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Swiping back on iOS modal in nested navigator closes the parent navigator

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bug platform:ios repro provided
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Description

Current behavior

``When adding a screen with presentation: 'modal' on iOS, in a nested StackNavigator, the horizontal closing animation can not be prevented by gestureEnabled: false. It is still possible to trigger a horizontal closing animation by swiping from left to right.

This however does not only close the modal, but the entire stack, if the modal was opened in a nested stack. With below pseudo code this would be:

  1. Open Stack2 from Stack1
  2. Open A modal in Stack2
  3. Swiping RTL closes The Modal & Stack2
<Stack1>
   <Stack2>
      <Modal />
   </ Stack2>
</Stack1>

It is possible to disable the closing of the modal, but there is no way to disable the swipe back animation. I would presume that gestureEnabled: false would take care of this.

Expected behavior

I expect either that this swipe gesture does not close the entire stack or that the gesture can be disabled with gestureEnabled: false

Reproduction

https://snack.expo.dev/@jef.vandooren/tactless-ice-cream

Platform
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Windows
  • MacOS
Packages
  • @react-navigation/bottom-tabs
  • @react-navigation/drawer
  • @react-navigation/material-top-tabs
  • @react-navigation/stack
  • @react-navigation/native-stack
  • react-native-tab-view
Environment
  • [] I've removed the packages that I don't use
package version
@react-navigation/native 6.1.4
@react-navigation/stack 6.3.14
react-native-screens
react-native-gesture-handler
react-native
expo
node
npm or yarn

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Research direction

Start by running the linked Expo Snack reproduction on iOS and reproduce the swipe from the modal in the nested StackNavigator. Read the @react-navigation/stack gesture and modal behavior described in the issue, using the listed package versions as context. Done means the swipe no longer closes the parent stack, or gestureEnabled: false reliably disables it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, react-native, typescript
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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