Is it possible to use material-ui button navigation with react-router?

Question

I have a web app that I'v designed with material-UI and as you can see below I'm using Button navigation for navigating through my basic landing page components.

<div className="footer">
  <BottomNavigation value={value} onChange={this.handleChange} className={classes.root}>
    <BottomNavigationAction label="signal" value="signal" icon={<ShowChart />} className={classes.content}/>
    <BottomNavigationAction label="hotlist" value="hotlist" icon={<HotList />} className={classes.content}/>
    <BottomNavigationAction label="analyze" value="analyze" icon={<PieChart />} className={classes.content}/>
    <BottomNavigationAction label="learn" value="learn" icon={<LibraryBooks/>} className={classes.content}/>
    <BottomNavigationAction label="dashboard" value="dashboard" icon={<PermIdentity/>} className={classes.content}/>
  </BottomNavigation>
  </div>

I've tried to use React-Router with these predefiend navigation component but that didn't work, is there any possible way to use Router with Button navigation of material-UI? Button navigation article in material-UI ButtonNavigation API

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible. You need to use the component prop:

import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';

import BottomNavigation from '@material-ui/core/BottomNavigation';
import BottomNavigationAction from '@material-ui/core/BottomNavigationAction';

// ....

<BottomNavigation value={value} onChange={this.handleChange}>
    <BottomNavigationAction
        component={Link}
        to="/signal"
        label="signal"
        value="signal"
        icon={<ShowChart />}
        className={classes.content}
    />
</BottomNavigation>

(the to prop is for React Router's Link component)

This works with any Material-UI component that inherits from ButtonBase.

https://material-ui.com/api/bottom-navigation-action/

Inheritance

The properties of the ButtonBase component are also available. You can take advantage of this behavior to target nested components.

https://material-ui.com/api/button-base/

Props

component - The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component.