Navigation on React Native [Web]

This is the source code from this blog post.

Table of Contents

• How to run
• API
• Roadmap

How to run

Requirements: React Native (last tested on react-native@0.61)

• $ git clone git@github.com:ythecombinator/react-native-web-monorepo-navigation.git
• $ cd react-native-web-monorepo-navigation
• $ yarn
• $ cd packages/mobile/ios
• $ pod install
• $ cd -
• $ yarn workspace web start
• $ yarn workspace mobile start
• Run the project
  • [iOS] Via Xcode
    • yarn xcode (open the project on Xcode)
    • Press the Run button
  • [Android] Via Android Studio
    • yarn studio (open the project on Android Studio)
    • Press the Run button
  • Via CLI
    • You may need to launch your device emulator before the next command
    • $ yarn android or $ yarn ios

API

useNavigation()

useNavigation is a hook which gives access to the navigation object. It includes:

• navigate: Go to another route
• replace: Replace the current route with a new one
• goBack: Close active route and move back in the stack

useRoute()

useRoute is a hook which gives access to the route object. It includes:

• name: Name of the route. Defined in navigator component hierarchy
• params: Set of params which is defined while navigating – e.g. navigate('Twitter', { user: 'Dan Abramov' })

<Link />

Provides declarative, accessible navigation around your application. It has the following props:

• path: A string representing the path to link to
• params: An object of key/value pairs of route parameters

Roadmap

API

• useRoute hook
• useNavigation hook
• Link componentt
• Redirect component

Miscellaneous

• Move API to a library that can be installed as an npm package