Failed to find parent screen controller

[faljabi]

Description

Hi,

After upgrading from 4.6.0 to 4.7.0 or 4.8.0 I am getting the below error attached. I am on old arch.

Steps to reproduce

Snack or a link to a repository

https://picture.attached.com

Screens version

4.7.0 or 4.8.0

React Native version

0.77.1

Platforms

iOS

JavaScript runtime

Hermes

Workflow

React Native (without Expo)

Architecture

Paper (Old Architecture)

Build type

Debug mode

Device

Real device

Device model

iPhone 16 Pro Max

Acknowledgements

Yes

[github-actions]

Hey! 👋

The issue doesn't seem to contain a minimal reproduction.

Could you provide a snack or a link to a GitHub repository under your username that reproduces the problem?

[InzamamAbbasii]

I faced the same issue. After hours of debugging, I discovered that the error occurs when using navigation.replace("Login"). However, when I use navigation.navigate("Login"), it works fine. I’m not sure why this happens.

[TomAtterton]

Yeah also getting the same error on navigation.reset. I just did a quick check with the new architecture to confirm and it indeed stopped the crashing. Although annoyingly i can't do the migration as currently there are too many other issues around the new architecture for my project....

[InzamamAbbasii]

I resolved this issue by downgrading the navigation and screen packages while using React Native 0.74.2. The versions I used are:

@react-navigation/bottom-tabs: ^6.5.7
@react-navigation/native: ^6.1.6
@react-navigation/native-stack: ^6.9.12
react-native-screens: ^3.20.0

[VictorioMolina]

same here

    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.0.0-rc.34",
    "@react-navigation/drawer": "^7.0.0-rc.32",
    "@react-navigation/elements": "^2.0.0-rc.26",
    "@react-navigation/material-top-tabs": "^6.6.14",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^7.0.0-rc.21",
    "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^7.0.0-rc.29",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^7.0.0-rc.28",
    "expo": "^51.0.24",
    "react-native": "0.74.5",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^5.2.0",
    "react-native-screens": "^4.8.0",

[kkafar]

I'm working on it. I'll release a patch in ~1h

[steinalex]

@kkafar I'm also seeing this problem after upgrading to 4.8.0. Do you know roughly when a patch will be released? 🙏

[kkafar]

I hope to have stable 4.9.0 released today. But I guess I can release another beta in 20 minutes.

BUT please note that 4.9.0-beta.x requires 0.78 react-native version.

[kkafar]

@steinalex 4.9.0-beta.1 is available on npm

[steinalex]

Thanks for the update @kkafar.

Just to confirm, will the non-beta release (4.9.0) also require "react-native": "0.78.0"? I'm running "react-native": "0.76.7" with Expo 52, and I don't think I can upgrade RN beyond that

[VictorioMolina]

@kkafar @steinalex same question here

[kkafar]

@steinalex I'm not sure how the backward compatibility will look like yet. I'm working on bringing it in this very moment.

[jdarshan5]

@kkafar Will it be mandatory for 4.9.0 to have react native version >=0.78.0? as upgrading to 0.78 is not possible in my case as we are working on 0.76.7, by disabling the new arch, and we are concurrently solving the layout issues because of migrating to new arch

[steinalex]

From what I understand, Expo 52 (latest SDK) doesn't support React Native higher than 0.76: https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/sdk-52/package.json#L22.

I think Expo 52 users (myself included) will be stuck on this issue unless it's supported on older RN versions

[vendramini]

It does support https://expo.dev/changelog/2025-01-21-react-native-0.77

[kkafar]

I've just released 4.9.0. Old architecture should work from 0.76 onward & new architecture should work from 0.77 onward.