React Navigation

callstackincubator/react-navigation

Provides React Navigation UI patterns for stacks, tabs, drawers etc. Use when building navigation UIs with React Navigation, configuring headers, bottom sheets or handling safe areas and insets.

20k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

1575

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

Overview

Guide for building navigation UIs with React Navigation.

This skill only applies to React Navigation 7. The API and patterns may not work with different versions.

API Selection

React Navigation offers two API - object-based Static API and component-based Dynamic API.

Existing Apps: Check the current navigation setup and follow the same API style when using the references
New Apps: If the app does not have an existing navigation setup yet, prefer Static API

When to Apply

Reference this skill when:

Building navigation UI patterns such as stacks, tabs, drawers, sheets etc.
Configuring headers and other built-in navigator UI
Handling safe areas and insets in navigation UI

References

| File | Description |

| ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |

| [stacks.md][stacks] | Stack based navigation |

| [form-sheet.md][form-sheet] | Bottom sheet and form sheets |

| [bottom-tabs.md][bottom-tabs] | Cross-platform bottom tabs |

| [native-bottom-tabs.md][native-bottom-tabs] | Native bottom tabs |

| [material-top-tabs.md][material-top-tabs] | Swipeable Top tabs |

| [drawers.md][drawers] | Drawer navigation and sidebars |

| [header.md][header] | Configuring headers |

| [safe-areas.md][safe-areas] | Safe-area handling |

Problem -> Skill Mapping

| Problem | Start With |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |

| Showing screens and modals in a stack | [stacks.md][stacks] |

| Showing bottom sheets or form sheets | [form-sheet.md][form-sheet] |

| Showing screens in bottom tabs or responsive sidebars with web support | [bottom-tabs.md][bottom-tabs] |

| Showing screens in native tabs on iOS & Android | [native-bottom-tabs.md][native-bottom-tabs] |

| Showing content in swipeable top tabs | [material-top-tabs.md][material-top-tabs] |

| Using a drawer or sidebar | [drawers.md][drawers] |

| Configuring the header in bottom tab or drawer navigator | [header.md][header] |

| Handling safe-area such as status bar, header insets, tab bar insets etc. | [safe-areas.md][safe-areas] |

[stacks]: references/stacks.md

[form-sheet]: references/form-sheet.md

[safe-areas]: references/safe-areas.md

[bottom-tabs]: references/bottom-tabs.md

[native-bottom-tabs]: references/native-bottom-tabs.md

[material-top-tabs]: references/material-top-tabs.md

[drawers]: references/drawers.md

[header]: references/header.md

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take callstackincubator/react-navigation from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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