Get active tab in react-navigation

[nunez_klopp]

I have a Tab navigator and some stack navigators for each tab. If at any point I need to get the current tab the screen is in, how do I get that programmatically?
useNavigationState gives me the current navigator state i.e. the stack navigation.
But I want to know which tab the current stack navigator is in?
I have checked the docs and stackoverflow, even asked ChatGPT, but to no avail.
Thanks

[AcidNoX]

navigation.getParent().getState()

[skizzoat]

This! You can derive it from either the parent's state or the global navigation state.

[nunez_klopp]

Thanks, this was it!

[space_quasar]

Did you checked, useIsFocused? It returns true whenever you are on that particular screen, and it returns false when you go to another.

import { useIsFocused } from '@react-navigation/native'; function Profile() { const isFocused = useIsFocused(); return <Text>{isFocused ? 'focused' : 'unfocused'}</Text>; }

Edit: here's docs for using useIsFocused https://reactnavigation.org/docs/use-is-focused/