I'm having some trouble with a react-native
app. I can't figure out how to pass data across screens.
I realize that there are other similar questions that are answered on SO, however the solutions did not work for me.
I'm using the StackNavigator
. Here's my setup in my App.js
file.
export default SimpleApp = StackNavigator({
Home: { screen: HomeScreen },
Categories: { screen: CategoriesScreen }, // send from here
Category: { screen: CategoryScreen } // to here
});
I have a TouchableHighlight
component which has a onPress
event that will navigate to the desired screen. This is on my Categories.js
file/screen.
<TouchableHighlight onPress={(id) => {
const { navigate } = this.props.navigation;
navigate('Category', { category: id });
}}>
<Text>{name}</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
When I click the element, the screen does indeed switch to category
, however it fails to send the props
data.
So when I check the data in my Category
screen, it returns undefined. I have tried the following methods:
this.props.category
this.props.navigation.state.category;
this.props.navigation.state.params.category
How exactly can I access that data that I passed in
the navigate
method?
navigate('Category', { category: id });
Edit: Here is my actual code structure:
The data
comes from a API
.
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var name = data[i].name;
var id = data[i].id;
categoryComponents.push(
<Card key={id}>
<CardItem>
<Body>
<TouchableHighlight onPress={(id) => {
const { navigate } = this.props.navigation;
navigate('Category', { params: { category: id } });
}}>
<Text>{name + " " + id}</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
</Body>
</CardItem>
</Card>
);
}
From parent screen:
or
From child screen:
const category = this.props.navigation.state.params.category
So looking at the above described issue I think you are looking for something like
screenProps
(documented here).This allows you to pass a specific props across screens.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need anything else.
Your problem isn't sending the parameter. You are sending it right and reading it right. Your error is related to that your
id
is undefined.You should fix your code like below,
And you can read your parameter like below.
Using the following code snippet, you can navigate to another screen with some values.
and you can collect the parameter at HomeScreen using,