useRoute

useRoute is a hook which gives access to route object. It's useful when you cannot pass down the route object from props to the component, or don't want to pass it in case of a deeply nested child.

useRoute() returns the route object of the screen it's inside.

Example

Static

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

function MyText() {
  const route = useRoute();

  return <Text>{route.params.caption}</Text>;
}

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Dynamic

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

function MyText() {
  const route = useRoute();

  return <Text>{route.params.caption}</Text>;
}

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Check how to setup useRoute with TypeScript here.

See the documentation for the route object for more info.

Using with class component

You can wrap your class component in a function component to use the hook:

class MyText extends React.Component {
  render() {
    // Get it from props
    const { route } = this.props;
  }
}

// Wrap and export
export default function (props) {
  const route = useRoute();

  return <MyText {...props} route={route} />;
}