react navigation issue with versions - react-native

Question

I have a problem when I try to add a bottomnavigation in my app on the main screen:
This is the main screen code:
// Main.js
import React from 'react';
import { View, Text, StyleSheet, Button } from 'react-native';
import firebase from 'react-native-firebase';
import { NavigationContainer } from '#react-navigation/native';
import { createBottomTabNavigator } from '#react-navigation/bottom-tabs';
export default class Main extends React.Component {
state = { currentUser: null }
componentDidMount() {
const { currentUser } = firebase.auth()
this.setState({ currentUser })
}
render() {
const { currentUser } = this.state
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text>
Hi {currentUser && currentUser.email}!
</Text>
</View>
)
}
}
const bottomTabNavigator = createBottomTabNavigator(
{
Main: Main,
},
{
initialRouteName: 'Main'
}
);
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center',
}
})
No when I run it I get this error:
Error: Creating a navigator doesn't take an argument. Maybe you are trying to use React Navigation 4 API with React Navigation 5? See https://reactnavigation.org/docs/en/hello-react-navigation.html for usage guide.
<unknown>
index.bundle?platform=ios&dev=true&minify=false:109707:24
<global>
Main.js:24
loadModuleImplementation
require.js:322:6
guardedLoadModule
require.js:201:45
runUpdatedModule
require.js:657:17
metroHotUpdateModule
require.js:533:8
define
require.js:53:24
global code
Main.bundle?platform=ios&dev=true&minify=false&modulesOnly=true&runModule=false&shallow=true:1:4
<unknown>
[native code]:0
inject
injectUpdate.js:62:35
forEach
[native code]:0
injectUpdate
injectUpdate.js:71:26
on$argument_1
HMRClient.js:40:21
emit
index.js:202:37
_ws.onmessage
WebSocketHMRClient.js:72:20
EventTarget.prototype.dispatchEvent
event-target-shim.js:818:39
_eventEmitter.addListener$argument_1
WebSocket.js:232:27
emit
EventEmitter.js:190:12
callFunctionReturnFlushedQueue
[native code]:0
So i checked my package file which is:
{
"name": "kowop",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"android": "react-native run-android",
"ios": "react-native run-ios",
"start": "react-native start",
"test": "jest",
"lint": "eslint ."
},
"dependencies": {
"#react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.6",
"#react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^5.0.3",
"#react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs": "^5.0.1",
"#react-navigation/native": "^5.0.1",
"email-validator": "^2.0.4",
"react": "16.9.0",
"react-native": "0.61.5",
"react-native-firebase": "^5.6.0",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.5.6",
"react-native-paper": "^3.6.0",
"react-native-reanimated": "^1.7.0",
"react-native-safe-area-context": "^0.6.4",
"react-native-screens": "^2.0.0-beta.2",
"react-native-vector-icons": "^6.6.0",
"react-navigation": "^4.1.1",
"react-navigation-stack": "^2.0.16",
"typescript": "^3.7.5"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#babel/core": "7.8.3",
"#babel/runtime": "7.8.3",
"#react-native-community/eslint-config": "0.0.5",
"babel-jest": "24.9.0",
"eslint": "^6.8.0",
"jest": "24.9.0",
"metro-react-native-babel-preset": "0.56.4",
"react-test-renderer": "16.9.0"
},
"jest": {
"preset": "react-native"
}
}
But apparently react-navigation can't be updated above 4.11 or at least that is what the npm page says.
244,663
Version
4.1.1
License
MIT
Unpacked Size
41 kB
Total Files
12
Issues
133
Pull Requests
3
So I am a bit lost here. Does anyone see what I do wrong?
Thanks a lot!
Tim

Answer 1

You are using react-navigation v5 dependencies but in your code you implement with v4 api way.
You should change react-navigation dependencies to v4 to make your code work.
I made you code work on snack : demo