React Native Tab Navigation Component

In this article, we are going to see how to implement Tab Navigation in react-native. For this, we are going to use createBottomTabNavigator component. It is basically used for navigation from one page to another. These days mobile apps are made up of a single screen, so create various navigation components in React Native. We want to use React Navigation.

Syntax:

const Tab = createBottomTabNavigator();
<Tab.Navigator >
   <Tab.Screen/>
</Tab.Navigator>

Props in Tab Navigation:

• initialRouteName: It is the initial route that opens when the application loads.
• order: It basically sets the order of the tabs.
• paths: It controls the mapping of the route screen to path config.
• lazy: If its value is true, then the tab is rendered when it becomes active for the first time. Its default value is true.
• tabBarComponent: It is an optional prop. It overrides the component which is used as a tab bar.
• tabBarOptions: It is an object of many properties like tabStyle , showLabel, showIcon, style, etc…

Now let’s start with the implementation:

• Step 1: Open your terminal and install expo-cli by the following command.

  npm install -g expo-cli

• Step 2: Now create a project by the following command.

  expo init myapp

• Step 3: Now go into your project folder i.e. myapp

  cd myapp

• Step 4: Now install react-navigation into your project. React Navigation is used to navigate between one page to another. Install it by using the following command.

  npm install @react-navigation/native

• Step 5: Now install dependencies into your react-native project by using the following command.

  npm install react-native-reanimated react-native-gesture-handler react-native-screens react-native-safe-area-context @react-native-community/masked-view

• Step 6: Now install bottom-tabs from react-navigation.

  npm install @react-navigation/bottom-tabs

For React Tab Navigation: This can be used in React Native as well

https://reactnavigation.org/docs/tab-based-navigation/

Project Structure:

Example: Now let’s implement Tab Navigation.

App.js

import * as React from 'react';
import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { NavigationContainer }
         from '@react-navigation/native';
import { createBottomTabNavigator }
         from '@react-navigation/bottom-tabs';

function Home() {
  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center',
                   alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <Text>Home!</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

function Setting() {
  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center',
                   alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <Text>Settings!</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

function Notification() {
  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center',
                   alignItems: 'center'}}>
      <Text>Notifications!</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

const Tab = createBottomTabNavigator();

export default function App() {
  return (
    <NavigationContainer >
      <Tab.Navigator initialRouteName={Home} >
        <Tab.Screen name="Home" component={Home}  />
        <Tab.Screen name="Notifications"
                    component={Notification} />
        <Tab.Screen name="Settings" component={Setting} />
      </Tab.Navigator>
    </NavigationContainer>
  );
}

Start the server by using the following command.

npm run android

Output: If your emulator did not open automatically then you need to do it manually. First, go to your android studio and run the emulator. Now start the server again. 

Reference: https://reactnative.dev/docs/navigation#react-navigation