Flutter | How to listen for navigation event?

Question

In Flutter, is there any way to listen for navigation changes?

Example: Navigation is triggered in Widget A :

Navigator.of(context).pushNamed('/chat');

When the above code is executed, I want an event to fire in a child of Widget A . Is this possible?

Answer 1

Use RouteObserver:

final RouteObserver<PageRoute> routeObserver = RouteObserver<PageRoute>();

then add this to root materialApp widget:

MaterialApp(
      theme: ThemeData(),
      navigatorObservers: [routeObserver],
)

we need to implement RouteAware in every widget that might be push or pop into the routes stack.

class Screen extends State<Screen3> with RouteAware{
...

 @override
 void didChangeDependencies() {
 super.didChangeDependencies();
 routeObserver.subscribe(this, ModalRoute.of(context));
 }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    routeObserver.unsubscribe(this);
    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  void didPush() {
    final route = ModalRoute.of(context).settings.name;
    print('didPush route: $route');
  }

  @override
  void didPopNext() {
    final route = ModalRoute.of(context).settings.name;
    print('didPopNext route: $route');
  }

  @override
  void didPushNext() {
    final route = ModalRoute.of(context).settings.name;
    print('didPushNext route: $route');
  }

  @override
  void didPop() {
    final route = ModalRoute.of(context).settings.name;
    print('didPop route: $route');
  }
...
}