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Where is placed createSwitchNavigator in react-navigation 5.x for migrating from react-navigation 4 to 5.x


I'm migrating a React Native application from react-navigation 4 to 5.x and i can't find which package contains createSwitchNavigation. Specifically i have doubts with the auth token check part.

With react-navigation 4 i had:

const switchNavigator = createSwitchNavigator({
  ResolveAuth: ResolveAuthScreen,
  signinFlow: createStackNavigator({
    Signup: SignupScreen,
    Signin: SigninScreen,
  }),
  appFlow: createBottomTabNavigator({
    TrackCreate: TrackCreateScreen,
    trackListFlow: createStackNavigator({
      TrackList: TrackListScreen,
      TrackDetail: TrackDetailScreen
    }),
    Account: AccountScreen,
  })
}, {
  initialRouteName: 'ResolveAuth'
});

Then i have a file containing ResolveAuthScreen component.

import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';

const ResolveAuthScreen = (props) => {
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!props.token) {
      props.navigation.navigate('loginFlow');
    } else {
      props.navigation.navigate('TrackList');
    }
  }, []);

  return null;
};

const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
  return {
    token: state.auth.token,
  };
};

export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(ResolveAuthScreen);

The rest of components are not important for this doubt. I want to know how to replicate the same Switch navigation flow. I would like to know how can i create something like this:

const Switch = createSwitchNavigator();

export default function App() {
  return (
    <NavigationContainer>
      <Switch.Navigator>
        <Switch.Screen name="ResolveAuth" component={ResolveAuthScreen} />
        <Switch.Screen name="signinFlow" component={SignInFlowScreens} />
        <Switch.Screen name="appFlow" component={AppFlowScreens} />
      </Switch.Navigator>
    </NavigationContainer>
  );
}

Solution

  • In earlier versions of React Navigation, there were 2 ways to handle this:

    1. Keep multiple navigators and use switch navigator to switch the active navigator to a different one upon login (recommended)
    2. Reset the state of the navigator to the desired screens upon login

    But for v5, you need to use context. Take a look at here to see a detailed example!