Navigate to a stack in createSwitchNavigator using NavigationActions

[srajchevski]

Given the switchNavigator below (taken from the official example), how can one navigate to the AuthStack, from outside a component, which means without this.props.navigation ?

export default createSwitchNavigator(
  {
      AuthLoading: AuthLoadingScreen,
      App: AppStack,
      Auth: AuthStack,
   },
   {
      initialRouteName: 'AuthLoading',
   }
);

I already tried NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'Auth' }); , but with no luck.

Version:
"react-navigation": "~2.3.1",

[ericvicenti]

Can you provide a full example of the bug? You should be able to navigate to Auth if you dispatch the action from your screens:

this.props.navigation.dispatch(
  NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'Auth' })
)

[srajchevski]

@ericvicenti Yes, but I'm trying to dispatch from outside a screen, in my actions to be exact, where I don't have the this.props.navigation object. I'm pretty sure this is solvable by using NavigationActions but just can't seem to make it work. Appreciate the help.
I also tried dispatch(NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'Auth' }), but no-go.

export const getData () => dispatch => {
fetch(`...`)
.then(res => 
   if (res.success) {
       // successful, do stuff
   } else {
      // unauthenticated call, navigate back to AuthStack
   }
).catch(() => {
     // handle err or navigate back to AuthStack
});
}

[lidiexy]

@srajchevski Please check this Snak https://snack.expo.io/SyGZleEm7 may help you... I did it to test Dynamic Routes within Drawer with not luck. I use version 2.x by the way.

[srajchevski]

The answer was in the documentation all along. Closing issue
https://reactnavigation.org/docs/en/navigating-without-navigation-prop.html

[elizaMathaai]

Hi srajchevski,
can u tell me how u managed to navigate to Authcreen?
I have notification screen whihc should be displayed only when tapping on push notification.
the push notificcation listener is in app.js and the switch navigator is being called here.
How to call the notification screen here?
I am wondering as to identify which is the root level navigator . Please help