How to call Screen / Component class method from react-navigation Header - react-native

Question

I need to call SearchScreen class method from a React Navigation Header.
The Navigator look like this:
Search: {
screen: SearchScreen,
path: 'search/:query',
navigationOptions: {
title: 'Search',
header: {
right: (
<MaterialCommunityIcons
name="filter"
onPress={() => {
console.log(this);
}}
style={{marginRight: 15, color: 'white'}}
size={24}
/>
),
},
}
}

Answer 1

I've made it work by doing:
// declare static navigationOptions in the Component
static navigationOptions = {
title: 'Title',
header: ({ state }) => ({
right: (
<MaterialCommunityIcons
name="filter"
onPress={state.params.handleFilterPress}
style={{marginRight: 15, color: 'white'}}
size={24}
/>
),
}),
}
_handleFilterPress() {
// do something
}
componentDidMount() {
// set handler method with setParams
this.props.navigation.setParams({
handleFilterPress: this._handleFilterPress.bind(this)
});
}

Answer 2

I've resolved the issue the following way:
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
return {
headerRight: () => (
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={navigation.getParam('onPressSyncButton')}>
<Text>Sync</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
),
};
};
componentDidMount() {
this.props.navigation.setParams({ onPressSyncButton: this._onPressSyncButton });
}
_onPressSyncButton = () => {
console.log("function called");
}

Answer 3

Hooks solution with FunctionComponent, useState and useEffect
Ref the official docs (https://reactnavigation.org/docs/en/header-buttons.html#header-interaction-with-its-screen-component) it is done by:
class HomeScreen extends React.Component {
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => {
return {
headerTitle: <LogoTitle />,
headerRight: (
<Button
onPress={navigation.getParam('increaseCount')}
title="+1"
color="#fff"
/>
),
};
};
componentDidMount() {
this.props.navigation.setParams({ increaseCount: this._increaseCount });
}
state = {
count: 0,
};
_increaseCount = () => {
this.setState({ count: this.state.count + 1 });
};
/* later in the render function we display the count */
}
However I could not get this to work when working with the hooks api. My state variables were always undefined, but after I thought about how the hooks api is implemented it all made sense, so the solution was to update the navigation param every time a significant state variable was changed:
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
useEffect(() => {
props.navigation.setParams({ increaseCount });
}, [count]);
const increaseCount = () => setCount(count + 1);

Answer 4

I came across same issue and able to resolve the issue from below links.
class MyScreen extends React.Component {
static navigationOptions = {
header: {
right: <Button title={"Save"} onPress={() => this.saveDetails()} />
}
};
saveDetails() {
alert('Save Details');
}
render() {
return (
<View />
);
}
}
Source: react-native issues 145
Below is my code
import React, { Component } from "react";
import {
Container,
Header,
Item,
Input,
Icon,
Button,
Text,
Left,
Body,
Right,
Content,
Spinner,
List,
ListItem
} from "native-base";
import { View, Image, StyleSheet, Keyboard } from "react-native";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import {
onClear,
onSearchTextChanged,
searchForProfiles
} from "../../actions/searchActions";
class SearchBar extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
render() {
return (
<Header searchBar rounded>
<Button
iconLeft
style={{ paddingLeft: 0 }}
light
onPress={this.props.onBackPress}
>
<Icon style={{ marginLeft: 0, fontSize: 35 }} name="arrow-back" />
</Button>
<Item>
<Icon name="ios-search" />
<Input
placeholder="Search"
onChangeText={this.props.onChangeText}
value={this.props.searchText}
/>
<Button small transparent onPress={this.props.onClear}>
<Icon name="ios-close" />
</Button>
</Item>
<Button transparent onPress={this.props.onSearch}>
<Text>Search</Text>
</Button>
</Header>
);
}
}
class SearchWorld extends Component {
static navigationOptions = ({ navigation }) => ({
left: null,
header: () => {
const { state } = navigation;
return (
<SearchBar
onBackPress={() => navigation.goBack()}
onChangeText={text => {
state.params.onChangeText(text);
}}
onSearch={state.params.onSearch}
onClear={state.params.onClear}
searchText={state.params.searchText}
/>
);
}
});
onChangeText = text => {
this.props.navigation.setParams({
...this.props.navigation.state,
searchText: text
});
this.props.onSearchTextChanged(text);
};
onSearch = () => {
Keyboard.dismiss();
const profile = { search: "test" };
const token = this.props.token;
this.props.searchForProfiles(token, profile);
};
onClear = () => {
this.props.onClear();
this.props.navigation.setParams({
...this.props.navigation.state,
searchText: ""
});
};
componentDidMount() {
this.props.navigation.setParams({
onChangeText: this.onChangeText,
onSearch: this.onSearch,
onClear: this.onClear,
searchText: this.props.searchText
});
}
render() {
const { searchResults } = this.props;
let items = [];
if(searchResults && searchResults.data && searchResults.data.length > 0) {
items = [...searchResults.data];
}
return this.props.loading ? (
<Container style={{ alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center" }}>
<Spinner color="#FE6320" />
</Container>
) : (
<Container>
<Content>
<List
style={{}}
dataArray={items}
renderRow={item => (
<ListItem style={{ marginLeft: 0}}>
<Text style={{paddingLeft: 10}}>{item.password}</Text>
</ListItem>
)}
/>
</Content>
</Container>
);
}
}
const mapStateToProps = state => {
const { token } = state.user;
const { searchText, searchResults, error, loading } = state.searchReaducer;
return {
token,
searchText,
searchResults,
error,
loading
};
};
export default connect(mapStateToProps, {
onClear,
onSearchTextChanged,
searchForProfiles
})(SearchWorld);

Answer 5

static navigationOptions = ({navigation}) => {
return {
headerTitle: () => <HeaderTitle />,
headerRight: () => (<Button iconLeft transparent small onPress = {navigation.getParam('onPressSyncButton')}>
<Icon style ={{color:'white', fontWeight:'bold'}} name='md-save' size = {32} />
<Text style ={{color:'white', fontWeight:'bold'}}>save</Text>
</Button>),
headerTintColor:'black',
headerStyle: {
backgroundColor: '#6200EE'
},
}
};
this.props.navigation.setParams({ onPressSyncButton: this.updateUserProfile });