Force Shell navigation to replace the navigation stack

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Force Shell navigation to replace the navigation stack

Petr Pikaus 10

I have a ShellContent which uses DataTemplateSelector to dynamically select a page to display. Sadly, when I call Shell.Current.GoToAsync with the URI that's active right now (or its child route), it does nothing (or navigates back in the case of the child route) there's no parameter to control this behavior that I'm aware of. Based on the documentation, navigating to //some-uri should replace the navigation stack, but that does not happen.

Anonymous

2023-05-24T05:12:18.0866667+00:00
For further investigation, could you please provide the following information?

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Petr Pikaus 10 Reputation points

2023-05-24T11:08:52.7266667+00:00
Testing on Android 33

The latest 7.0.86

Let's look at the data in the documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/fundamentals/shell/navigation#register-routes

If I'm at //about and I call Shell.Current.GoToAsync("//about") it should replace the current navigation stack, but in reality, nothing will happen.

//route - The route hierarchy will be searched for the specified route, upwards from the current position. The matching page will replace the navigation stack.

This is also discussed here https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/9300#issuecomment-1416160061
Anonymous

2023-05-26T09:54:16.9166667+00:00

Much better if you could edit your question with any related code that help us reproduce this issue. Besides, you could also follow the issue link you attached.
Petr Pikaus 10 Reputation points

2023-06-01T10:31:03.64+00:00
@Anonymous The comment (from a MAUI staff) I linked clearly says that the behavior doesn't match the documentation. I need to make calling

await Shell.Current.GoToAsync("//about)

To replace the navigation stack even if the current route is //about or its descendent
Anonymous

2023-06-02T09:59:52.18+00:00

You could follow that issue on Github.

Your answer

Anonymous

2023-05-24T05:12:18.0866667+00:00

For further investigation, could you please provide the following information?

What is the platform and API level on which your program runs?

What Version of MAUI you are targeting?

Could you provide any related code to help us reproduce the problem?

Please refer to Guidelines for posting a quality question on Microsoft Q&A for more details.

Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.
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Petr Pikaus 10 Reputation points

2023-05-24T11:08:52.7266667+00:00

Testing on Android 33

The latest 7.0.86

Let's look at the data in the documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/fundamentals/shell/navigation#register-routes

If I'm at //about and I call Shell.Current.GoToAsync("//about") it should replace the current navigation stack, but in reality, nothing will happen.

//route - The route hierarchy will be searched for the specified route, upwards from the current position. The matching page will replace the navigation stack.

This is also discussed here https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/9300#issuecomment-1416160061
Anonymous

2023-05-26T09:54:16.9166667+00:00

Much better if you could edit your question with any related code that help us reproduce this issue. Besides, you could also follow the issue link you attached.
Petr Pikaus 10 Reputation points

2023-06-01T10:31:03.64+00:00

@Anonymous The comment (from a MAUI staff) I linked clearly says that the behavior doesn't match the documentation. I need to make calling

await Shell.Current.GoToAsync("//about)

To replace the navigation stack even if the current route is //about or its descendent
Anonymous

2023-06-02T09:59:52.18+00:00

You could follow that issue on Github.

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