Custom navigation with Navigator component in React-Native

Question

I’m exploring possibilities of React Native while developing a demo app with custom navigation between views with the help of Navigator component.

The main app class ren

Answer 1

Your approach should work great. In big apps at Fb, we avoid calling the require() for the scene component until we render it, which can save a bit of start-up time.

The renderScene function should be called when the scene is first pushed to the Navigator. It will also be called for the active scene when the Navigator gets re-rendered. If you see renderScene get called multiple times after a push, then it is probably a bug.

The navigator is still a work in progress, but if you find any problems with it please file on github and tag me! (@ericvicenti)