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Navigation

Navigation is a framework for navigating between 'destinations' within an Android application that provides a consistent API whether destinations are implemented as Fragments, Activities, or other components. See the reference docs for more information.

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on Navigation, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

dependencies {
    def nav_version = "2.1.0-alpha02"

    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:$nav_version" // For Kotlin use navigation-fragment-ktx
    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:$nav_version" // For Kotlin use navigation-ui-ktx
}

For information on using Kotlin extensions, see the ktx documentation.

For more information about dependencies, see Add Build Dependencies.

SafeArgs

For Safe args, add the following classpath in your top level build.gradle file

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:2.1.0-alpha02"
    }
}

You must also apply one of two available plugins.

To generate Java code suitable for Java or mixed Java and Kotlin modules, add this line to your app or module build.gradle file:

apply plugin: "androidx.navigation.safeargs"

Alternatively, to generate Kotlin code suitable for Kotlin-only modules add:

apply plugin: "androidx.navigation.safeargs.kotlin"

You must have android.useAndroidX=true in your gradle.properties file as per Migrating to AndroidX.

Version 2.1.0-alpha02

April 3rd, 2019

androidx.navigation:*:2.1.0-alpha02 is released. The commits included in this version can be found here.

New features

  • You can now create ViewModels that are scoped at a navigation graph level via the by navGraphViewModels() property delegate for Kotlin users or by using the getViewModelStore() API added to NavController. b/111614463

API changes

  • You can now add an app:targetPackage to an <activity> destination to limit the matching package name. It supports app:targetPackage="${applicationId}" for restricting the package to your own application id. b/110975456

Bug fixes

  • The android:name for <activity> destinations is no longer parsed into a Class at inflation time, preventing ClassNotFoundExceptions when using dynamic features. b/124538597

Version 2.1.0-alpha01

March 19, 2019

This is the first alpha release of Navigation 2.1.0.

Dependency changes

  • Navigation now depends on androidx.core:core:1.0.1 and androidx.fragment:fragment:1.1.0-alpha05. This release also removes the dependency on androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0. b/128632612

API Changes

  • A new Navigation.createNavigateOnClickListener(NavDirections) method has been added as an alternative to creating a click listener with a resource ID and Bundle. b/127631752
  • FragmentNavigator.instantiateFragment is now deprecated. The default implementation now uses FragmentFactory to instantiate Fragments. b/119054429

Bug Fixes

  • Navigation no longer sends a null Bundle when there are arguments attached to a destination, fixing an issue when using android:defaultValue="@null". b/128531879
  • Safe Args now depends on KotlinPoet 1.1.0, fixing an issue with extremely long package names. b/123654948

Version 2.0.0

March 14, 2019

Navigation 2.0.0 is released with no changes from 2.0.0-rc02.

Version 2.0.0-rc02

March 6, 2019

Navigation 2.0.0-rc02 provides new artifacts with the androidx.navigation group ID and changes its dependencies to the AndroidX equivalents.

The behavior of 2.0.0-rc02 is identical to behavior to Navigation 1.0.0-rc02 and no changes to your code should be required to update from 1.0.0-rc02 besides updating your dependencies to match the new dependencies.

Your project must have migrated to AndroidX to use 2.X releases of Navigation. Navigation 1.0 stable will be the last release using the Support Library dependencies; all future development beyond 1.0 will be based on AndroidX and build upon the 2.0 stable release.

Pre-AndroidX Dependencies

For the pre-AndroidX versions of Navigation, include these dependencies:

dependencies {
    def nav_version = "1.0.0"

    implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-fragment:$nav_version" // For Kotlin use navigation-fragment-ktx
    implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-ui:$nav_version" // For Kotlin use navigation-ui-ktx
}

For Safe args, add the following classpath in your top level build.gradle file

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "android.arch.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:1.0.0"
    }
}

Version 1.0.0

March 14, 2019

Navigation 1.0.0 is released with no changes from 1.0.0-rc02.

Version 1.0.0-rc02

February 26, 2019

This is the second release candidate for Navigation's 1.0.0 stable release. This release contains a number of bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where popBackStack() would be ignored if the root graph did not have an ID b/126251695
  • navigateUp() now correctly handles navigating back to your app's task when called after handling a deep link without FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK b/126082008
  • Fixed an issue with ActivityNavigator.applyPopAnimationsToPendingTransition not applying the correct pop exit animation b/126237567
  • Kotlin code generated by Safe Args now properly escapes Kotlin keywords such as in and fun in the package name associated with the R class. b/126020455

Version 1.0.0-rc01

February 21, 2019

This is a release candidate for Navigation's 1.0.0 stable release. This release contains one bug fix.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue when using Fragments and singleTop navigation operations b/124294805

Version 1.0.0-beta02

February 12, 2019

This release includes a number of minor improvements and important bug fixes.

New Features

  • You can now use 0 as an android:defaultValue for reference arguments. b/124248602

Behavior changes

  • Exact deep link matches are now prioritized over deep links with .* or argument matches. b/123969518

Bug Fixes

  • popBackStack() and navigateUp now correctly return false when popping the last destination on the back stack, fixing a regression introduced in 1.0.0-beta01. b/123933201
  • Navigation now correctly sets the ClassLoader during restoration of saved instance state, avoiding issues when using custom classes in Navigator saved state or in arguments sent to a NavDestination. b/123893858
  • Safe Args generated NavArgs classes no longer crash when restoring a Parcelable[] argument from saved instance state. b/123963545
  • Safe Args now properly cleans up unnecessary generated Kotlin classes. b/124120883

Version 1.0.0-beta01

February 4, 2019

This is the first beta release of Navigation; moving forward, the Navigation API is expected to stay stable until the next version unless there is a critical problem. This release contains some bug fixes and behavior changes.

Behavior changes

  • Navigation now ensures that argument default values are treated identically at runtime and through Safe Args. As a consequence, only arguments with an app:argType="reference" can have a default value point to another resource (for example, @color/colorPrimary). Attempting to use a reference default value with a different app:argType will result in an exception when parsing the navigation XML. b/123551990
  • Safe Args now depends on Android Gradle Plugin 3.3.0 aosp/888413
  • Safe Args now depends on Kotlin 1.3.20 aosp/888414

Bug Fixes

  • Safe Args can now be used in library and feature modules on all versions of the Android Gradle Plugin. b/121304903
  • Fixed a regression that would cause a single popBackStack() operation to pop all copies of a destination off the top of the back stack, rather than just a single destination at a time. b/123552990
  • Fixed an issue where the FragmentNavigator state would desynchronize with the NavController's state, causing an IllegalStateException when attempting to restore the back stack. b/123803044
  • Fixed an issue where the NavigationUI handled back arrow would not appear when using ProGuard with obfuscation. b/123449431
  • The code generated by Safe Args now properly handles using an app:argType pointing to a static inner class in the format .OuterClass$InnerClass. b/123736741
  • The Java code generated by Safe Args now properly handles global actions and deeply nested destinations. b/123347762

Version 1.0.0-alpha11

January 23, 2019

This is a hotfix release of 1.0.0-alpha10 that fixes an issue with Safe Args.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where Safe Args would fail to import the Directions class associated with global actions. b/123307342

Version 1.0.0-alpha10

January 23, 2019

Known Issues

  • Safe Args fails to import the Directions class associated with global actions. b/123307342

This release contains breaking API changes; please see the Breaking Changes section below.

New Features

  • Kotlin users can now use the by navArgs() property delegate to lazily get a reference to a Safe Args generated NavArgs class in an Activity or Fragment. b/122603367
  • Safe Args now allows you to generate Kotlin code by applying the androidx.navigation.safeargs.kotlin plugin. The Kotlin code is built specifically for Kotlin only modules, using default arguments and immutable classes over the builder pattern that is still available via the previous androidx.navigation.safeargs plugin. b/110263087

Behavior Changes

  • Matching deep links are now biased towards the deep link that has the most matching arguments. b/118393029
  • Calling setGraph() on a NavController will now reset the back stack. b/111450672
  • Unknown deep links no longer throw an IllegalStateException, but are ignored, fixing issues with nested or multiple NavHostFragments. b/121340440

Breaking Changes

  • The NavOptions.applyPopAnimationsToPendingTransition() method for applying pop animations to an Activity has been moved to ActivityNavigator. b/122413117
  • Safe Args now avoids duplicating identical classes for actions without arguments. The return type for no argument methods in generated NavDirections classes is now NavDirections. b/123233147
  • Safe Args generated Directions classes no longer have a public constructor - you should only be interacting with the generated static methods. b/123031660
  • Safe Args generated NavDirections classes no longer have a public constructor - they should only be generated via the static methods in the generated Directions classes. b/122963206
  • The returned Bundle from NavDirections' getArguments() is now marked as @NonNull rather than @Nullable. b/123243957

Bug Fixes

  • NavDeepLinkBuilder now correctly handles multiple simultaneous PendingIntents to the same destination by using the arguments you pass in to determine the uniqueness. b/120042732
  • NavController now correctly handles popBackStack() operations when using a nested NavHostFragment or other child Fragments with a back stack. b/122770335
  • NavigationUI now correctly sets the content description of the Up button. b/120395362
  • Safe Args generated Directions classes now correctly handle global actions that have the same id as an action on a destination. b/122962504
  • Safe Args generated NavDirections classes now correctly have equal hashCode() values when equals() would return true. b/123043662
  • FragmentNavigator now throws a better error message if you attempt to do custom FragmentTransactions on the NavHostFragment's FragmentManager. You should always use getChildFragmentManager(). b/112927148

Version 1.0.0-alpha09

December 18, 2018

This release contains breaking API changes; please see the Breaking Changes section below.

We have chosen not to continue development of the android.arch.navigation:navigation-testing artifact. While it has proven helpful for internal testing of NavController, we strongly recommend alternate testing strategies, such as mocking the NavController instance in order to verify that the correct navigate() calls are being done. This approach is discussed in detail in the Single Activity talk at AndroidDevSummit 2018 and we'll be working on additional documentation specifically around testing with Navigation.

New Features

  • MenuItems with menuCategory="secondary" will no longer pop the back stack when used with NavigationUI methods. b/120104424
  • AppBarConfiguration now allows you to set a fallback OnNavigateUpListener instance which will be called when navController.navigateUp() returns false. b/79993862 b/120690961

Breaking Changes

  • When using an <argument> with an argType="reference", Navigation no longer parses the reference, instead providing the raw resource ID itself. b/111736515
  • onNavDestinationSelected() now pops back to the start destination of your navigation graph by default, making them consistent with the setup methods. Add menuCategory="secondary" to your MenuItem to avoid popping the back stack. aosp/852869
  • The fromBundle() methods of generated Args classes now take a non-null Bundle instead of a nullable Bundle aosp/845616

Bug Fixes

  • Arguments are now properly parsed from deep links as the correct argType instead of always as strings b/110273284
  • Navigation now correctly exports its public resources b/121059552
  • Safe Args is now compatible with Android Gradle Plugin 3.4 Canary 4 and higher b/119662045

Version 1.0.0-alpha08

December 6, 2918

This release contains breaking API changes; please see the Breaking Changes section below.

New Features

  • Destination labels, when used with NavigationUI methods, will now automatically replace {argName} instances in your android:label with the correct argument b/80267266
  • Navigation now depends on Support Library 28.0.0 b/120293333

Breaking Changes

  • OnNavigatedListener has been renamed to OnDestinationChangedListener b/118670572
  • OnDestinationChangedListener now also passes the Bundle of arguments aosp/837142
  • The app:clearTask and app:launchDocument attributes and their associated methods have been removed. Use app:popUpTo with the root of your graph to remove all destinations from your back stack. b/119628354
  • ActivityNavigator.Extras now uses a Builder pattern and adds the ability to set any Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_ flags aosp/828140
  • NavController.onHandleDeepLink has been renamed to handleDeepLink aosp/836063
  • Many classes and methods not meant for subclassing, such as NavOptions, NavInflater, NavDeepLinkBuilder, and AppBarConfiguration, have been made final aosp/835681
  • The deprecated NavHostFragment.setGraph() method has been removed aosp/835684
  • The deprecated NavigationUI.navigateUp(DrawerLayout, NavController) method has been removed. aosp/835684
  • Fragment creation has been moved to FragmentNavigator, making it easier to delegate Fragment creation to a FragmentFactory. b/119054429
  • The constructor for NavGraphNavigator no longer takes a Context aosp/835340
  • NavigatorProvider is now a class, rather than an interface. The NavigatorProvider returned by getNavigatorProvider() has not changed its functionality. aosp/830660
  • NavDestination.navigate() has been removed. Call navigate() on the Navigator instead. aosp/830663
  • Significant refactoring of Navigator, removing the need for OnNavigatorNavigatedListener and instead having navigate return the NavDestination that was navigated to.
  • Navigator instances can no longer send pop events to the NavController. Consider using a OnBackPressedCallback to intercept back button presses and call navController.popBackStack(). aosp/833716

Bug Fixes

  • popUpTo now works consistently when the destination is a <navigation> element b/116831650
  • Fixed a number of bugs that resulted in an IllegalArgumentException when using nested graphs b/118713731 b/113611083 b/113346925 b/113305559
  • The dataPattern attribute of <activity> destinations will now populate arguments from non-String arguments by calling toString() b/120161365

Safe Args

  • Safe Args supports Serializable objects, including Enum values. Enum types can set a default value by using the enum literal without the class name (e.g. app:defaultValue="READ") b/111316353
  • Safe Args supports arrays of all supported types b/111487504
  • Safe Args now ignores subfolders of resource directories b/117893516
  • Safe Args adds @Override annotations where appropriate b/117145301

Version 1.0.0-alpha07

October 29, 2018

New Features

Breaking Changes

  • The navigation-testing-ktx module has been folded into the navigation-testing artifact and will no longer be published.
  • The navigation-testing artifact now has a dependency on the Kotlin standard library. The API has been changed to be more consistent with Kotlin conventions, but you can continue to use it for tests written in Java.
  • Metadata manifest registered navigation graphs are no longer supported. b/118355937
  • Actions can no longer be attached to <activity> destinations. aosp/785539

Bug Fixes

  • Deep links now correctly parse query parameters. b/110057514
  • Activity destinations now correctly apply all enter and exit animations. b/117145284
  • Fixed crash that occurs after configuration changes when using custom Navigators. b/110763345

Safe Args

  • Safe args now have a fixed dependency on Android Gradle Plugin 3.2.1. b/113167627
  • Directions can now be generated for inner classes. b/117407555
  • Fixed an issue with generating Directions to an <include> graph. b/116542123

Version 1.0.0-alpha06

September 20, 2018

New Features

API Changes

  • Breaking Change: The Navigator navigate() method now takes a Navigator.Extras parameter.
  • NavController's getGraph() method is now NonNull b/112243286

Bug Fixes

  • NavigationUI.setupWithNavController() no longer leaks views if used with views from individual destinations b/111961977
  • Navigator onSaveState() is now only called once b/112627079

Safe Args

  • Navigation destination Directions classes now extend their parent's Directions class if it exists b/79871405
  • Directions and Args classes now have a useful toString() implementation b/111843389

Version 1.0.0-alpha05

August 10, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Fix a bug which cause incorrect backstack behavior. b/111907708
  • Fix a bug in equals() of Generated Args classes. b/111450897
  • Fix a build failure in Safe Args. b/109409713
  • Fix a conversion from resource identifiers to java names b/111602491
  • Fix error messages about nullability in Safe Args plugin.
  • Add missing nullability annotations.

Version 1.0.0-alpha04

July 19, 2018

Navigation 1.0.0-alpha04 and the associated Safe Args gradle plugin contains a number of API changes, behavior changes, and bug fixes.

API / Behavior Changes

  • NavHostFragment will always set the current Fragment as the primary navigation fragment, ensuring that child fragment managers are popped before the outer NavController is popped b/111345778

Safe Args

  • Breaking Change: app:type has been changed to app:argType to avoid conflicts with other libraries such as ConstraintLayout 2.0.0-alpha1 b/111110548
  • Error messages from Safe Args are now clickable b/111534438
  • Args classes now confirms that NonNull attributes are actually not null b/111451769
  • Additional NonNull annotations have been added to NavDirections and Args generated classes b/111455455 b/111455456

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the system back button after deep linking to a fragment destination b/111515685

Version 1.0.0-alpha03

July 12, 2018

Navigation 1.0.0-alpha03 and the associated Safe Args gradle plugin contains a number of API changes, behavior changes, and bug fixes.

API / Behavior Changes

  • A NavigationUI.setupWithNavController method for Toolbar has been added b/109868820
  • A NavigationUI.setupWithNavController method for CollapsingToolbarLayout has been added b/110887183
  • popBackStack() now returns false when the back stack is empty or when the given destination ID is not in the back stack b/110893637
  • FragmentNavigator now ignores navigation operations after FragmentManager has saved state, avoiding “Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState” exceptions b/110987825

Safe Args

  • Breaking Change: Non-alphanumeric characters in action and argument names will be replaced by camel casing in the respective NavDirections method names
    • E.g. DemoController.index will become setDemoControllerIndex b/79995048
    • E.g. action_show_settings will become actionShowSettings b/79642240
  • Breaking Change: Arguments are now considered non-null by default. To allow null values on string and parcelable arguments, add app:nullable="true" b/79642307
  • You can now use app:type="long" with defaultValues in the form of “123L” b/79563966
  • Parcelable arguments are now supported, using a fully qualified class name for app:type. The only default value supported is "@null" b/79563966
  • Args classes now implement equals() and hashCode() b/79642246
  • The Safe Args plugin can now be applied to library projects b/80036553
  • The Safe Args plugin can now be applied to feature projects b/110011752

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issues when navigating during Fragment lifecycle methods b/109916080
  • Fixed issues when navigating through nested graphs multiple times b/110178671
  • Fixed issues when using setPopUpTo with the first destination in the graph b/109909461
  • Fixed issue where all app:defaultValue values were being passed as Strings b/110710788
  • aapt2 bundled with Android Gradle Plugin 3.2 Beta 01 now adds keep rules for every android:name attribute in Navigation XML files b/79874119
  • Fixed memory leak when replacing the default FragmentNavigator b/110900142

Version 1.0.0-alpha02

June 7, 2018

Behavior Changes

  • FragmentNavigator now uses setReorderingAllowed(true). b/109826220

  • Navigation now URLDecodes arguments parsed from deep links URLs. b/79982454

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an IllegalStateException when calling navigate from Fragment lifecycle methods. b/79632233

  • Navigation now depends on Support Library 27.1.1 to fix flickering when using animations. b/80160903

  • Fixed an IllegalArgumentException when using defaultNavHost="true" as a child fragment. b/79656847

  • Fixed a StackOverflowError when using NavDeepLinkBuilder. b/109653065

  • Fixed an IllegalArgumentException when navigating back to a nested graph. b/80453447

  • Fixed an issue with overlapping Fragments when using launchSingleTop. b/79407969

  • Navigation now builds the correct synthetic back stack for nested graphs. b/79734195

  • NavigationUI will now highlight the correct item when using a nested graph as a MenuItem. b/109675998

API Changes

  • The clearTask attribute for actions and the associated API in NavOptions has been deprecated. b/80338878

  • The launchDocument attribute for actions and the associated API in NavOptions has been deprecated. b/109806636

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

May 8, 2018

Navigation provides a framework for building in-app navigation. This initial release is 1.0.0-alpha01.