Changing segment content onPress

I have segments and I want them to act as tabs. I tried using react-navigation onPress of each segment but it doesn't look nice.

I want the segments to stay fixed at the top and on clicking each one the content should change or call a specific component without reloading or noticing that the screen has changed.

<Segment>
  <Button first>
    <Text>Puppies</Text>
   </Button>
   <Button>
    <Text>Kittens</Text>
    </Button>
    <Button last active>
      <Text>Cubs</Text>
    </Button>
</Segment>
<Content>
  <Text>Awesome segment</Text>
</Content>

Solution

Segments can be customized as a react-navigation single screen separated into multiple components which can be rendered on demand.

Example

(Using native-base components)

state = {
    activePage:1,
}

selectComponent = (activePage) => () => this.setState({activePage})

_renderComponent = () => {
  if(this.state.activePage === 1)
    return <Component1/> //... Your Component 1 to display
  else 
    return <Component2/> //... Your Component 2 to display
}

render() {
  return ( 
    <Container>
      <Header>
       <Left />
       <Body>
         <Segment>
           <Button active={this.state.activePage === 1}
              onPress={this.selectComponent(1)}><Text>Component 1</Text></Button>
           <Button  active={this.state.activePage === 2}
              onPress= {this.selectComponent(2)}><Text>Component 2</Text></Button>
         </Segment>
        </Body>
        <Right/>
       </Header>
       <Content padder>
        {this._renderComponent()}
       </Content>
      </Container>
  )
}

You can customize it to add more components based on the conditions set above

Edit

Supposing you navigate to a particular screen that also contains Segment, the on some item button click you can do

this.props.navigation.navigate('OtherSegmentScreen', {activePage: this.state.activePage})

And on that page receive the props as

const {navigate} = this.props.navigation
const previousActiveSegment = navigate.getParams('activePage', '1') //... 1 is default value that you can set