Summary
The fundamental picture of navigation is quite straightforward: a navigation service, which is injected into ViewModels, is utilized to handle navigation. ViewModels can implement specific interfaces, enabling them to receive parameters or be notified about navigation activities, be it from or to them.
While the overall idea seems simple, the implementation can be complex, and this is where developers often become puzzled. Fortunately, .NET MAUI Shell streamlines the navigation process in complex UIs, providing a level of ease in the implementation. But as with anything, Shell’s opinionated nature may not suit every application or developer’s preferences. Therefore, we didn’t stop at exploring Shell navigation but also dove into building a navigation service that is not reliant on Shell.
Toward the end of this chapter, we looked a bit deeper into passing parameters and results between pages. We demonstrated that by efficiently combining navigation...
