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React Native Navigation v2 (WIP)
We are rebuilding react-native-navigation
Why Rebuild react-native-navigation?
A New & Improved Core Architecture
react-native-navigation has a few issues which are unsolvable in its current architecture. These issues stem from the same problem: you cannot specify on which screen you wish to make an action. Whenever you want to push a screen, show a modal or any other action, the action defaults to originate from your current screen. In most cases this is fine, but becoms problematic in specific edge cases. For example:
- What if you want to update your navbar icons and the user pops the screen? Your icons might update on the wrong screen.
- What if you want to push a screen as a result of a redux action?
There are ways to solve some of these problems in v1 but they are not straightforward. We want to change that.
New API
To solve this problem in v2, every screen receives its containerId as a prop. Whenever you want to perform an action from that screen you need to pass the containerId to the function:
Navigator.pop(this.props.containerId)
Built for Contributors
Currently, it requires a lot of work to accept pull requests. We need to manually make sure that everything works before we approve them because v1 is not thoroughly tested.
v2 is written with contributors in mind from day one.
Written In TDD
v2 is written in Test Driven Development. We have a test for every feature including features that are not implemented yet. This makes accepting pull requests extremely easy: If our tests pass, your pull request is accepted.
Current Status
v2 currently supports most of react-native-navigation’s basic functionality but it is still behind v1. Here is the full comparison of features between v1 and v2 (will be updated regularly):
Top Level API
| API | v1 | v2 |
|---|---|---|
| startTabBasedApp | ✅ | ✅ |
| startSinglePageApp | ✅ | ✅ |
| registerScreen | ✅ | ✅ |
| drawer | ✅ | ✅ |
Screen API
| API | v1 | v2 iOS | v2 Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| push | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| pop | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| showModal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| popToRoot | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| resetTo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| dismissModal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| dismissAllModals | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| showContextualMenu | ✅ | / Android specific | Contribute |
| dismissContextualMenu | ✅ | / Androic specific | Contribute |
| showFab | ✅ | / Android specific | Contribute |
| dismissFab | ✅ | / Android specific | Contribute |
| showSnackBar | ✅ | / Android specific | Contribute |
| dismissSnackBar | ✅ | / Android specific | Contribute |
| showLightBox | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute |
| dismissLightBox | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute |
| handleDeepLink | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute |
| Screen Visibility | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Styles
Note: v1 properties with names beginning with ‘navBar’ are replaced in v2 with properties beginning with ‘topBar’ to avoid confusion with the Android native bottom nav bar.
| v1 | v2 iOS | v2 Android | Contributors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| topBarTextColor | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarTextFontSize | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarTextFontFamily | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarBackgroundColor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Wix |
| topBarButtonColor | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarHidden | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarHideOnScroll | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarTranslucent | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| topBarTransparent | ✅ | WIP @bogobogo | Contribute | |
| topBarNoBorder | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @gtchance |
| drawUnderTabBar | ✅ | WIP @gran33 | Contribute | |
| drawUnderTopBar | ✅ | WIP @gran33 | Contribute | |
| statusBarBlur | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @gtchance |
| topBarBlur | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @gtchance |
| tabBarHidden | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @gtchance |
| statusBarTextColorScheme | ✅ | in development | / iOS specific | |
| statusBarTextColorSchemeSingleScreen | ✅ | in development | / iOS specific | |
| navBarSubtitleColor | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute | |
| navBarSubtitleFontFamily | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute | |
| screenBackgroundColor | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| orientation | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| statusBarHideWithTopBar | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @gtchance |
| statusBarHidden | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | WIX |
| disabledBackGesture | ✅ | WIP @gran33 | / iOS specific | |
| screenBackgroundImageName | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute | |
| rootBackgroundImageName | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute | |
| setButtons | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | @Johan-dutoit |
| title | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Wix |
| toggleDrawer | ✅ | Contribute | Contribute | |
| toggleTabs | ✅ | in development | in development | |
| setTabBadge | ✅ | ✅ | Contribute | Wix |
| switchToTab | ✅ | in development | Contribute | |
| toggleNavBar | ✅ | WIP @gran33 | Contribute | |
| navBarCustomView | ✅ | WIP @gran33 | Contribute | |
| customTransition(shared element) | :x: | WIP @bogobogo | Contribute | |
| splitViewScreen | :x: | Contribute | Contribute |
Element tranisitions, adding buttons and styles are not yet implemented. Contribute