[nomnombunty]

We are currently planning on switching from Navigator (https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/navigator.html) to React Navigation (https://reactnavigation.org/docs/intro/). After seeing Airbnb's React Native Navigation library, I am not sure what to choose any more.

React Navigation seems to be the framework that is endorsed by the react native team. However, Airbnb's React Native Navigation library seems to be more proven since they had been using it in production. I am wondering if anyone know what are the benefits of using React Native Navigation vs React Navigation

[htormey]

My team is in the process of swapping out the navigation stack in one of our apps (we are going with the one from wix for now). Something you might want to consider is the following (copy pasted from my other comment):

"The problem with all the JS based navigation stacks for React Native (react-native-router-flux, react-router, React Navigation) that I have tried is that if you need to have a back stack, they keep the previous scene in memory. i.e if you look at the 3D view hierarchy in XCode you will see the screen prior to the one you pushed."

The docs for airbnb's new navigation stack says the following:

http://airbnb.io/native-navigation/

"React Native Navigation by Wix engineering is an alternative library that uses "Native" navigation components of each platform, and has been around longer than Native Navigation. If you need a stable / production-ready navigation library today that uses native platform based navigation components, we recommend you check this library out."

They also claim they are not using this library in their main app yet.

I'll be writing up a blog post about my experiences with the wix nav stack migration once we get our app out.

It's a shame the situation around navigation stacks with React Native is so confusing right now.

[merrvk]

> I'll be writing up a blog post about my experiences with the wix nav stack migration once we get our app out.

Would be really interested in this, have been looking at doing exactly the same and am attempting to quantify how much work it would take.

[jasongrishkoff]

Ditto. Also keen to see your blog post!

[lacker]

React Navigation seems to be the framework that is endorsed by the react native team.

The React Native team respects Airbnb's work here a lot as well. I think we will end up with an "official recommendation" that says each of react-navigation and native-navigation is better for a different set of use cases. It's probably too early to figure out precisely what the line is.

Roughly, react-navigation is more customizable, native-navigation works better for native <-> RN transitions, and they should each be easier to use than the "first generation" of navigation solutions like Navigator / NavigatorIOS / NavigationExperimental.

[alien3d]

I also been testing navigator and also react navigation. Original navigator need more code compare to react navigation .. Now i'm unsure which one to moved on while few weeks ago people arguing react navigation is better.. I also have seen the wix version but i haven't done some testing how it work.