That side menu you see in many real-world mobile apps? That's Drawer Navigation.

Welcome to Episode #13 of AI Mobile Engineer 2026 by The Techzeen. In this lecture, we first understand what Drawer Navigation is, when to use it, and then practically implement it in React Native with Expo Router using Cursor AI.

In This Video
What is Drawer Navigation?
Drawer Navigation vs other navigation patterns
How Drawer Navigation works in Expo Router
Practical Drawer Navigation implementation
Using Cursor AI to implement the navigation
Testing the navigation in our React Native app
AI-native workflow: Think → Prompt → Review → Debug → Test → Ship

This adds another important navigation pattern to your React Native toolkit alongside Stack, Dynamic Routes and Bottom Tabs.

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