Options for screens

Each screen can configure various aspects about how it gets presented in the navigator that renders it by specifying certain options, for example, the header title in stack navigator, tab bar icon in bottom tab navigator etc. Different navigators support different set of options.

In the configuring the header bar section of the fundamentals documentation we explain the basics of how this works. Also see the screen options resolution guide to get an idea of how they work when there are multiple navigators.

There are 3 ways of specifying options for screens:

options prop on Screen

You can pass a prop named options to the Screen component to configure a screen, where you can specify an object with different options for that screen:

<Stack.Navigator>
  <Stack.Screen
    name="Home"
    component={HomeScreen}
    options={{ title: 'Awesome app' }}
  />
  <Stack.Screen
    name="Profile"
    component={ProfileScreen}
    options={{ title: 'My profile' }}
  />
</Stack.Navigator>

You can also pass a function to options. The function will receive the navigation prop and the route prop for that screen. This can be useful if you want to perform navigation in your options:

<Stack.Screen
  name="Home"
  component={HomeScreen}
  options={({ navigation }) => ({
    title: 'Awesome app',
    headerLeft: () => (
      <DrawerButton onPress={() => navigation.toggleDrawer()} />
    ),
  })}
/>

screenOptions prop on the navigator

You can pass a prop named screenOptions to the navigator component, where you can specify an object with different options. The options specified in screenOptions apply to all of the screens in the navigator. So this is a good place to add options that will apply to all screens within the navigator.

Example:

<Stack.Navigator
  screenOptions={{ headerStyle: { backgroundColor: 'papayawhip' } }}
>
  <Stack.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
  <Stack.Screen name="Profile" component={ProfileScreen} />
</Stack.Navigator>

Similar to options, you can also pass a function to screenOptions. The function will receive the navigation prop and the route prop for each screen. This can be useful if you want to configure options for all the screens in one place based on the route:

<Tab.Navigator
  screenOptions={({ route }) => ({
    tabBarIcon: ({ color, size }) => {
      const icons = {
        Home: 'home',
        Profile: 'account',
      };

      return (
        <MaterialCommunityIcons
          name={icons[route.name]}
          color={color}
          size={size}
        />
      );
    },
  })}
>
  <Tab.Screen name="Home" component={HomeScreen} />
  <Tab.Screen name="Profile" component={ProfileScreen} />
</Tab.Navigator>

navigation.setOptions method

The navigation prop has a setOptions method that lets you update the options for a screen from within a component. See navigation prop's docs more details.

<Button
  title="Update options"
  onPress={() => navigation.setOptions({ title: 'Updated!' })}
/>