diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/App.js b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/App.js
index 9db6a2cb..6435338e 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/App.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/App.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ const AppNavigator = createStackNavigator(
   }
 );
 
-export default () => <AppNavigator persistenceKey="NavState" />;
+export default AppNavigator;
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   item: {
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/TabsWithNavigationFocus.js b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/TabsWithNavigationFocus.js
index 79effb2c..e40b3125 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/TabsWithNavigationFocus.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/TabsWithNavigationFocus.js
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { SafeAreaView, StatusBar, Text, View } from 'react-native';
-import {
-  createBottomTabNavigator,
-  withNavigationFocus,
-} from 'react-navigation';
+import { withNavigationFocus } from 'react-navigation';
+import { createMaterialBottomTabNavigator } from 'react-navigation-material-bottom-tabs';
 import MaterialCommunityIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialCommunityIcons';
 import { Button } from './commonComponents/ButtonWithMargin';
 
@@ -80,16 +78,26 @@ const createTabScreen = (name, icon, focusedIcon, tintColor = '#673ab7') => {
   return withNavigationFocus(TabScreen);
 };
 
-const TabsWithNavigationFocus = createBottomTabNavigator({
-  One: {
-    screen: createTabScreen('One', 'numeric-1-box-outline', 'numeric-1-box'),
+const TabsWithNavigationFocus = createMaterialBottomTabNavigator(
+  {
+    One: {
+      screen: createTabScreen('One', 'numeric-1-box-outline', 'numeric-1-box'),
+    },
+    Two: {
+      screen: createTabScreen('Two', 'numeric-2-box-outline', 'numeric-2-box'),
+    },
+    Three: {
+      screen: createTabScreen(
+        'Three',
+        'numeric-3-box-outline',
+        'numeric-3-box'
+      ),
+    },
   },
-  Two: {
-    screen: createTabScreen('Two', 'numeric-2-box-outline', 'numeric-2-box'),
-  },
-  Three: {
-    screen: createTabScreen('Three', 'numeric-3-box-outline', 'numeric-3-box'),
-  },
-});
+  {
+    shifting: false,
+    activeTintColor: '#F44336',
+  }
+);
 
 export default TabsWithNavigationFocus;
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/package.json b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/package.json
index e60490a6..7a8da112 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "react-native": "^0.54.0",
     "react-native-iphone-x-helper": "^1.0.2",
     "react-navigation": "link:../..",
-    "react-navigation-header-buttons": "^0.0.4"
+    "react-navigation-header-buttons": "^0.0.4",
+    "react-navigation-material-bottom-tabs": "0.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-jest": "^22.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/yarn.lock b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/yarn.lock
index 08ee41e7..209b9834 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/examples/NavigationPlayground/yarn.lock
@@ -2110,6 +2110,13 @@ create-react-context@^0.2.1:
     fbjs "^0.8.0"
     gud "^1.0.0"
 
+create-react-context@^0.2.2:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-react-context/-/create-react-context-0.2.2.tgz#9836542f9aaa22868cd7d4a6f82667df38019dca"
+  dependencies:
+    fbjs "^0.8.0"
+    gud "^1.0.0"
+
 cross-spawn@^5.0.1, cross-spawn@^5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz#e8bd0efee58fcff6f8f94510a0a554bbfa235449"
@@ -2220,7 +2227,7 @@ deepmerge@^1.3.0, deepmerge@^1.5.1:
   version "1.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-1.5.2.tgz#10499d868844cdad4fee0842df8c7f6f0c95a753"
 
-deepmerge@^2.0.1:
+deepmerge@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-2.1.0.tgz#511a54fff405fc346f0240bb270a3e9533a31102"
 
@@ -5550,6 +5557,10 @@ react-lifecycles-compat@^1.0.2:
   version "1.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-1.1.4.tgz#fc005c72849b7ed364de20a0f64ff58ebdc2009a"
 
+react-lifecycles-compat@^3, react-lifecycles-compat@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-3.0.2.tgz#7279047275bd727a912e25f734c0559527e84eff"
+
 react-native-branch@2.0.0-beta.3:
   version "2.0.0-beta.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-branch/-/react-native-branch-2.0.0-beta.3.tgz#2167af86bbc9f964bd45bd5f37684e5b54965e32"
@@ -5589,14 +5600,15 @@ react-native-iphone-x-helper@^1.0.2:
     babel-plugin-module-resolver "^2.3.0"
     babel-preset-react-native "1.9.0"
 
-react-native-paper@^1.2.5:
-  version "1.2.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-paper/-/react-native-paper-1.2.5.tgz#3a4480ca967aae4b3e65a987116973dd012d1fa8"
+react-native-paper@=1.4.0:
+  version "1.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-paper/-/react-native-paper-1.4.0.tgz#33bd477cde1468b63e60bdb0c9a500822d03cdca"
   dependencies:
     color "^2.0.1"
-    create-react-context "^0.2.1"
-    deepmerge "^2.0.1"
+    create-react-context "^0.2.2"
+    deepmerge "^2.1.0"
     hoist-non-react-statics "^2.5.0"
+    react-lifecycles-compat "^3.0.2"
 
 react-native-platform-touchable@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
@@ -5642,9 +5654,9 @@ react-native-svg@6.2.2:
     lodash "^4.16.6"
     pegjs "^0.10.0"
 
-"react-native-tab-view@github:react-navigation/react-native-tab-view":
+react-native-tab-view@^0.0.74:
   version "0.0.74"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/react-navigation/react-native-tab-view/tar.gz/36ebd834d78b841fc19778c966465d02fd1213bb"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-tab-view/-/react-native-tab-view-0.0.74.tgz#62c0c882d9232b461ce181d440d683b4f99d1bd8"
   dependencies:
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
 
@@ -5725,11 +5737,11 @@ react-native@^0.54.0:
     xmldoc "^0.4.0"
     yargs "^9.0.0"
 
-react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator@1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator/-/react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator-1.0.1.tgz#a869d749d16116630411d6c7761c51484ba90175"
+react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator@1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator/-/react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator-1.1.0.tgz#58945c1c4c7c21b54954e814e8721e98423df75d"
   dependencies:
-    react-native-tab-view react-navigation/react-native-tab-view
+    react-native-tab-view "^0.0.74"
 
 react-navigation-header-buttons@^0.0.4:
   version "0.0.4"
@@ -5737,14 +5749,22 @@ react-navigation-header-buttons@^0.0.4:
   dependencies:
     react-native-platform-touchable "^1.1.1"
 
-react-navigation-tabs@0.1.0-alpha.5:
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-tabs/-/react-navigation-tabs-0.1.0-alpha.5.tgz#51cae3ea5f0f77bdf0deb50a855a5dcaa2f9bf1e"
+react-navigation-material-bottom-tabs@0.1.3:
+  version "0.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-material-bottom-tabs/-/react-navigation-material-bottom-tabs-0.1.3.tgz#8e11c3d57ebb72d19adf5e4764390729ed964072"
+  dependencies:
+    hoist-non-react-statics "^2.5.0"
+    prop-types "^15.6.0"
+    react-native-paper "=1.4.0"
+    react-navigation-tabs "0.2.0-rc.0"
+
+react-navigation-tabs@0.2.0-rc.0:
+  version "0.2.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-tabs/-/react-navigation-tabs-0.2.0-rc.0.tgz#671e8c9914b915796879329752f7240147494038"
   dependencies:
     hoist-non-react-statics "^2.5.0"
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
     react-lifecycles-compat "^1.0.2"
-    react-native-paper "^1.2.5"
     react-native-safe-area-view "^0.7.0"
     react-native-tab-view "~0.0.77"
 
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/flow/react-navigation.js b/packages/react-navigation/flow/react-navigation.js
index 57df21db..30ea9dd4 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/flow/react-navigation.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/flow/react-navigation.js
@@ -809,10 +809,6 @@ declare module 'react-navigation' {
     routeConfigs: NavigationRouteConfigMap,
     config?: _TabNavigatorConfig
   ): NavigationContainer<*, *, *>;
-  declare export function createMaterialBottomTabNavigator(
-    routeConfigs: NavigationRouteConfigMap,
-    config?: _TabNavigatorConfig
-  ): NavigationContainer<*, *, *>;
   declare export function createMaterialTopTabNavigator(
     routeConfigs: NavigationRouteConfigMap,
     config?: _TabNavigatorConfig
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/package.json b/packages/react-navigation/package.json
index 95d789c9..127a55ba 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "react-native-drawer-layout-polyfill": "^1.3.2",
     "react-native-safe-area-view": "^0.7.0",
     "react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator": "1.1.0",
-    "react-navigation-tabs": "0.1.0-alpha.8"
+    "react-navigation-tabs": "0.2.0-rc.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.24.1",
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/react-navigation.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/react-navigation.js
index e0d59c2e..d93c0dcc 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/react-navigation.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/react-navigation.js
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ module.exports = {
   get createBottomTabNavigator() {
     return require('react-navigation-tabs').createBottomTabNavigator;
   },
-  get createMaterialBottomTabNavigator() {
-    return require('react-navigation-tabs').createMaterialBottomTabNavigator;
-  },
   get createMaterialTopTabNavigator() {
     return require('react-navigation-tabs').createMaterialTopTabNavigator;
   },
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/yarn.lock b/packages/react-navigation/yarn.lock
index f793b714..25b0a253 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/yarn.lock
@@ -1372,34 +1372,20 @@ collection-visit@^1.0.0:
     map-visit "^1.0.0"
     object-visit "^1.0.0"
 
-color-convert@^1.9.0, color-convert@^1.9.1:
+color-convert@^1.9.0:
   version "1.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-convert/-/color-convert-1.9.1.tgz#c1261107aeb2f294ebffec9ed9ecad529a6097ed"
   dependencies:
     color-name "^1.1.1"
 
-color-name@^1.0.0, color-name@^1.1.1:
+color-name@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.3.tgz#a7d0558bd89c42f795dd42328f740831ca53bc25"
 
-color-string@^1.5.2:
-  version "1.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-string/-/color-string-1.5.2.tgz#26e45814bc3c9a7cbd6751648a41434514a773a9"
-  dependencies:
-    color-name "^1.0.0"
-    simple-swizzle "^0.2.2"
-
 color-support@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-support/-/color-support-1.1.3.tgz#93834379a1cc9a0c61f82f52f0d04322251bd5a2"
 
-color@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color/-/color-2.0.1.tgz#e4ed78a3c4603d0891eba5430b04b86314f4c839"
-  dependencies:
-    color-convert "^1.9.1"
-    color-string "^1.5.2"
-
 combined-stream@1.0.6, combined-stream@^1.0.5, combined-stream@~1.0.5:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/combined-stream/-/combined-stream-1.0.6.tgz#723e7df6e801ac5613113a7e445a9b69cb632818"
@@ -1594,13 +1580,6 @@ create-react-context@^0.2.1:
     fbjs "^0.8.0"
     gud "^1.0.0"
 
-create-react-context@^0.2.2:
-  version "0.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-react-context/-/create-react-context-0.2.2.tgz#9836542f9aaa22868cd7d4a6f82667df38019dca"
-  dependencies:
-    fbjs "^0.8.0"
-    gud "^1.0.0"
-
 cross-spawn@^5.0.1, cross-spawn@^5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz#e8bd0efee58fcff6f8f94510a0a554bbfa235449"
@@ -1700,10 +1679,6 @@ deep-is@~0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deep-is/-/deep-is-0.1.3.tgz#b369d6fb5dbc13eecf524f91b070feedc357cf34"
 
-deepmerge@^2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-2.1.0.tgz#511a54fff405fc346f0240bb270a3e9533a31102"
-
 default-require-extensions@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/default-require-extensions/-/default-require-extensions-1.0.0.tgz#f37ea15d3e13ffd9b437d33e1a75b5fb97874cb8"
@@ -2933,10 +2908,6 @@ is-arrayish@^0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-arrayish/-/is-arrayish-0.2.1.tgz#77c99840527aa8ecb1a8ba697b80645a7a926a9d"
 
-is-arrayish@^0.3.1:
-  version "0.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-arrayish/-/is-arrayish-0.3.1.tgz#c2dfc386abaa0c3e33c48db3fe87059e69065efd"
-
 is-binary-path@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-binary-path/-/is-binary-path-1.0.1.tgz#75f16642b480f187a711c814161fd3a4a7655898"
@@ -4890,7 +4861,7 @@ react-lifecycles-compat@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-1.0.2.tgz#551d8b1d156346e5fcf30ffac9b32ce3f78b8850"
 
-react-lifecycles-compat@^3, react-lifecycles-compat@^3.0.2:
+react-lifecycles-compat@^3:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-3.0.2.tgz#7279047275bd727a912e25f734c0559527e84eff"
 
@@ -4910,16 +4881,6 @@ react-native-drawer-layout@1.3.2:
   dependencies:
     react-native-dismiss-keyboard "1.0.0"
 
-react-native-paper@^1.4.0:
-  version "1.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-paper/-/react-native-paper-1.4.1.tgz#81df909c14d9ae78274662df97c3b35224aa39a9"
-  dependencies:
-    color "^2.0.1"
-    create-react-context "^0.2.2"
-    deepmerge "^2.1.0"
-    hoist-non-react-statics "^2.5.0"
-    react-lifecycles-compat "^3.0.2"
-
 react-native-safe-area-view@^0.7.0:
   version "0.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-safe-area-view/-/react-native-safe-area-view-0.7.0.tgz#38f5ab9368d6ef9e5d18ab64212938af3ec39421"
@@ -5011,14 +4972,13 @@ react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator@1.1.0:
   dependencies:
     react-native-tab-view "^0.0.74"
 
-react-navigation-tabs@0.1.0-alpha.8:
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-tabs/-/react-navigation-tabs-0.1.0-alpha.8.tgz#bb18699f8496a00f9911c9c75cce243d299c2423"
+react-navigation-tabs@0.2.0-rc.0:
+  version "0.2.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-navigation-tabs/-/react-navigation-tabs-0.2.0-rc.0.tgz#671e8c9914b915796879329752f7240147494038"
   dependencies:
     hoist-non-react-statics "^2.5.0"
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
     react-lifecycles-compat "^1.0.2"
-    react-native-paper "^1.4.0"
     react-native-safe-area-view "^0.7.0"
     react-native-tab-view "~0.0.77"
 
@@ -5570,12 +5530,6 @@ simple-plist@^0.2.1:
     bplist-parser "0.1.1"
     plist "2.0.1"
 
-simple-swizzle@^0.2.2:
-  version "0.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-swizzle/-/simple-swizzle-0.2.2.tgz#a4da6b635ffcccca33f70d17cb92592de95e557a"
-  dependencies:
-    is-arrayish "^0.3.1"
-
 slash@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slash/-/slash-1.0.0.tgz#c41f2f6c39fc16d1cd17ad4b5d896114ae470d55"