Creating a TabNavigator with dynamic tabs

Yessssss! I think I found a way. The solution probably isn't following the design pattern, but this is what I came up with:

export default class DynamicTabBar extends React.Component {
    static router = TabRouter({
        Start: {
            screen: UserStackNavigator,
            navigationOptions: {
                tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                    type="font-awesome"
                    name="users"
                    color="#dddddd"
                    size={20}
                />),
            },
        },
        ...Account.User.CanEnter ? {
            ConditionalTab: {
                screen: ConditionalScreen,
                navigationOptions: {
                    tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                        type="font-awesome"
                        name="recycle"
                        color="#dddddd"
                        size={20}
                    />),
                },
            }} : {},
        Settings: {
            screen: Settings,
            navigationOptions: {
                tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                    type="font-awesome"
                    name="cog"
                    color="#dddddd"
                />),
            }
        }
    },{
        ...TabNavigator.Presets.AndroidTopTabs,
        tabBarPosition: "bottom",
        tabBarOptions: {
            activeTintColor: '#eaeb65',
            showIcon: true,
            showLabel: false,
            style: { backgroundColor: '#333' },
        }
    });
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
    }

    render() {
        const tabs = TabNavigator({
            Start: {
                screen: UserStackNavigator,
                navigationOptions: {
                    tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                        type="font-awesome"
                        name="users"
                        color="#dddddd"
                        size={20}
                    />),
                },
            },
            ...Account.User.CanEnter ? {
                ConditionalTab: {
                    screen: ConditionalScreen,
                    navigationOptions: {
                        tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                            type="font-awesome"
                            name="recycle"
                            color="#dddddd"
                            size={20}
                        />),
                    },
                }} : {},
            Settings: {
                screen: Settings,
                navigationOptions: {
                    tabBarIcon: (<Icon
                        type="font-awesome"
                        name="cog"
                        color="#dddddd"
                    />),
                }
            }
        },{
            ...TabNavigator.Presets.AndroidTopTabs,
            tabBarPosition: "bottom",
            tabBarOptions: {
                activeTintColor: '#eaeb65',
                showIcon: true,
                showLabel: false,
                style: { backgroundColor: '#333' },
            }
        });

        return <Tabs navigation={this.props.navigation} />;
    }
}

The router is assigned in a static way and is built dynamically at runtime.

I know this is old, but AFAICT there is no blessed way to do this still, in 2019. Here is the solution I came up with, and I think it's fairly simple.

Basically, I specify a custom tabBarComponent with a custom getButtonComponent method that either renders the button or not based on the current user. If the user shouldn't see the nav item, then it renders an empty view, which has the effect of hiding the navigation item.

import { createBottomTabNavigator } from 'react-navigation'
import { BottomTabBar } from 'react-navigation-tabs'

class TabBar extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <BottomTabBar
        {...this.props}
        getButtonComponent={this.getButtonComponent}
      />
    )
  }

  getButtonComponent({ route }) {
    if (route.key === 'Other') {
      return () => <View /> // a view that doesn't render its children
    } else {
      return null // use the default nav button component
    }
  }
}

const AppNav = createBottomTabNavigator(
  {
    Home: HomeStack,
    Other: OtherScreen,
  },
  {
    tabBarComponent: TabBar,
  }
)