Fix navigating between CentralPane screens

src/libs/Navigation/linkTo/index.ts

@@ -72,17 +72,21 @@ export default function linkTo(navigation: NavigationContainerRef<RootStackParam
 
     // If action type is different than NAVIGATE we can't change it to the PUSH safely
     if (action?.type === CONST.NAVIGATION.ACTION_TYPE.NAVIGATE) {
-        const actionParams: ActionPayloadParams = action.payload.params;
+        const actionPayloadParams: ActionPayloadParams = action.payload.params;
         const topRouteName = lastRoute?.name;
+
+        // CentralPane screens aren't nested in any navigator, if actionPayloadParams?.screen is undefined, it means the screen name and parameters have to be read directly from action.payload
+        const targetName = actionPayloadParams?.screen ?? action.payload.name;
+        const targetParams = actionPayloadParams?.params ?? actionPayloadParams;
         const isTargetNavigatorOnTop = topRouteName === action.payload.name;
 
-        const isTargetScreenDifferentThanCurrent = !!(!topmostCentralPaneRoute || topmostCentralPaneRoute.name !== (actionParams?.screen ?? action.payload.name));
+        const isTargetScreenDifferentThanCurrent = !!(!topmostCentralPaneRoute || topmostCentralPaneRoute.name !== targetName);
         const areParamsDifferent =
-            actionParams?.screen === SCREENS.REPORT
+            targetName === SCREENS.REPORT
                 ? getTopmostReportId(rootState) !== getTopmostReportId(stateFromPath)
                 : !shallowCompare(
                       omitBy(topmostCentralPaneRoute?.params as Record<string, unknown> | undefined, (value) => value === undefined),
-                      omitBy(actionParams?.params as Record<string, unknown> | undefined, (value) => value === undefined),
+                      omitBy(targetParams as Record<string, unknown> | undefined, (value) => value === undefined),
                   );
 
         // If this action is navigating to the report screen and the top most navigator is different from the one we want to navigate - PUSH the new screen to the top of the stack by default
@@ -110,8 +114,8 @@ export default function linkTo(navigation: NavigationContainerRef<RootStackParam
             }
 
             // If we navigate to SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE, it's necessary to pass the current policyID, but we have to remember that this param is called policyIDs on this page
-            if (actionParams?.screen === SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE && actionParams?.params && policyID) {
-                (actionParams.params as Record<string, string | undefined>).policyIDs = policyID;
+            if (targetName === SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE && targetParams && policyID) {
+                (targetParams as Record<string, string | undefined>).policyIDs = policyID;
             }
 
             // If the type is UP, we deeplinked into one of the RHP flows and we want to replace the current screen with the previous one in the flow

src/libs/NavigationUtils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import SCREENS from '@src/SCREENS';
 import type {CentralPaneName} from './Navigation/types';
 
-const CENTRAL_PANE_SCREEN_NAMES = [
+const CENTRAL_PANE_SCREEN_NAMES = new Set([
     SCREENS.SETTINGS.WORKSPACES,
     SCREENS.SETTINGS.PREFERENCES.ROOT,
     SCREENS.SETTINGS.SECURITY,
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ const CENTRAL_PANE_SCREEN_NAMES = [
     SCREENS.SETTINGS.SUBSCRIPTION.ROOT,
     SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE,
     SCREENS.REPORT,
-];
+]);
 
 function isCentralPaneName(screen: string | undefined): screen is CentralPaneName {
     if (!screen) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    return CENTRAL_PANE_SCREEN_NAMES.includes(screen as CentralPaneName);
+    return CENTRAL_PANE_SCREEN_NAMES.has(screen as CentralPaneName);
 }
 
 export default isCentralPaneName;