Disable the whole folder from router in Expo Router | Voters

Disable the whole folder from router in Expo Router

candyman138

For example, my folder structure is like this:
app --
|-- _layout.tsx
|-- users --
| -- [id].tsx
|-- (tabs)
|-- components
|-- utils
I don't want my components
 and utils
 folder appeared in my router. Any idea? Thanks.

August 7, 2024

Tomáš Dohnal

I really like how this is done in Next.js where any folder prefixed by an underscore (like _components or _utils) is ignored from the file based routing. 
This enables you to create components/utils etc. that are only relevant to that given route in those subfolders.
Would love to see this feature in Expo router as well

candyman138

I think move the folder to

src

will be the best solution by far.

Brent Vatne

hi there! you should put those directories outside of the app directory in that case.

candyman138

Brent Vatne Actually I don't want to put outside since there might be too many folders in project root folder.

Julius

Brent Vatne not a nextjs fanboy but they implemented it for a reason... _components makes absolutly sense in the app folder for components that are just used once and belong to a specific route. is makes the repo much cleaner than a crowded components folder outside the app directory