Navigator with buttons injected from pages
Introduction
Instead of bloating your main js file that contains your navigator with buttons. Itβs cleaner to just inject buttons on-demand in any page that you need.
//In the page "Home", I want to have the right nav button to show
//a settings modal that resides in "Home" component.
componentWillMount() {
this.props.route.navbarTitle = "Home";
this.props.route.rightNavButton = {
text: "Settings",
onPress: this._ShowSettingsModal.bind(this)
};
}
Full commented example
'use strict';
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import ReactNative from 'react-native';
const {
AppRegistry,
StyleSheet,
Text,
View,
Navigator,
Alert,
TouchableHighlight
} = ReactNative;
//This is the app container that contains the navigator stuff
class AppContainer extends Component {
renderScene(route, navigator) {
switch(route.name) {
case "Home":
//You must pass route as a prop for this trick to work properly
return <Home route={route} navigator={navigator} {...route.passProps} />
default:
return (
<Text route={route}
style={styles.container}>
Your route name is probably incorrect {JSON.stringify(route)}
</Text>
);
}
}
render() {
return (
<Navigator
navigationBar={
<Navigator.NavigationBar
style={ styles.navbar }
routeMapper={ NavigationBarRouteMapper } />
}
initialRoute={{ name: 'Home' }}
renderScene={ this.renderScene }
/>
);
}
}
//Nothing fancy here, except for checking for injected buttons.
//Notice how we are checking if there are injected buttons inside the route object.
//Also, we are showing a "Back" button when the page is not at index-0 (e.g. not home)
var NavigationBarRouteMapper = {
LeftButton(route, navigator, index, navState) {
if(route.leftNavButton) {
return (
<TouchableHighlight
style={styles.leftNavButton}
underlayColor="transparent"
onPress={route.leftNavButton.onPress}>
<Text style={styles.navbarButtonText}>{route.leftNavButton.text}</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
);
}
else if(route.enableBackButton) {
return (
<TouchableHighlight
style={styles.leftNavButton}
underlayColor="transparent"
onPress={() => navigator.pop() }>
<Text style={styles.navbarButtonText}>Back</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
);
}
},
RightButton(route, navigator, index, navState) {
if(route.rightNavButton) {
return (
<TouchableHighlight
style={styles.rightNavButton}
underlayColor="transparent"
onPress={route.rightNavButton.onPress}>
<Text style={styles.navbarButtonText}>{route.rightNavButton.text}</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
);
}
},
Title(route, navigator, index, navState) {
//You can inject the title aswell. If you don't we'll use the route name.
return (<Text style={styles.navbarTitle}>{route.navbarTitle || route.name}</Text>);
}
};
//This is considered a sub-page that navigator is showing
class Home extends Component {
//This trick depends on that componentWillMount fires before the navbar is created
componentWillMount() {
this.props.route.navbarTitle = "Home";
this.props.route.rightNavButton = {
text: "Button",
onPress: this._doSomething.bind(this)
};
}
//This method will be invoked by pressing the injected button.
_doSomething() {
Alert.alert(
'Awesome, eh?',
null,
[
{text: 'Indeed'},
]
)
}
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text>You are home</Text>
</View>
);
}
}
var styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center',
backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
marginTop: 66
},
navbar: {
backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
},
navbarTitle: {
marginVertical: 10,
fontSize: 17
},
leftNavButton: {
marginVertical: 10,
paddingLeft: 8,
},
rightNavButton: {
marginVertical: 10,
paddingRight: 8,
},
navbarButtonText: {
fontSize: 17,
color: "#007AFF"
}
});
AppRegistry.registerComponent('AppContainer', () => AppContainer);