navigationOptions

lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/layout/LayoutFactory.java

 	}
 
 	private ViewController createContainer(LayoutNode node) {
-		return new ReactRootViewController(activity, node.id, node.data.optString("name"), node.data.optJSONObject("navigationOptions").optString("title"), reactInstanceManager);
+		String id = node.id;
+		String name = node.data.optString("name");
+		NavigationOptions navigationOptions = NavigationOptions.parse(node.data.optJSONObject("navigationOptions"));
+		return new ReactRootViewController(activity, id, name, navigationOptions, reactInstanceManager);
 	}
 
 	private ViewController createContainerStack(LayoutNode node) {

lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/layout/NavigationOptions.java

+package com.reactnativenavigation.layout;
+
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public class NavigationOptions {
+
+	@NonNull
+	public static NavigationOptions parse(JSONObject json) {
+		NavigationOptions result = new NavigationOptions();
+		if (json == null) return result;
+		result.title = json.optString("title");
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public String title = "";
+}

lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/layout/ReactRootViewController.java

 public class ReactRootViewController extends ViewController {
 
 	private final String name;
-	private final String title;
+	private final NavigationOptions navigationOptions;
 	private final ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager;
 	private boolean attachedToReactInstance = false;
 	private ReactRootView reactRootView;
 
-	public ReactRootViewController(final Activity activity, final String id, final String name, final String title, final ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
+	public ReactRootViewController(final Activity activity,
+	                               final String id,
+	                               final String name,
+	                               final NavigationOptions navigationOptions,
+	                               final ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
 		super(activity, id);
 		this.name = name;
-		this.title = title;
+		this.navigationOptions = navigationOptions;
 		this.reactInstanceManager = reactInstanceManager;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void onViewAppeared() {
 		super.onViewAppeared();
-		if (getParentStackController() != null) getParentStackController().setTitle(title);
+		if (getParentStackController() != null)
+			getParentStackController().setTitle(navigationOptions.title);
 		new NavigationEvent(reactInstanceManager.getCurrentReactContext()).containerStart(getId());
 	}
 

lib/android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/NavigationOptionsTest.java

+package com.reactnativenavigation.parse;
+
+import com.reactnativenavigation.BaseTest;
+import com.reactnativenavigation.layout.NavigationOptions;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Java6Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class NavigationOptionsTest extends BaseTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void parsesNullAsDefaultEmptyOptions() throws Exception {
+		assertThat(NavigationOptions.parse(null)).isNotNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parsesJson() throws Exception {
+		JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+		json.put("title", "the title");
+
+		NavigationOptions result = NavigationOptions.parse(json);
+		assertThat(result.title).isEqualTo("the title");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void defaultEmptyOptions() throws Exception {
+		NavigationOptions uut = new NavigationOptions();
+		assertThat(uut.title).isEmpty();
+	}
+}