NavigationBarAndroid.java

package com.yourapp.navbar;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;

import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;

public class NavigationBarAndroid extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {

    public NavigationBarAndroid(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
        super(reactContext);
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "NavigationBarAndroid";
    }

    @ReactMethod
    public void hide() {
        Activity reactActivity = getCurrentActivity();
        if (reactActivity) {
            View decorView = reactActivity.getWindow().getDecorView();
            // Hide both the navigation bar and the status bar.
            // SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN is only available on Android 4.1 and higher, but as
            // a general rule, you should design your app to hide the status bar whenever you
            // hide the navigation bar.
            int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
            decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);
        }
    }

}

NavigationBarAndroidPackage.java

package com.yourapp.navbar;

import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class NavigationBarAndroidPackage implements ReactPackage {

    @Override
    public List<NativeModule> createNativeModules(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
        List<NativeModule> modules = new ArrayList<>();

        modules.add(new NavigationBarAndroid(reactContext));

        return modules;
    }

    @Override
    public List<Class<? extends JavaScriptModule>> createJSModules() {
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

    @Override
    public List<ViewManager> createViewManagers(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }
}

@Jijuan I would also be very interested, if you have the time. Or anyone else who knows native Android code well enough to construct those changes? Blindly jumping into using startActivityForResult isn't yielding much result :(

You can also try this. (I'm use React Native Wix Navigation V2.)
https://gist.github.com/hto/7ed5ef629bd8bdf651c73f3680541ad5