So I have a homescreen that renders a modal component. I use some states for modal visibility. However, the problem is that when I navigate from the modal to another screen and then back to my home screen, the modal is still opened and I cannot figure out how to close it. I tried using useEffect but it does not do anything. Any tips?
This is home screen. The AddButton component is a simple TouchableOpacity that onPress call the toggleModal function
const [isModalVisible, setIsModalVisible] = useState(false);
const toggleModal = () => {
setIsModalVisible(!isModalVisible);
};
useEffect(() => {
setIsModalVisible(false)
}, [navigation])
return (
<AddButton
title="ADD BOOK"
toggleModal={toggleModal}
/>
)
And the Modal Component is this:
const ModalComponent = ({navigation, isModalVisible, toggleModal, title, author, save, onNavigate }) => {
return (
<Modal isVisible={isModalVisible}>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text>Modal</Text>
<View style={styles.footer}>
<TouchableOpacity onPress={toggleModal}>
<Text>Cancel</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => navigation.navigate("AddBookScreen")}>
<Text>{save}</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
</Modal>
);
};
Modify this code
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => navigation.navigate("AddBookScreen")}>
<Text>{save}</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
to
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => {
navigation.navigate("AddBookScreen")
toggleModal();
}}>
<Text>{save}</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>