/> <Button title="Go to Other Screen with Navigation Drawer" onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('ScreenInternal')} /> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ MainContainer: { flex: 1, padding: 20, alignItems: 'center', marginTop: 50, justifyContent: 'center', }, }); |
Open pages/Screen2.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
Screen2.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { StyleSheet, View, Text } from 'react-native'; export default class Screen2 extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={styles.MainContainer}> <Text style={{ fontSize: 23 }}> Screen 2 </Text> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ MainContainer: { flex: 1, padding: 20, alignItems: 'center', marginTop: 50, justifyContent: 'center', }, }); |
Open pages/Screen3.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
Screen3.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { StyleSheet, View, Text } from 'react-native'; export default class Screen3 extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={styles.MainContainer}> <Text style={{ fontSize: 23 }}> Screen 3 </Text> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ MainContainer: { flex: 1, padding: 20, alignItems: 'center', marginTop: 50, justifyContent: 'center', }, }); |
Open pages/ScreenExternal.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
ScreenExternal.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { StyleSheet, View, Text, Button } from 'react-native'; export default class ScreenExternal extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={{padding:20}}> <Text>Switched screen which is out of the Navigation Drawer</Text> </View> ); } } |
Open pages/ScreenInternal.js in any code editor and the Replace the code with the following code.
ScreenInternal.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | /*Example to open a screen out of the Navigation Drawer*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; import { StyleSheet, View, Text, Button } from 'react-native'; export default class ScreenInternal extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={{ padding: 20 }}> <Text style={{ padding: '30px' }}> Switched Screen Which is in the Navigation Drawer </Text> <Button title="Go to Screen1" onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('First')} /> </View> ); } } |
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
IOS
This is how you can Switch Screen out of the Navigation Drawer in React Native. 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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Hi ,
Can you add post for Drawer with tab bar navigation in react native.
Hi Swarup,
Sure. Can you please elaborate about that so that we can help you.
Thanks a lot..great tutorial sir
Thank you.. your words meters alot 🙂