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Is it possible to set startDestination conditionally using Android Navigation Architecture Component(Android Jetpack)?


I am using Navigation from Android Jetpack to navigate between screens. Now I want to set startDestination dynamically.

I have an Activity named MainActivity And two Fragments, FragmentA & FragmentB.

var isAllSetUp : Boolean = // It is dynamic and I’m getting this from Preferences.

    If(isAllSetUp)
    {
     // show FragmentA
    }
    else
    {
     //show FragmentB
    }

I want to set above flow using Navigation Architecture Component. Currently I have used startDestionation as below but it’s not fulfilling my requirement.

<navigation xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
   android:id="@+id/lrf_navigation"
   app:startDestination="@id/fragmentA">

   <fragment
       android:id="@+id/fragmentA"
       android:name="com.mindinventory.FragmentA"
       android:label="fragment_a"
       tools:layout="@layout/fragment_a" />
</navigation>

Is it possible to set startDestination conditionally using Android Navigation Architecture Component?


Solution

  • Finally, I got a solution to my query...

    Put below code in onCreate() method of Activity.

    Kotlin code

    val navHostFragment = (supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.home_nav_fragment) as NavHostFragment)
    val inflater = navHostFragment.navController.navInflater
    val graph = inflater.inflate(R.navigation.nav_main)
    //graph.addArgument("argument", NavArgument)
    graph.setStartDestination(R.id.fragment1)
    //or
    //graph.setStartDestination(R.id.fragment2)
    
    navHostFragment.navController.graph = graph
    

    Java code

    NavHostFragment navHostFragment = (NavHostFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.home_nav_fragment);  // Hostfragment
    NavInflater inflater = navHostFragment.getNavController().getNavInflater();
    NavGraph graph = inflater.inflate(R.navigation.nav_main);
    //graph.addArgument("argument", NavArgument)
    graph.setStartDestination(R.id.fragment1);
    
    navHostFragment.getNavController().setGraph(graph);
    navHostFragment.getNavController().getGraph().setDefaultArguments(getIntent().getExtras());
    
    
    NavigationView navigationView = findViewById(R.id.navigationView);
    NavigationUI.setupWithNavController(navigationView, navHostFragment.getNavController());
    

    Additional Info

    As @artnest suggested, remove the app:navGraph attribute from the layout. It would look something like this after removal

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
    
        <androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
            android:id="@+id/home_nav_fragment"
            android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:defaultNavHost="true" />
    
    </FrameLayout>
    

    In the case of a fragment tag used instead of FragmentContainerView, the above changes remain the same