React-native-navigation: [V2] Android - setting leftButton doesn't work

[adamgrossman]

Issue Description

I'm trying to set leftButtons, but it doesn't work in Android. It works fine in iOS.

Steps to Reproduce / Code Snippets / Screenshots

Here's the static options I'm setting in my component, as described in https://wix.github.io/react-native-navigation/#/docs/topBar-buttons?id=declaring-buttons-statically

static options(passProps) {
  return {
    topBar: {
      elevation: 1,
      noBorder: false,
      leftButtons: [
        {
          id: 'leftHelp',
          component: {
            name: 'SystemHelp'
          },
        },
      ],
    }
  }
}

This does not work. I do not see the button show up. However, if I set it as a rightButton, there's no issue.

static options(passProps) {
  return {
    topBar: {
      elevation: 1,
      noBorder: false,
      rightButtons: [
        {
          id: 'leftHelp',
          component: {
            name: 'SystemHelp'
          },
        },
      ],
    }
  }
}

What am I doing wrong? Can I not set leftButtons in Android?

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Environment

• React Native Navigation version: Tried a couple, but currently on 2.2.1-snapshot.61
• React Native version: 0.57.0
• Platform(s) (iOS, Android, or both?): Android
• Device info (Simulator/Device? OS version? Debug/Release?): Device - Galaxy S7

[narodejesus]

Textual left button is also not supported on Android. Only icon buttons are supported as left buttons on Android.

https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation/issues/3982#issuecomment-422455420

[adamgrossman]

thanks @narodejesus but icon buttons aren't working either - https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation/issues/4448

[kabus202]

any workarounds for this issue?

[mromarreyes]

Any updates?

[rejjer]

As a temporary solution, you can add a custom title component to the navbar, and display custom buttons in it, to the left of the text.

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[FernandoTN]

This is still an issue for me, i can not set a left button in Android. Not even an icon button.