# currentBackStackEntryAsState

Common/AllAndroid/JVM

## Functions summary

|---|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/State<https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/NavBackStackEntry?>` | `@https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/Composable https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/NavController.https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/compose/currentBackStackEntryAsState.composable#(androidx.navigation.NavController).currentBackStackEntryAsState()()` Gets the current navigation back stack entry as a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/MutableState`. | Cmn |

## Functions

### NavController.currentBackStackEntryAsState

Cmn Artifact: [androidx.navigation:navigation-compose](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/navigation) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/navigation/compose/NavHostController.kt+function:currentBackStackEntryAsState) Added in [2.4.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/navigation#2.4.0)

```
@Composable
fun NavController.currentBackStackEntryAsState(): State<NavBackStackEntry?>
```

Gets the current navigation back stack entry as a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/MutableState`. When the given navController changes the back stack due to a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/NavController#navigate(androidx.navigation.NavUri)` or `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/NavController#popBackStack()` this will trigger a recompose and return the top entry on the back stack.

| Returns |
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/runtime/State<https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/NavBackStackEntry?>` | a mutable state of the current back stack entry |