Resetting the navigation stack for the home screen (React Navigation and React Native)

This is How I do it :

reset(){
    return this.props
               .navigation
               .dispatch(NavigationActions.reset(
                 {
                    index: 0,
                    actions: [
                      NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'Menu'})
                    ]
                  }));
  }

at least replace 'Menu' with 'Home'. You may also want to adapt this.props.navigation to your implementation.

In version > 2 follow this:

import { NavigationActions, StackActions } from 'react-navigation';
        const resetAction = StackActions.reset({
                index: 0,
                actions: [NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'MainActivity' })],
            });

this.props.navigation.dispatch(resetAction); 

React Navigation 5.x

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

navigation.dispatch(
  CommonActions.reset({
    index: 1,
    routes: [
      { name: 'Home' },
      {
        name: 'Profile',
        params: { user: 'jane' },
      },
    ],
  })
);

Available in Snack

Here is how I do it:

import { NavigationActions } from 'react-navigation'

this.props.navigation.dispatch(NavigationActions.reset({
    index: 0,
    key: null,
    actions: [NavigationActions.navigate({ routeName: 'ParentStackScreen' })]
}))

The important part is key: null.

That wipes the stack while navigating from a child navigator to a parent navigator.

Do that if you get this error:

For animations, I use

// https://github.com/oblador/react-native-animatable
import * as Animatable from 'react-native-animatable'

I just control all the animations myself. Put them on any component you want by wrapping it with <Animatable.View>.