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What are the technical differences between the main two React Native navigation solutions: React Native Navigation and React Native?
Are there specific technical limitations that would require the use of one over the other?
Is one more widely used than the other?
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A key difference between how this works in a web browser and in React Navigation is that React Navigation's native stack navigator provides the gestures and animations that you would expect on Android and iOS when navigating between routes in the stack.
React Navigation is a standalone library that enables you to implement navigation functionality in a React Native application. React Navigation is written in JavaScript and does not directly use the native navigation APIs on iOS and Android.
React Navigation 6 keeps the same API as React Navigation 5, however there are some breaking changes to make the API more consistent, more flexible and less confusing. This guide lists all the changes and new features that you need to keep in mind when upgrading.
NEW EDIT: As of today (07/2020) I suggest using React Navigation v5. It's the community solution being most pushed by Facebook. The V5 rewrite was a complete game changer and is far superior to previous versions. Easy to get setup and implementing easy/complicated stacks is a breeze most of the time.
If that's not doing it for you another alternative is react-native-navigation by WIX (not compatible with expo unfortunately).
React Native Navigation as the name says uses the native modules with a JS bridge, so performance will/may be better. This requires native integration.
While React Navigation is a simple and powerful solution provided by react native itself. Its an all JS implementation unlike the other that uses native support which can be tricky. Just npm-install and you're good to go ...
Use react navigation if you prefer an all JS implementation and use native navigation if your highest priority lies in performance .
For those who are looking from a user experience view, both provides almost identical animations and flow so that you wouldn't know what lib is used behind the scenes. The major difference is the native side that can make performance better(which is crucial for a better user experience)
Both libs are amongst the best navigation solutions for React Native. Use it according to your need/preference.
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React Native Navigation using native navigation by wrapping each screen with a native controller. So the performance is optimized by the native realm. The area you gonna implement is inside the header and tab bar.
React Navigation is pure js implementation. It uses React-native root view as the container view. Each screen is under the root view hierarchical tree.
So if you open the app from View Hierarchy console, you will see a big difference (React Navigation includes a bunch of weird components like multiple headers or tab bar, the tree is also difficult to understand).
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