I'm creating an app with react-native with using react-navigation for routing. I know we can change tab order in react-navigation initially. But in my case, I need to change tab order programmatically. Is there any way to do that?
I'm creating an app with react-native with using react-navigation for routing. I know we can change tab order in react-navigation initially. But in my case, I need to change tab order programmatically. Is there any way to do that?
The following is an "almost pseudo code" example. It should at least drive you in the right direction. The trick is to use a "connected" main navigation component which reacts to changes in a redux store (in my case I stored the tabs order in a "settings" reducer) and force re-render of the tabs and their order, changing the screenProps property passed down by react-navigation to each navigator. Then there is a TabSelector component which returns the correct screen based on the props passed. I'm sorry if it's not totally clear what I mean but English is not my primary language :)
import Tab1 from 'app/components/Tab1';
import Tab2 from 'app/components/Tab2';
// ... all the imports for react-navigation
const TabSelector = (props) => {
switch(props.tab) {
case 1:
return <Tab1 {...props} />;
case 2:
return <Tab2 {...props} />;
}
};
const Tabs = {
PreferredTab: {
screen: ({ screenProps }) => (
<TabSelector tab={screenProps.firstTab} />
),
navigationOptions: ({ screenProps }) => ({
// write label and icon based on screenProps.firstTab
})
},
OtherTab: {
screen: ({ screenProps }) => (
<TabSelector tab={screenProps.otherTab} />
),
navigationOptions: ({ screenProps }) => ({
// write label and icon based on screenProps.otherTab
})
},
// other tabs...
};
const Navigator = createTabNavigator(Tabs, {
initialRouteName: 'PreferredTab',
// other options...
});
const WrappedNavigator = props => {
// fetch tab index from redux state, for example
const firstTab = useSelector(state => state.settings.firstTab);
const otherTab = useSelector(state => state.settings.otherTab);
return <Navigator screenProps={{ firstTab: firstTab, otherTab: otherTab }} {...props} />;
};
WrappedNavigator.router = Navigator.router;
export default createAppContainer(WrappedNavigator);