Hi! I am looking for a method which can clear my backstack and make the navigated screen the only el...

# compose

[Prateek Kumar]

Hi!
I am looking for a method which can clear my backstack and make the navigated screen the only element in backstack

I have a method something like;-

fun NavController.navigateAndClearBackstack(route: String) {
    val navController = this
    navController.navigate(route) {
        popUpTo(navController.graph.findStartDestination().route.orEmpty()) {
            inclusive = true
        }
        launchSingleTop = true
    }
}

But it dosen’t work in all the cases , if my original startDestination is not the first element in backstack, this method won’t work.

Can anyone suggest me how to do if we do not know how my backstack looks like?

[youssef hachicha]

use pop until

[Ian Lake]

Your original start destination should always be the first element of the back stack, as per the Principles of Navigation: https://developer.android.com/guide/navigation/principles#fixed_start_destination

[Ian Lake]

If it isn't then you already have bigger issues to fix, since you've already broken any handling of deep links, multiple back stacks, etc. that all assume you are following that correctly

[Ian Lake]

But an easy fix here is to use popUpTo(navController.graph.id) - the graph itself is always on the back stack and is always the first entry

[Prateek Kumar]

My startdestination is dashboard which needs login to function, so if a user logs out or not logged in, then i navigate them to a diff route(i still don't change my startDestination)

And i don't want users to go to the dashboard if they are not logged in, not sure how this can be fixed.

[Prateek Kumar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qjn706ITA&t=2s▾

According to this video , my startDestination should never be login , and conditionally when login should be required , i should navigate them to login
That is what i am trying to do