Navigate from screen w/ status bar to full screen in React Native

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Issue

I have an issue where the UI appears cracky when navigating between two screens in my app. The first screen is full screen (without status bar) and contains a button to navigate to the second screen, which does have a status bar. When I press the back button on the second screen, the first screen flickers, rearranging the UI from full screen to status bar, and then back again. I have tried to hide the status bar on back press of the second screen, but this causes the UI of the second screen to flicker.

Is there a workaround to resolve this issue?

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One possible workaround to resolve this issue is to use the react-navigation library to handle navigation between screens. This library provides a StackNavigator component that allows you to define your screen transitions and handle the navigation state.

Here’s an example of how you could use it to navigate between your two screens:

import React from 'react';
import { View, Button } from 'react-native';
import { createStackNavigator } from 'react-navigation';

class FirstScreen extends React.Component {
  static navigationOptions = {
    header: null, // hide the status bar
  };

  render() {
    const { navigate } = this.props.navigation;
    return (
      <View>
        <Button
          title="Go to Second Screen"
          onPress={() => navigate('Second')}
        />
      </View>
    );
  }
}

class SecondScreen extends React.Component {
  static navigationOptions = {
    headerStyle: { marginTop: 20 }, // show the status bar
  };

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

const AppNavigator = createStackNavigator({
  First: { screen: FirstScreen },
  Second: { screen: SecondScreen },
});

export default AppNavigator;

With this setup, the StackNavigator will handle the status bar visibility for you, and you won’t need to manually manage it on each screen. This should prevent any flickering or rearranging of the UI when navigating between screens.