Navigation in Jetpack compose

Pandiyan Mani

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Aug 11, 2026

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PrimaryButton(
            text = "LOGIN",
            onClick = {
                navController.navigate(Screen.User.createRoute(email, password, rememberMe)) {
                    popUpTo(Screen.Login.route) {
                        inclusive = true
                    }
                }

            }
        )

popUpTo(Screen.Login.route)-> pops the back stack up to the Login screen.
inclusive = true -> also removes the Login screen itself.

This closes the current screen and returns to the previous one:
navController.popBackStack()


If you want to remove all previous screens:
navController.navigate(Screen.User.createRoute(email, password, rememberMe)) {
    popUpTo(0) {
        inclusive = true
    }
    launchSingleTop = true
}


Login → Home/User flow:
navController.navigate(
    Screen.User.createRoute(email, password, rememberMe)
) {
    popUpTo(Screen.Login.route) {
        inclusive = true
    }
    launchSingleTop = true
}

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package com.tcs.testing.screenNavigation

import android.net.Uri

sealed class Screen(val route: String) {

    data object Login : Screen("login")
    data object User : Screen("user/{email}/{password}/{rememberMe}") {
        fun createRoute(
            email: String,
            password: String,
            rememberMe: Boolean
        ): String {
            return "user/${Uri.encode(email)}/${Uri.encode(password)}/$rememberMe"
        }
    }

    data object AddScreen : Screen("addscreen")
}

package com.tcs.testing.screenNavigation

import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.navigation.compose.NavHost
import androidx.navigation.compose.composable

import androidx.navigation.compose.rememberNavController
import com.tcs.testing.screen.AddScreen
import com.tcs.testing.screen.LoginScreen
import com.tcs.testing.screen.UserScreen

@Composable
fun AppNavigation() {
    val navController = rememberNavController()

    NavHost(
        navController = navController,
        startDestination = Screen.Login.route
    ) {

        composable(Screen.Login.route) {
            LoginScreen(navController)
        }
        composable(
            route = Screen.User.route
        ) { backStackEntry ->

            val email = backStackEntry.arguments?.getString("email") ?: ""
            val password = backStackEntry.arguments?.getString("password") ?: ""
            val rememberMe =
                backStackEntry.arguments?.getString("rememberMe")?.toBoolean() ?: false

            UserScreen(
                email = email,
                password = password,
                rememberMe = rememberMe
            )
        }
        composable(Screen.AddScreen.route) {
            AddScreen()
        }

    }
}