The Xamarin.Forms navigation API
Along with abstracting common user interface elements into a multi-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 in a slightly different way 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. Typically, Xamarin.Forms.Page
is the object used. Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage
also implements the Xamarin.Forms.INavigation
interface and exposes public methods to perform common navigation tasks.
The Xamarin...