If you have just started learning react native & devloping screens, you might have gotten stuck or faced some problems when trying to nest different navigators. It happened with me as well & I had to spend much time to understand the right solution or approach. Hopefully, this article might help you save some time. Also, I have created a sample app for this concept, whereby the different navigators are nested (link shared at the last section of this article). Some Context Typically, an app starts with a splash screen followed up by signup or login screens. And, finally the home page, where you usually see a drawer menu & some bottom-tab navigators. In this article, I’d share my approach of nesting these navigators: @react-navigation/stack @react-navigation/bottom-tabs @react-navigation/drawer Here's the link to the react native component that I had published: https://github.com/mvpbuddy/react-native-nested-navigators Folder Structure: The main source files are located in the views folder. All the navigation routes are defined in Root.js | root | App.js | Views | Root.js --> Main router file | SplashScreen.js | TabScreen1.js | TabScreen2.js | TabScreen3.js | TabScreen4.js | ContactScreen.js Let’s get started Our very initial route would be a splash screen And, we’d use , which provides a way for the app to transition between screens where each new screen is placed on top of a stack. createStackNavigator import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native'; import { createStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/stack'; import SplashScreen from './SplashScreen'; .... const Stack = createStackNavigator(); function Root({ navigation }) { let initialRoute = 'Splash'; return ( <NavigationContainer> <Stack.Navigator initialRouteName={initialRoute} headerMode="screen"> <Stack.Screen name="Splash" component={SplashScreen} options={ title: '', headerShown: false } /> .... </Stack.Navigator> </NavigationContainer> ); } export default Root; You can stack any number of screens in stack-navigator. By providing an , you can route the navigation flow based on the screen name. initialRouteName This is essentially helpful, when implementing auth. For example, for all the logged-in users, the can be set to programmatically. initialRouteName ‘Home-Screen’ For the users, who haven’t interacted yet, the can be initialRouteName ‘Splash-Screen’ Next, let’s create a drawer component , which would basically be a drawer menu with a couple of other screens. MyDrawer import { createDrawerNavigator, DrawerContentScrollView, DrawerItemList, DrawerItem } from '@react-navigation/drawer'; const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator(); function DrawerSidebarScreen(props) { return ( <DrawerContentScrollView {...props}> <View style={backgroundColor: 'blue', height: 100}></View> <DrawerItemList {...props} /> </DrawerContentScrollView> ); } function MyDrawer({ navigation }) { return ( <Drawer.Navigator initialRouteName="Home" drawerContent={props =><DrawerSidebarScreen {...props} />}> <Drawer.Screen name="Home" component={HomeTabs} /> <Drawer.Screen name="Contact Us" component={ContactScreen} /> </Drawer.Navigator> ); } And, we’d create another stack screen by the name that would use the above component for rendering. Drawer <Stack.Screen name="Drawer" component={MyDrawer} options={ title: '', headerShown: false } /> When you are ready to show the drawer menu in the subsequent screens, simply add navigation route on the page Drawer transition:this.props.navigation.navigate('Drawer'); To open the drawer menu: import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native'; const navigation = useNavigation(); navigation.openDrawer(); You can simply call the function of a button or icon. openDrawer onPress Now, let’s create a bottom tab navigator component: import { createBottomTabNavigator } from '@react-navigation/bottom-tabs'; const Tab = createBottomTabNavigator(); function HomeTabs({ navigation }) { return ( <Tab.Navigator tabBarOptions={ activeTintColor: 'blue', inactiveTintColor: 'gray', title: 'Hello', style:{height:40, paddingBottom: 10} } > <Tab.Screen name="Tab-1" component={TabScreen1} /> <Tab.Screen name="Tab-2" component={TabScreen2} /> <Tab.Screen name="Tab-3" component={TabScreen3} /> <Tab.Screen name="Tab-4" component={TabScreen4} /> </Tab.Navigator> ); } You might have noticed in the drawer component, we have defined the as , which corresponds to the nested bottom tab component by the name initialRouteName Home HomeTabs Conclusion Once you understand or implement nested navigation, it seems really simple & handy. Please keep up-to-date with latest version of library, as these are updated frequently. react-navigation Here’s the github repo. link for the complete code: https://github.com/mvpbuddy/react-native-nested-navigators
