React navigation header right button - reactjs

Question

I want add button in react-native header , the button is to mas and unmask password in the page, the problem on click when i change the state to change secureTextEntry value, the icon wont change will keep as the initial value;
the function is working fine but the icon cant change
this.state.secureTextEntry ? "eye" : "eye-slash"
this is the main code
class ChangePasswordScreen extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
newPassword: null,
currentPassword: null,
confirmPassword: null,
errors: [],
secureTextEntry: true
};
this.maskPassword = this.maskPassword.bind(this)
}
componentDidMount() {
this.props.navigation.setParams({
headerRight: ( < TouchableOpacity onPress = {
() => {
this.maskPassword();
}
} > < Icon style = {
styles.eyeIcon
}
name = {
this.state.secureTextEntry ? "eye" : "eye-slash"
}
size = {
20
}
color = {
Colors.WHITE
}
/></TouchableOpacity > )
})
}
static navigationOptions = ({
navigation
}) => {
return {
// headerTitle: <LogoTitle />,
headerRight: navigation.state.params && navigation.state.params.headerRight,
};
};
maskPassword = () => {
this.setState({
secureTextEntry: !this.state.secureTextEntry
})
}
}

Answer 1

Kinda late, might help someone nevertheless.
If you wish to add a button to the header of a screen, from the screen itself, not the App.js file and you are using a functional component, it goes like this:
import { useNavigation } from '#react-navigation/native'
export default function () {
const nav = useNavigation();
useEffect(() => {
nav.setOptions({
headerRight: () => <Button />,
});
}
}

Answer 2

The problem is this.setState will not re-render header component . if you want to change header right then you have to call setParams again
Try this code in componentDidMount
componentDidMount() {
this.props.navigation.setParams({
headerRight: this.setHeaderRight(this.state.secureTextEntry)
});
}
Set function for header right
setHeaderRight = state => {
//console.log("setHeaderRight", this.state.secureTextEntry);
return (
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={() => {
this.maskPassword();
}}
>
<Icon
style={styles.eyeIcon}
name={state ? "eye" : "eye-slash"}
size={20}
color={Colors.WHITE}
/>
</TouchableOpacity>
);
};
Set header right again when state set
maskPassword = () => {
this.setState({
secureTextEntry: !this.state.secureTextEntry
});
this.props.navigation.setParams({
headerRight: this.setHeaderRight(!this.state.secureTextEntry)
});
};

Answer 3

You are setting a Component as a navigation param on Component mount and passing in a state value at the time the Component mounted.
This param never gets changed or updated again so the navigation header never gets re rendered.
A better way would be to pass the value of state directly as a navigation param and use that in the component that is used directly in the navigationOptions