--- title: Building custom transitions with... description: A walkthrough of react-native-screen-transitions, a React Navigation toolkit for building custom screen transitions beyond what native-stack or JS stack... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building custom transitions with react-native-screen-transitions | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of react-native-screen-transitions, a React Navigation toolkit for building custom screen transitions beyond what native-stack or JS stack... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ib2glBIcf.png og:image:alt: Building custom transitions with react-native-screen-transitions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building custom transitions with react-native-screen-transitions **[React Navigation](https://daily.dev/sources/react-navigation)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of react-native-screen-transitions, a React Navigation toolkit for building custom screen transitions beyond what native-stack or JS stack support. Covers recreating an iOS-style page transition with a Blank Stack navigator, screenStyleInterpolator, and transitionSpec, then builds a bounds-driven navigation.zoom() flow (new in v3.4) that measures source and destination components to animate between them, including boundary groups for gallery-style flows. Closes with a roadmap: migrating to Reanimated 4, Gesture Handler v3, React 19's Activity component, and upcoming pinch transitions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does navigation.zoom() do in react-native-screen-transitions? navigation.zoom() is a bounds-driven helper introduced in version 3.4 of react-native-screen-transitions that recreates a navigation zoom handoff between a source element and a destination screen, similar to SwiftUI's zoom transition. It measures a source component and a destination component using the library's Bounds API, then animates between their positions and sizes. It is not a traditional shared-element transition system. _Developers building bounds-driven zoom transitions in React Native track library updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Should I use react-native-screen-transitions instead of @react-navigation/native-stack? No, react-native-screen-transitions is not a blanket replacement for native-stack or the JS stack navigator; keep using either if it already gives enough control. It's built for flows needing extra freedom, such as custom gesture choreography, snap points, bounds-driven motion, or a Reanimated-first transition model, like geometry-aware zoom transitions between specific components on two screens. _Weighing navigation libraries for React Native motion design gets easier with comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I recreate the iOS page transition animation in React Navigation? Use react-native-screen-transitions' Blank Stack navigator, which ships with no built-in animations, then define a transitionSpec for the spring configuration and a screenStyleInterpolator to drive the animated styles. A single root-level progress value moves the incoming screen from full width to 0 as progress goes 0 to 1, then shifts the previous screen to -width times 0.3 as progress goes 1 to 2, with borderRadius applied only while the screen is moving. _Developers recreating native-feeling transitions in React Native can follow walkthroughs like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to Create Fluid Animations with React Native Reanimated v4](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-fluid-animations-with-react-native-reanimated-v4-eydbvxf9p) · freeCodeCamp · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [React ViewTransition vs. Motion: Comparing animation approaches](https://daily.dev/posts/react-viewtransition-vs-motion-comparing-animation-approaches-8boanxhvn) · LogRocket · 19 upvotes · 1 comments - [React Navigation 8.0 - July Progress Report](https://daily.dev/posts/react-navigation-8-0---july-progress-report-zwpb6nosh) · React Navigation · 7 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building custom transitions with react-native-screen-transitions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:22:31.342Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:51:04.053Z","description":"A walkthrough of react-native-screen-transitions, a React Navigation toolkit for building custom screen transitions beyond what native-stack or JS stack...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2cb5a266a09c2095f5194cd07eb12a75?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2cb5a266a09c2095f5194cd07eb12a75?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"React Navigation","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"React Navigation","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--d1x9LTh1--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487486/logos/react-navigation?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/react-navigation"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"react,mobile,react-native","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"React Navigation","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/react-navigation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building custom transitions with react-native-screen-transitions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-custom-transitions-with-react-native-screen-transitions-ib2glbicf#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does navigation.zoom() do in react-native-screen-transitions?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"navigation.zoom() is a bounds-driven helper introduced in version 3.4 of react-native-screen-transitions that recreates a navigation zoom handoff between a source element and a destination screen, similar to SwiftUI's zoom transition. 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