Is it necessary to validate react native props?

I am creating a react native app with expo. When I run ESlint, I receive over 100 errors concerning react/prop-types. Most of the errors look like this:

18:37  error  'route' is missing in props validation       react/prop-types

I understand that I can validate all of my proptypes with code that looks like this:

import PropTypes from "prop-types";

...

App.propTypes = {
  route: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};

However my app works fine without prop validation (at least, it seems to work fine). Is it necessary to validate all of my props, or can I simply silence the ESlint error without harming my app?