React Native Navigation - Action using Component's State - react-native

Question

I've made a full-screen TextInput and would like to have an action performed when the Post button in the NavigationBar is pressed. However, because I have to make the method that the Button is calling in the onPress prop a static method, I don't have access to the state.
Here is my current code, and the state comes up undefined in the console.log.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Button, ScrollView, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import styles from './styles';
export default class AddComment extends Component {
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
return {
title: 'Add Comment',
headerRight: (
<Button
title='Post'
onPress={() => AddComment.postComment() }
/>
),
};
};
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
post: 'Default Text',
}
}
static postComment() {
console.log('Here is the state: ', this.state);
}
render() {
return (
<View onLayout={(ev) => {
var fullHeight = ev.nativeEvent.layout.height - 80;
this.setState({ height: fullHeight, fullHeight: fullHeight });
}}>
<ScrollView keyboardDismissMode='interactive'>
<TextInput
multiline={true}
style={styles.input}
onChangeText={(text) => {
this.state.post = text;
}}
defaultValue={this.state.post}
autoFocus={true}
/>
</ScrollView>
</View>
);
}
}
Any ideas how to accomplish what I'm looking for?

Answer 1

I see you've found the solution. For future readers:
Nonameolsson posted how to achieve this on Github:
In componentDidMount set the method as a param.
componentDidMount () {
this.props.navigation.setParams({ postComment: this.postComment })
}
And use it in your navigationOptions:
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
const { params } = navigation.state
return {
title: 'Add Comment',
headerRight: (
<Button
title='Post'
onPress={() => params.postComment()}
/>
),
};
};

Answer 2

Kinda like a hack but i use the global variable method where we assign this to a variable call foo. Works for me.
let foo;
class App extends Component {
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
return {
title: 'Add Comment',
headerRight: (
<Button
title='Post'
onPress={() => foo.postComment() } <- Use foo instead of this
/>
),
};
};
componentWillMount() {
foo = this;
}
render() {
return (<div>Don't be a foo</div>)
}
}