The Xamarin.Forms navigation API

Along with abstracting common user interface elements into a cross-platform API, Xamarin.Forms also abstracts navigation for iOS, Android, and Windows into a single, easy to use navigation service. Each mobile platform does navigation slightly different and has a slightly different navigation API; however, at their core, they all accomplish similar tasks and in most cases use a stack structure—last in, first out.

The Xamarin.Forms navigation API uses stack-like terminology, closely resembling the navigation APIs of iOS. The Xamarin.Forms navigation API is exposed through the Xamarin.Forms.INavigation interface, which is implemented via the Navigation property that can be called from any Xamarin.Forms.VisualElement object, but typically, Xamarin.Forms.Page. The Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage also implements the INavigation interface and exposes public methods to perform common navigation tasks.

The Xamarin.Forms navigation API supports two types of navigation...