am testing my app for process death `Don't keep activities` is turned on and am using `Navigation Co...

# compose

[Marko Novakovic]

am testing my app for process death
Don't keep activities is turned on and am using Navigation Component
when I navigate to dialog composable that is registered inside NavGraph with dialog() {} it’s not on top after I leave app and come back
how can I make it be on top after process death?
is there a way for Navigation Component to do that or I need to keep track of that and navigate to dialog destination after app is restored?

[Ian Lake]

You should file a bug if you can reproduce it in a sample app; Navigation certainly recreates your dialog after process death and recreation, same as with any other destination.

[Marko Novakovic]

thanks Ian, I will recreate bug and file it

[androidcactus]

@Marko Novakovic please post here link to that bug if you already filed it. I encountered same problem a few days ago but I’ve been too busy to investigate more. https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1636538825234000

[Marko Novakovic]

I have project for reproduction and bug is reproducable

[Marko Novakovic]

@androidcactus there you go https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/207485310

[androidcactus]

thanks 👍

[Ian Lake]

You can't use AlertDialog inside a dialog destination, that doesn't make any sense at all. A dialog destination puts the content of your composable in its own managed Dialog instance

[Ian Lake]

The dialog documentation specifically points this out and specifically points out that you shouldn't use a dialog destination for AlertDialog (instead, just show that AlertDialog directly): https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/navigation/compose/package-summary#(androidx.navigation.NavGra[…]roperties,kotlin.Function1)

[Ian Lake]

I suspect if you just have your TextButton directly in the dialog destination, you'll find that you just get the single dialog managed Dialog with your content

[Marko Novakovic]

I used just TextButton but it still works the same, it’s not on the top when I come back from process death

[Marko Novakovic]

i added this to the issue