React-native-navigation: [v2][Android] registerComponentDidAppearListener doesn't work on sideMenu

[diegolmello]

Issue Description

Hey, guys.
Since RNN doesn't have toggleSideMenu implemented yet, we need to do some hack like below.
The problem I noticed is that Navigation.events().registerComponentDidAppearListener works perfectly on iOS for sideMenu, but it doesn't on Android.

Steps to Reproduce / Code Snippets / Screenshots

import { Navigation } from 'react-native-navigation';

const DRAWER_ID = 'Sidebar';

class Drawer {
  constructor() {
    this.visible = false;

    Navigation.events().registerComponentDidAppearListener(({ componentId }) => {
      if (componentId === DRAWER_ID) {
        this.visible = true;
      }
    });

    Navigation.events().registerComponentDidDisappearListener(({ componentId }) => {
      if (componentId === DRAWER_ID) {
        this.visible = false;
      }
    });
  }

  toggle() {
    try {
      const visibility = !this.visible;
      Navigation.mergeOptions(DRAWER_ID, {
        sideMenu: {
          left: {
            visible: visibility
          }
        }
      });
      this.visible = visibility;
    } catch (error) {
      console.warn(error);
    }
  }
}

export default new Drawer();

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Environment

• React Native Navigation version: 2.1.3
• React Native version: 0.57.5
• Platform(s) (iOS, Android, or both?): Android
• Device info (Simulator/Device? OS version? Debug/Release?): Moto G5 Plus. Android 8.1.

[MariaTolstov]

Hey,
Is there anything new on this?

[augustl]

Not sure if this is related, but I just noticed that every now and then, the side menu component I've specified has its "render" method called, but the actual side menu GUI doesn't update.

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[diegolmello]

Sorry, bot.
Up this one :)

[manelsanz]

The only way I achieved that a button close the sideMenu and that it could get invoked by a gesture after (without that hides automatically) is with that snippet:

  toggleOffSideMenu = () => {
    Navigation.mergeOptions(this.props.componentId, {
      sideMenu: {
        left: {
          enabled: false
        }
      }
    });
     Navigation.mergeOptions(this.props.componentId, {
       sideMenu: {
         left: {
           enabled: true
         }
       }
     });
  };

[congnguyen91]

+1 => How can I get status of drawer visible/enable?

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[ghost]

Am still facing this issue of the sideMenu on android, how can i close/open the sidemenu using a button