Skill v1.0.1

version: "1.0.1" name: navigation-3 description: Learn how to install and migrate to Jetpack Navigation 3, and how to implement features and patterns such as deep links, multiple backstacks, scenes (dialogs, bottom sheets, list-detail, two-pane, supporting pane), conditional navigation (such as logged-in navigation versus anonymous), returning results from flows, integration with Hilt, ViewModel, Kotlin, and view interoperability. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt metadata: author: Google LLC last-updated: '2026-08-06' keywords:

• recipe
• Android
• Navigation 2
• Navigation 3
• migration
• Compose
• guide
• dependencies
• NavKey
• NavHost
• NavDisplay
• BottomSheet
• list-detail
• scenes
• two-pane
• supporting pane
• multiple backstacks
• dialog
• Hilt
• ViewModel
• View interop.

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Migration guide

• [Navigation 2 to Navigation 3 migration guide](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/migration-guide.md): Step-by-step guide to migrate an Android application from Navigation 2 to Navigation 3, covering dependency updates, route changes, state management, and UI component replacements.

Requirements

• [Guide: Migrate to type-safe navigation in Compose](references/android/guide/navigation/type-safe-destinations.md) : Step-by-step guide to migrating an Android application from string-based navigation to Type-Safe Navigation in Jetpack Compose using Jetpack Navigation 2.

Developer documentation

• [Navigation 3](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/index.md). Search documentation for more information on basics, saving and managing navigation state, modularizing navigation code, creating custom layouts using Scenes, animating between destinations, or applying logic or wrappers to destinations.

Recipes

Code examples showcasing common patterns.

Basic API usage

• [Basic](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/basic.md): Shows most basic API usage.
• [Saveable back stack](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/basicsaveable.md): Shows basic API usage with a persistent back stack.
• [Entry provider DSL](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/basicdsl.md): Shows basic API usage using the entryProvider DSL.

Common UI

• [Common UI](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/common-ui.md): Demonstrates how to implement a common navigation UI pattern with a bottom navigation bar and multiple back stacks, where each tab in the navigation bar has its own navigation history.

Deep links

• [Static URI](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/deeplinks-staticuri.md): Shows how to handle simple static URI deep links.
• [URI with Arguments](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/deeplinks-uriarguments.md): Shows how to parse path and query arguments from a deep link.
• [Synthetic BackStack](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/deeplinks-syntheticbackstack.md): Shows how to handle deep links with a synthetic back stack.
• [Custom Matcher](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/deeplinks-custommatcher.md): Shows how to implement custom deep link matching logic.

Scenes

Use built-in Scenes

• [Dialog](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/dialog.md): Shows how to create a Dialog.

Create custom Scenes

• [BottomSheet](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/bottomsheet.md): Shows how to create a BottomSheet destination.
• [List-Detail Scene](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/scenes-listdetail.md): Demonstrates how to implement adaptive list-detail layouts using the Navigation 3 Scenes API.
• [Two pane Scene](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/scenes-twopane.md): Demonstrates how to implement adaptive two-pane layouts using the Navigation 3 Scenes API.

Material Adaptive

• [Material List-Detail](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/material-listdetail.md): Demonstrates how to implement an adaptive list-detail layout using Material 3 Adaptive.
• [Material Supporting Pane](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/material-supportingpane.md): Demonstrates how to implement an adaptive supporting pane layout using Material 3 Adaptive.

Animations

• [Animations](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/animations.md): Shows how to override the default animations for all destinations and a single destination.
• [Conditional Transitions](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/conditional-transitions.md): Shows how to implement conditional transition animations.

Common back stack behavior

• [Multiple back stacks](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/multiple-backstacks.md): Shows how to create multiple top level routes, each with its own back stack. Top level routes are displayed in a navigation bar allowing users to switch between them. State is retained for each top level route, and the navigation state persists config changes and process death.

Conditional navigation

• [Conditional navigation](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/conditional.md): Switch to a different navigation flow when a condition is met. For example, for authentication or first-time user onboarding.

Lifecycle

• [Lifecycle Owner](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/lifecycle-owner.md): Shows how to use and observe Lifecycle in Navigation 3.

Architecture

• [Modularized navigation code (Hilt)](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/modular-hilt.md): Demonstrates how to decouple navigation code into separate modules using Hilt or Dagger for DI.
• [Modularized navigation code (Koin)](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/modular-koin.md): Demonstrates how to decouple navigation code into separate modules using Koin for DI.

Working with ViewModel

Passing navigation arguments

• [Basic ViewModel](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/passingarguments.md) : Navigation arguments are passed to a ViewModel constructed using viewModel()

Returning results

• [Returning Results as Events](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/results-event.md) : Returning results as events to content in another NavEntry
• [Returning Results as State](references/android/guide/navigation/navigation-3/recipes/results-state.md) : Returning results as state stored in a CompositionLocal