How to remove listener in another screen - React Native

Question

I want to alert a user before leaving a screen (NewNews.js). It works fine, but I do not want it to be called when he click the save button (PreviewSave.js). Remove listeners are no longer maintained.

After pressing save button the customAlert is triggered. I would like to remove the listener in save function (PreviewSave.js) but it is not working.

NewNews.js

let exitListener;

useEffect(() => {
    exitListener = navigation.addListener('beforeRemove', e => {
        e.preventDefault();
        customAlert(                 // <- alerting user and waiting for his response
            string.exit,
            string.exitMore,

            () => {
                navigation.dispatch(e.data.action);
            },
            () => {
                console.log('Cancel Pressed');
            },
            string.understand,
        );

    return () => exitListener()
    },[]);

const renderScene = (...) => {
    ...
    return (
        <PreviewSave ...
            navigation={navigation}
            listener={exitListener}.        // here I try to pass the listener
        />
    );
}

return (
    ...
    <TavView ...
        renderScene={renderScene} ... />
);

PreviewSave.js

...
const save = async () => {
    // listener()
    // listener.remove();
    listener;                              // none of these work

    if (route?.item) {
        navigation.goBack();
        navigation.navigate(string.articles, {
            screen: string.article
        });
    } else {
        navigation.goBack();
    }
};

return (
    ...
    <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => save()}>
         <Text>{string.save}</Text>
    </TouchableOpacity>

);

dependencies

    "react": "^17.0.2",
    "react-native": "^0.67.4",
    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^6.0.9",
    "@react-navigation/drawer": "^6.1.8",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.0.6",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^6.0.11"

Answer 1

Actually, your variable is going to be reset on the next render batch, and the function to remove the listener will be lost. To retain the function on consequent renders, you need to use useRef

let exitListener = useRef();

useEffect(() => {
    exitListener.current = navigation.addListener('beforeRemove', e => {
        e.preventDefault();
        customAlert(                 // <- alerting user and waiting for his response
            string.exit,
            string.exitMore,

            () => {
                navigation.dispatch(e.data.action);
            },
            () => {
                console.log('Cancel Pressed');
            },
            string.understand,
        );

    return exitListener;
    // return () => exitListener()
    });

And then pass it.

const renderScene = (...) => {
    ...
    return (
        <PreviewSave ...
            navigation={navigation}
            listener={exitListener.current}
        />
    );
}