react-navigation/docs/api/navigators/TabNavigator.md

# TabNavigator

Used to easily set up a screen with several tabs with a TabRouter. For a live example please see [our expo demo](https://exp.host/@react-navigation/NavigationPlayground).

```js
class MyHomeScreen extends React.Component {
  static navigationOptions = {
    tabBarLabel: 'Home',
    // Note: By default the icon is only shown on iOS. Search the showIcon option below.
    tabBarIcon: ({ tintColor }) => (
      <Image
        source={require('./chats-icon.png')}
        style={[styles.icon, {tintColor: tintColor}]}
      />
    ),
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <Button
        onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('Notifications')}
        title="Go to notifications"
      />
    );
  }
}

class MyNotificationsScreen extends React.Component {
  static navigationOptions = {
    tabBarLabel: 'Notifications',
    tabBarIcon: ({ tintColor }) => (
      <Image
        source={require('./notif-icon.png')}
        style={[styles.icon, {tintColor: tintColor}]}
      />
    ),
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <Button
        onPress={() => this.props.navigation.goBack()}
        title="Go back home"
      />
    );
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  icon: {
    width: 26,
    height: 26,
  },
});

const MyApp = TabNavigator({
  Home: {
    screen: MyHomeScreen,
  },
  Notifications: {
    screen: MyNotificationsScreen,
  },
}, {
  tabBarOptions: {
    activeTintColor: '#e91e63',
  },
});
```

## API Definition

```js
TabNavigator(RouteConfigs, TabNavigatorConfig)
```

### RouteConfigs

The route configs object is a mapping from route name to a route config, which tells the navigator what to present for that route, see [example](/docs/api/navigators/StackNavigator.md#routeconfigs) from `StackNavigator`.

### TabNavigatorConfig

- `tabBarComponent` - component to use as the tab bar, e.g. `TabBarBottom`
(this is the default on iOS), `TabBarTop`
(this is the default on Android)
- `tabBarPosition` - position of the tab bar, can be `'top'` or `'bottom'`
- `swipeEnabled` - whether to allow swiping between tabs
- `animationEnabled` - whether to animate when changing tabs
- `lazy` - whether to lazily render tabs as needed as opposed to rendering them upfront
- `tabBarOptions` - configure the tab bar, see below.

Several options get passed to the underlying router to modify navigation logic:

- `initialRouteName` - The routeName for the initial tab route when first loading
- `order` - Array of routeNames which defines the order of the tabs
- `paths` - Provide a mapping of routeName to path config, which overrides the paths set in the routeConfigs.
- `backBehavior` - Should the back button cause a tab switch to the initial tab? If yes, set to `initialRoute`, otherwise `none`. Defaults to `initialRoute` behavior.

### `tabBarOptions` for `TabBarBottom` (default tab bar on iOS)

- `activeTintColor` - label and icon color of the active tab
- `activeBackgroundColor` - background color of the active tab
- `inactiveTintColor` - label and icon color of the inactive tab
- `inactiveBackgroundColor` - background color of the inactive tab
- `showLabel` - whether to show label for tab, default is true
- `style` - style object for the tab bar
- `labelStyle` - style object for the tab label

Example:

```js
tabBarOptions: {
  activeTintColor: '#e91e63',
  labelStyle: {
    fontSize: 12,
  },
  style: {
    backgroundColor: 'blue',
  },
}
```

### `tabBarOptions` for `TabBarTop` (default tab bar on Android)

- `activeTintColor` - label and icon color of the active tab
- `inactiveTintColor` - label and icon color of the inactive tab
- `showIcon` - whether to show icon for tab, default is false
- `showLabel` - whether to show label for tab, default is true
- `upperCaseLabel` - whether to make label uppercase, default is true
- `pressColor` - color for material ripple (Android >= 5.0 only)
- `pressOpacity` - opacity for pressed tab (iOS and Android < 5.0 only)
- `scrollEnabled` - whether to enable scrollable tabs
- `tabStyle` - style object for the tab
- `indicatorStyle` - style object for the tab indicator (line at the bottom of the tab)
- `labelStyle` - style object for the tab label
- `iconStyle` - style object for the tab icon
- `style` - style object for the tab bar

Example:

```js
tabBarOptions: {
  labelStyle: {
    fontSize: 12,
  },
  style: {
    backgroundColor: 'blue',
  },
}
```

### Screen Navigation Options

#### `title`

Generic title that can be used as a fallback for `headerTitle` and `tabBarLabel`

#### `tabBarVisible`

True or false to show or hide the tab bar, if not set then defaults to true

#### `tabBarIcon`

React Element or a function that given `{ focused: boolean, tintColor: string }` returns a React.Element, to display in tab bar

#### `tabBarLabel`

Title string of a tab displayed in the tab bar or React Element or a function that given `{ focused: boolean, tintColor: string }` returns a React.Element, to display in tab bar. When undefined, scene `title` is used. To hide, see `tabBarOptions.showLabel` in the previous section.

### Navigator Props

The navigator component created by `TabNavigator(...)` takes the following props:

- `screenProps` - Pass down extra options to child screens and navigation options, for example:


 ```jsx
 const TabNav = TabNavigator({
   // config
 });

 <TabNav
   screenProps={/* this prop will get passed to the screen components as this.props.screenProps */}
 />
 ```