Skip to main content
Version: 7.x

Drawer navigation

Common pattern in navigation is to use drawer from left (sometimes right) side for navigating between screens.

Before continuing, first install and configure @react-navigation/drawer and its dependencies following the installation instructions.

Minimal example of drawer-based navigation

To use this drawer navigator, import it from @react-navigation/drawer: (swipe right to open)

import * as React from 'react';
import { Button, View } from 'react-native';
import { createDrawerNavigator } from '@react-navigation/drawer';
import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';

function HomeScreen({ navigation }) {
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
<Button
onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Notifications')}
title="Go to notifications"
/>
</View>
);
}

function NotificationsScreen({ navigation }) {
return (
<View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
<Button onPress={() => navigation.goBack()} title="Go back home" />
</View>
);
}

const Drawer = createDrawerNavigator();

export default function App() {
return (
<NavigationContainer>
<Drawer.Navigator initialRouteName="Home">
<Drawer.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
<Drawer.Screen name="Notifications" component={NotificationsScreen} />
</Drawer.Navigator>
</NavigationContainer>
);
}

Opening and closing drawer

To open and close drawer, use the following helpers:

navigation.openDrawer();
navigation.closeDrawer();

If you would like to toggle the drawer you call the following:

navigation.toggleDrawer();

Each of these functions, behind the scenes, are simply dispatching actions:

navigation.dispatch(DrawerActions.openDrawer());
navigation.dispatch(DrawerActions.closeDrawer());
navigation.dispatch(DrawerActions.toggleDrawer());

If you would like to determine if drawer is open or closed, you can do the following:

import { useDrawerStatus } from '@react-navigation/drawer';

// ...

const isDrawerOpen = useDrawerStatus() === 'open';