Basic DSL Recipe

This recipe shows a basic example of how to use the Navigation 3 API with two screens, using the entryProvider DSL and a persistent back stack.

How it works

This example is similar to the basic recipe, but with a few key differences:

  1. Persistent Back Stack: It uses rememberNavBackStack(RouteA) to create and remember the back stack. This makes the back stack persistent across configuration changes (e.g., screen rotation). To use rememberNavBackStack, the navigation keys must be serializable, which is why RouteA and RouteB are annotated with @Serializable and implement the NavKey interface.

  2. entryProvider DSL: Instead of a when statement, this example uses the entryProvider DSL to define the content for each route. The entry<RouteType> function is used to associate a route type with its composable content.

The navigation logic remains the same: to navigate from RouteA to RouteB, we add a RouteB instance to the back stack.

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package com.example.nav3recipes.basicdsl

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.material3.Button
import androidx.compose.material3.Text
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.NavKey
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.entryProvider
import androidx.navigation3.runtime.rememberNavBackStack
import androidx.navigation3.ui.NavDisplay
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentBlue
import com.example.nav3recipes.content.ContentGreen
import com.example.nav3recipes.ui.setEdgeToEdgeConfig
import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable

@Serializable
private data object RouteA : NavKey

@Serializable
private data class RouteB(val id: String) : NavKey

class BasicDslActivity : ComponentActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        setEdgeToEdgeConfig()
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            val backStack = rememberNavBackStack(RouteA)

            NavDisplay(
                backStack = backStack,
                onBack = { backStack.removeLastOrNull() },
                entryProvider = entryProvider {
                    entry<RouteA> {
                        ContentGreen("Welcome to Nav3") {
                            Button(onClick = {
                                backStack.add(RouteB("123"))
                            }) {
                                Text("Click to navigate")
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    entry<RouteB> { key ->
                        ContentBlue("Route id: ${key.id} ")
                    }
                }
            )
        }
    }
}

BasicDslActivity.kt