How can I pass the navigator prop from react-native-navigation v2 to my splash screen via Navigation.setRoot - react-native

Question

I am trying to migrate from react-native-navigation v1 to react-native-navigation v2. I am struggling to move from
Navigation.startSingleScreenApp
to
Navigation.setRoot
When I switch from Navigation.startSingleScreenApp (v1) to Navigation.setRoot (v2), I no longer have the navigator prop that I was relying on to navigate around the application.
I have copy and pasted all relevant code below
RegisterScreens
import { Navigation } from 'react-native-navigation';
import SplashScreenScreen from './components/SplashScreen';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import React from "react";
import SCREEN from './screenNames';
export default function registerScreens(store) {
Navigation.registerComponent(
SCREEN.SPLASH_SCREEN,
() => props => (<Provider store={store}><SplashScreenScreen {...props} /></Provider>), () => SplashScreenScreen);
App
import { Platform } from 'react-native';
import { Navigation } from 'react-native-navigation';
import registerScreens from './registerScreens';
import { Colors, Fonts } from './themes';
import { store } from './configureStore';
import NavigationListener from './NavigationEventListener';
import configureNotification from './configureNotification';
import SCREEN from './screenNames';
import Reactotron from 'reactotron-react-native';
const navBarTranslucent = Platform.OS === 'ios';
configureNotification();
registerScreens(store);
new NavigationListener(store);
const STARTING_SCREEN = SCREEN.SPLASH_SCREEN;
Navigation.events().registerAppLaunchedListener(() => {
Reactotron.log('5');
Navigation.setRoot({
root: {
stack: {
children: [{
component: {
id: STARTING_SCREEN,
name: STARTING_SCREEN
}
}],
}
},
layout: {
orientation: 'portrait',
},
});
});
SplashScreen
import React from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet, Text } from 'react-native';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/es/integration/react';
import { navigateToFirstScreen } from '../redux/splash';
import { Colors, Fonts, Metrics } from '../themes';
import { persistor } from '../configureStore';
export class SplashScreen extends React.Component {
navigateTo = (screen) =>
this.props.navigator.push({
screen,
overrideBackPress: true,
backButtonHidden: true,
animated: false,
navigatorStyle: {
disabledBackGesture: true,
},
});
render() {
const { dispatchNavigateToFirstScreen } = this.props;
return (
<PersistGate
persistor={persistor}
onBeforeLift={() => setTimeout(() => dispatchNavigateToFirstScreen(this.navigateTo), 2000)}><View style={styles.bodyContainer}
>
<Text>Jono</Text>
</View>
</PersistGate>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
bodyContainer: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
alignItems: 'center',
backgroundColor: Colors.splashScreen,
},
appTitleText: {
fontSize: Fonts.size.splashScreenTitle,
fontFamily: Fonts.type.extraBold,
lineHeight: Metrics.lineHeight.appTitle,
textAlign: 'center',
color: Colors.textLightColor,
},
});
SplashScreen.propTypes = {
navigator: PropTypes.shape({
push: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
}).isRequired,
dispatchNavigateToFirstScreen: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
};
const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
return {
dispatchNavigateToFirstScreen: (navigateTo) =>
dispatch(navigateToFirstScreen(navigateTo)),
};
};
export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(SplashScreen);

Answer 1

I spent multiple hours trying to solve this problem so I am going to post my conclusion as an answer.
this.props.navigator is not used anymore in 2.x.
You need to use Navigation
This dude had the same problem and reached the same conclusion: https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation/issues/3795