Disable back button in react navigation

I'm using react native navigation (react-navigation) StackNavigator. it starts from the Login page throughout the whole lifecycle of the app. I don't want to have a back option, returning to the Login screen. Does anyone know how it can be hidden on the screen after the login screen? BTW, I'm also hiding it in the login screen by using:

const MainStack = StackNavigator({
  Login: {
    screen: Login,
    navigationOptions: {
      title: "Login",
      header: {
        visible: false,
      },
    },
  },
  // ... other screens here
})

1) To make the back button disappear in react-navigation v2 or newer:

v2-v4:

navigationOptions:  {
    title: 'MyScreen',
    headerLeft: null
}

v5 or newer:

{     
    navigationOptions:  {
    title: 'MyScreen',
    headerLeft: ()=> null,
    // `headerLeft: undefined` should work too
    // `headerLeft: null` should work but could trigger a TS error
}

2) If you want to clean navigation stack:

Assuming you are on the screen from which you want to navigate from:

If you are using react-navigation version v5 or newer you can use navigation.reset or CommonActions.reset:

 // Replace current navigation state with a new one,
 // index value will be the current active route:

navigation.reset({
  index: 0,
  routes: [{ name: 'Profile' }],
});

Source and more info here: https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-prop/#reset

Or:

navigation.dispatch(
  CommonActions.reset({
    index: 1,
    routes: [
      { name: 'Home' },
      {
        name: 'Profile',
        params: { user: 'jane' },
      },
    ],
  })
);

Source and more info here: https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-actions/#reset

For older versions of react-navigation:

v2-v4 use StackActions.reset(...)

import { StackActions, NavigationActions } from 'react-navigation';

const resetAction = StackActions.reset({
  index: 0, // <-- currect active route from actions array
  actions: [
    NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'myRouteWithDisabledBackFunctionality' }),
  ],
});

this.props.navigation.dispatch(resetAction);

v1 use NavigationActions.reset

3) For android you will also have to disable the hardware back button using the BackHandler:

http://reactnative.dev/docs/backhandler.html

or if you want to use hooks:

https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks#usebackhandler

otherwise the app will close at android hardware back button press if navigation stack is empty.

Additional sources: thank you to the users that added comments below and helped keeping this answer updated for v5.

Have you considered using this.props.navigation.replace( "HomeScreen" ) instead of this.props.navigation.navigate( "HomeScreen" ).

This way you are not adding anything to the stack. so HomeScreen won't wave anything to go back to if back button pressed in Android or screen swiped to the right in IOS.

More informations check the Documentation. And of course you can hide the back button by setting headerLeft: null in navigationOptions

We need to set false to the gesturesEnabled along with headerLeft to null. Because we can navigate back by swiping the screen as well.

navigationOptions:  {
   title: 'Title',
   headerLeft: null,
   gestureEnabled: false,
}

You can hide the back button using left:null, but for android devices it's still able to go back when the user presses the back button. You need to reset the navigation state and hide the button with left:null

Here are the docs for resetting navigation state:
https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-actions#reset">https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-actions#reset</a>

This solution works for react-navigator 1.0.0-beta.7, however left:null no longer works for the latest version.

using the BackHandler from react native worked for me. Just include this line in your ComponentWillMount:

BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', function() {return true})

it will disable back button on android device.

If your react navigation v6.x

options={{
   title: "Detail Pembayaran",
   headerTitleStyle:{
      fontWeight:'bold',
   },
   headerBackVisible:false
}}

Reference : React document

found it myself ;) adding:

  left: null,

disable the default back button.

const MainStack = StackNavigator({
  Login: {
    screen: Login,
    navigationOptions: {
      title: "Login",
      header: {
        visible: false,
      },
    },
  },
  FirstPage: {
    screen: FirstPage,
    navigationOptions: {
      title: "FirstPage",
      header: {
        left: null,
      }
    },
  },

react-navigation versions >= 1.0.0-beta.9

navigationOptions:  {
   headerLeft: null
}

For the latest version React Navigation 5 with Typescript:

<Stack.Screen
    name={Routes.Consultations}
    component={Consultations}
    options={{headerLeft: () => null}}
  />

Since React Navigation v5.7, there's been a new official solution from the docs:

https://reactnavigation.org/docs/preventing-going-back

Use beforeRemove as a navigation listener to prevent back behavior from Android back button, header back button and custom back actions.

The best option to handle this situation is to use SwitchNavigator provided by React navigation. The purpose of SwitchNavigator is to only ever show one screen at a time. By default, it does not handle back actions and it resets routes to their default state when you switch away. This is the exact behavior that is needed in the authentication flow.

This is a typical way to implement it.

1. Create 2 stack navigators: One for authentication (sign in, sign up, forgot password, etc) and another for the main APP
2. Create a screen in which you will check which route from switch navigator you want to show (I usually check this in splash screen by checking if a token is stored in Async storage)

Here is a code implementation of above statements

import { createAppContainer, createSwitchNavigator } from 'react-navigation';
import { createStackNavigator } from 'react-navigation-stack';
import HomeScreen from "./homeScreenPath" 
import OtherScreen from "./otherScreenPath"
import SignInScreen from "./SignInScreenPath" 
import SplashScreen from "./SplashScreenPath"

const AppStack = createStackNavigator({ Home: HomeScreen, Other: OtherScreen });

const AuthStack = createStackNavigator({ SignIn: SignInScreen });


export default createAppContainer(
  createSwitchNavigator(
    {
      Splash: SplashScreen,
      App: AppStack,
      Auth: AuthStack,
    },
    {
      initialRouteName: 'Splash',
    }
  )
);

Now in SplashScreen you will check the token and navigate accordingly

import React from 'react';
import {
  ActivityIndicator,
  AsyncStorage,
  StatusBar,
  StyleSheet,
  View,
} from 'react-native';

class SplashScreen extends React.Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    this.checkIfLogin();
  }

  // Fetch the token from storage then navigate to our appropriate place
  checkIfLogin = async () => {
    const userToken = await AsyncStorage.getItem('userToken');

    // This will switch to the App screen or Auth screen and this splash
    // screen will be unmounted and thrown away.
    this.props.navigation.navigate(userToken ? 'App' : 'Auth');
  };

  // Render any loading content that you like here
  render() {
    return (
      <View>
        <ActivityIndicator />
        <StatusBar barStyle="default" />
      </View>
    );
  }
}

> Once you change routes in SwitchNavigator it removes the older route automatically and hence if you press the back button it will not take you to the auth/login screens anymore

I'm using v6, it's works for me:

 <Stack.Screen
    name="ApparelsHome"
    component={ApparelsHome}
    options={{
      headerLeft: () => <></>,
    }}
/>

For react-navigation V6.0

<Stack.Screen
          name={'Dashboard'}
          component={Dashboard}
          options={{
            gestureEnabled: false,
            headerShown: true,
            headerLeft: () => <></>,
          }}>
</Stack.Screen>

We can fix it by setting headerLeft to null

static navigationOptions =({navigation}) => {
    return {
        title: 'Rechercher une ville',
        headerLeft: null,
    }  
}

Simply doing

headerLeft: null

might be deprecated by the time you read this answer. You should use following

   navigationOptions = {
        headerTitle : "Title",
        headerLeft : () => {},
    }

ReactNavigation v 5.0 - Stack option:

options={{
headerLeft: () => { 
 return <></>; 
}
}}

The SwitchNavigator would be the way to accomplish this. SwitchNavigator resets the default routes and unmounts the authentication screen when the navigate action is invoked.

import { createSwitchNavigator, createStackNavigator, createAppContainer } from 'react-navigation';

// Implementation of HomeScreen, OtherScreen, SignInScreen, AuthLoadingScreen
// goes here.

const AppStack = createStackNavigator({ Home: HomeScreen, Other: OtherScreen });
const AuthStack = createStackNavigator({ SignIn: SignInScreen });

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

After the user goes to the SignInScreen and enters their credentials, you would then call

this.props.navigation.navigate('App');

In Latest Version (v2) works headerLeft:null. you can add in controller's navigationOptions as bellow

static navigationOptions = {
    headerLeft: null,
};

For latest version of React Navigation, even if you use null in some cases it may still show "back" written!

Go for this in your main app.js under your screen name or just go to your class file and add: -

static navigationOptions = {
   headerTitle:'Disable back Options',
   headerTitleStyle: {color:'white'},
   headerStyle: {backgroundColor:'black'},
   headerTintColor: 'red',
   headerForceInset: {vertical: 'never'},
   headerLeft: " "
}

i think it is simple just add headerLeft : null , i am using react-native cli, so this is the example :

static navigationOptions = {
    headerLeft : null
};

For react-navigation version 4.x

navigationOptions: () => ({
      title: 'Configuration',
      headerBackTitle: null,
      headerLayoutPreset:'center',
      headerLeft: null
    })

headerLeft: null

This won't work in the latest react native version

It should be:

navigationOptions = {
 headerLeft:()=>{},
}

For Typescript:

navigationOptions = {
 headerLeft:()=>{return null},
}

In react-navigation versions 5.x, you can do it like this:

import { CommonActions } from '@react-navigation/native';

navigation.dispatch(
  CommonActions.reset({
    index: 1,
    routes: [
      { name: 'Home' },
      {
        name: 'Profile',
        params: { user: 'jane' },
      },
    ],
  })
);

You can read more here.

Great Answers Provided Though, but i think this is quite simple

    useEffect(() => {
    props.navigation.addListener("beforeRemove", (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
    });
  }, [props.navigation]);

You can also do headerLeft:()=>false to get rid of back button

<Stack.Screen name="ImageScreen" component={ShowImage} options={{title:"SMAART", headerLeft:()=>false}} />

import React,{useEffect,useState,useRef} from 'react';
import { BackHandler,View } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {

  useEffect(() => {
    const backHandler = BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', () => true)
    return () => backHandler.remove()
  }, [])

return(
<View>

</View>
)}