Support Android 13's predictive back gesture #276
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…OnBackPressedCallback when the current nav controller is at its start destination, so the system can take over the back behavior.
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This allows the library's navigation to respect Android 13/14's new predictive back gesture. Documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/navigation/predictive-back-gesture
This disable the
Activity'sOnBackPressedCallbackwhen the current nav controller is at its start destination. This allows the system to take control over the back behavior when leaving the app and display a custom animation.Even if a particular user doesn't not have the "Preditive back animations" Developer Option enabled in Android 13, this change still provides a tangible benefit. The app's main Activity will no longer
.finish()when using the back gesture/button to leave the app. For the first time, Android 13 maintains theActivityinstance if an app does not manually call.finish().On Android 13, apps that want to opt into the predictive back gesture must enable the following
AndroidManifestflag:Note that Android 14 will further expand on the predictive back gesture including between screens, but the
AndroidXAPIs are not finalized and it requires targeting SDK34, which hasn't hit API stability yet.