react-modal-stack-navigator

A Lightweight and Flexible Modal Stack Navigator for React 👩🏻‍💻🚀

The react-modal-stack-navigator is a lightweight and easy-to-use component that helps you integrate a simple stack navigation system into your modal components.

Import the StackNavigator component into your app and seamlessly integrate stack navigation, providing you with the flexibility to utilize any of your favorite modal components. and no need to worry about matching styles & themes.

Install

npm install react-modal-stack-navigator

or

yarn add react-modal-stack-navigator

Usage

Setup

Import the StackNavigator component in your app. and wrap it inside your favorite modal component.

StackNavigator will provide the navigation capabilities and take care of rendering the screens.

import React from 'react'
import StackNavigator from 'react-modal-stack-navigator'

import UseYourFavoriteModal from './components/Modal'
import HomeScreen from './components/Screens/HomeScreen'
import ProfileScreen from './components/Screens/ProfileScreen'

const screens = [
  { name: 'Home', component: HomeScreen },
  { name: 'Profile', component: ProfileScreen }
]

const App = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <UseYourFavoriteModal open={true}>
        <StackNavigator screens={screens} />
      </UseYourFavoriteModal>
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

You can provide all your screens to the StackNavigator via the screens Prop. It accepts an array of objects, and you need to provide a unique name for your route and the screen component you want to render.

The first object in the array will be used as the initial route.

Navigation

Now that the setup is complete, let's explore how to navigate between screens.

Your screen components, such as HomeScreen and ProfileScreen, now receive the ScreenProps. These props provide essential navigation functionalities to those components.

Here's an example using HomeScreen.tsx:

import React from 'react'
import { ScreenProps } from 'react-modal-stack-navigator'

const HomeScreen = ({ navigation }: ScreenProps) => {

  const handleNavigation = () => {
    navigation.navigate('Profile', {
      userId: 1234
    })
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Instagram Home Screen</h1>

      <button onClick={handleNavigation}>View John's Profile</button>
    </div>
  )
}

Now, let's take a look at ProfileScreen.tsx:

import React from 'react'
import { ScreenProps } from 'react-modal-stack-navigator'

const ProfileScreen = ({ navigation, route }: ScreenProps<{ userId: number }>) => {
  // Access userId from the route.params
  const userId = route.params?.userId || null;

  const handleGoBack = () => {
    navigation.goBack()
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Instagram Profile Screen</h1>

      {userId && (
        <p>Viewing Profile for User ID: {userId}</p>
      )}

      <div>
        <button
          onClick={handleGoBack}
          disabled={!navigation.canGoBack()}
        >
          Go back to the home page
        </button>
      </div>

    </div>
  )
}

ScreenProps

The ScreenProps interface provides two main objects: navigation and route, offering essential functionalities for screen components.

1. Navigation Object

The navigation object allows screen components to perform navigation actions.

• navigation.navigate(screenName: string, params?: Record<string, any>): void: Navigate to a specified screen with optional parameters. For example:

  const handleNavigation = () => {
    navigation.navigate('Profile', {
      userId: 1234
    });
  }

• navigation.replace(screenName: string, params?: Record<string, any>): void: Replace the current screen with a new screen, also with optional parameters.

• navigation.canGoBack(): boolean: Check if there's a screen to go back to.

• navigation.goBack(): void: Navigate back to the previous screen in the stack.

2. Route Object

The route object contains information about the route, including parameters.

• route.params: Record<string, any>: An object containing the parameters passed to the current route. For example:

  const userId = route.params?.userId || null;

• route.name: string: Represents the name (you provided previously) of the current route.

These ScreenProps allow your screen components to seamlessly integrate with the navigation stack, providing a smooth user experience.

Additional Configuration

Apart from the screens prop, the <StackNavigator /> component also accepts a layout prop. The layout prop allows you to provide a custom wrapper around the navigator's screens.

<StackNavigator
  screens={screens}
  layout={({ navigation, children }) => {
    return <div>{children}</div>
  }}
/>

Example

See the react-modal-stack-navigator in action by checking out our examples directory. Run the example locally to see the component's functionality. 🚀

The API design draws inspiration from React Native's React Navigation library, offering a familiar and intuitive experience for developers familiar with mobile app navigation patterns.

License

MIT © AroshAkalanka