fix: properly handle history if drawer is open by default

Author: satya164

example/src/Screens/MasterDetail.tsx

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export default function DrawerScreen({ navigation, ...rest }: Props) {
 
   return (
     <Drawer.Navigator
+      backBehavior="none"
       defaultStatus="open"
       drawerContent={(props) => <CustomDrawerContent {...props} />}
       screenOptions={{

packages/drawer/src/navigators/createDrawerNavigator.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   DrawerNavigationState,
   DrawerRouter,
   DrawerRouterOptions,
+  DrawerStatus,
   ParamListBase,
   useNavigationBuilder,
 } from '@react-navigation/native';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ type Props = DefaultNavigatorOptions<
 
 function DrawerNavigator({
   initialRouteName,
-  defaultStatus,
+  defaultStatus: customDefaultStatus,
   backBehavior,
   children,
   screenListeners,
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ function DrawerNavigator({
     );
   }
 
+  const defaultStatus: DrawerStatus =
+    customDefaultStatus !== undefined
+      ? customDefaultStatus
+      : openByDefault
+      ? 'open'
+      : 'closed';
+
   const { state, descriptors, navigation, NavigationContent } =
     useNavigationBuilder<
       DrawerNavigationState<ParamListBase>,
@@ -101,12 +109,7 @@ function DrawerNavigator({
       DrawerNavigationEventMap
     >(DrawerRouter, {
       initialRouteName,
-      defaultStatus:
-        defaultStatus !== undefined
-          ? defaultStatus
-          : openByDefault
-          ? 'open'
-          : 'closed',
+      defaultStatus,
       backBehavior,
       children,
       screenListeners,
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ function DrawerNavigator({
     <NavigationContent>
       <DrawerView
         {...rest}
+        defaultStatus={defaultStatus}
         state={state}
         descriptors={descriptors}
         navigation={navigation}

packages/drawer/src/utils/DrawerStatusContext.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import type { DrawerStatus } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 const DrawerStatusContext =
-  React.createContext<'open' | 'closed' | undefined>(undefined);
+  React.createContext<DrawerStatus | undefined>(undefined);
 
 export default DrawerStatusContext;

packages/drawer/src/utils/getDrawerStatusFromState.tsx

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import type {
   DrawerNavigationState,
+  DrawerStatus,
   ParamListBase,
 } from '@react-navigation/native';
 
 export default function getDrawerStatusFromState(
   state: DrawerNavigationState<ParamListBase>
-) {
+): DrawerStatus {
   if (state.history == null) {
     throw new Error(
       "Couldn't find the drawer status in the state object. Is it a valid state object of drawer navigator?"
     );
   }
 
   const entry = state.history.find((it) => it.type === 'drawer') as
-    | { type: 'drawer'; status: 'open' }
+    | { type: 'drawer'; status: DrawerStatus }
     | undefined;
 
-  return entry?.status ?? 'closed';
+  return entry?.status ?? state.default ?? 'closed';
 }

packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerView.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import {
   DrawerActions,
   DrawerNavigationState,
+  DrawerStatus,
   ParamListBase,
   useTheme,
 } from '@react-navigation/native';
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import { GestureHandlerRootView } from './GestureHandler';
 import { MaybeScreen, MaybeScreenContainer } from './ScreenFallback';
 
 type Props = DrawerNavigationConfig & {
+  defaultStatus: DrawerStatus;
   state: DrawerNavigationState<ParamListBase>;
   navigation: DrawerNavigationHelpers;
   descriptors: DrawerDescriptorMap;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ function DrawerViewBase({
   state,
   navigation,
   descriptors,
+  defaultStatus,
   drawerContent = (props: DrawerContentComponentProps) => (
     <DrawerContent {...props} />
   ),
@@ -132,25 +135,29 @@ function DrawerViewBase({
   }, [navigation, state.key]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (drawerStatus !== 'open' || drawerType === 'permanent') {
+    if (drawerStatus === defaultStatus || drawerType === 'permanent') {
       return;
     }
 
-    const handleClose = () => {
+    const handleHardwareBack = () => {
       // We shouldn't handle the back button if the parent screen isn't focused
       // This will avoid the drawer overriding event listeners from a focused screen
       if (!navigation.isFocused()) {
         return false;
       }
 
-      handleDrawerClose();
+      if (defaultStatus === 'open') {
+        handleDrawerOpen();
+      } else {
+        handleDrawerClose();
+      }
 
       return true;
     };
 
     const handleEscape = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
       if (e.key === 'Escape') {
-        handleClose();
+        handleHardwareBack();
       }
     };
 
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ function DrawerViewBase({
     // This will make sure that our handler will run first when back button is pressed
     const subscription = BackHandler.addEventListener(
       'hardwareBackPress',
-      handleClose
+      handleHardwareBack
     );
 
     if (Platform.OS === 'web') {
@@ -173,7 +180,14 @@ function DrawerViewBase({
         document?.body?.removeEventListener?.('keyup', handleEscape);
       }
     };
-  }, [drawerStatus, drawerType, handleDrawerClose, navigation]);
+  }, [
+    defaultStatus,
+    drawerStatus,
+    drawerType,
+    handleDrawerClose,
+    handleDrawerOpen,
+    navigation,
+  ]);
 
   const renderDrawerContent = () => {
     return (