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SwiftUI NavigationLink behave unexpectedly inside a TabView when returning from the main screen – Ios swift

There is a bug in SwiftUI where NavigationLink behaves unexpectedly inside a TabView.
The NavigationLink inside a TabView is not preserved the View when returning from the main screen. The bug can be reproduced in iOS 16.1 on the iPhone 14 Pro simulator using Xcode 14.1.

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import SwiftUI

@main
struct ExempleApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            NavigationView {
                ContentView()
            }
        }
    }
}

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            NavigationLink() {
                Text("The page is retained after returing from the main screen.")
            } label: {
                Text("This works")
            }
            
            TabView() {
                VStack {
                    NavigationLink() {
                        Text("The page doesn't stay after returing from the main screen.")
                    } label: {
                        Text("This doesn't work")
                    }
                }
                    .tabItem {
                        Image(systemName: "bookmark")
                    }
                    .tag(0)
            }
        }
    }
}

The NavigationLink inside the TabView should act like the normal one. Is this a bug or a feature?

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Thanks to the @AndrewCarter . I fixed the problem by replacing NavigationView with NavigationStack.

    Warning: NavigationStack only available in iOS16 and newer.


  2. 0

    This happens because you use a TabView inside of a NavigationView. This causes the problems that you have. I would suggest to let the tabview fill the whole page and let the NavigationView be part of it.

    import SwiftUI

@main
struct ExempleApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
}

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            TabView {
                NavigationView {
                    NavigationLink() {
                        Text("The page is retained after returing from the main screen.")
                    } label: {
                        Text("This works")
                    }
                    
                    VStack {
                        NavigationLink() {
                            Text("The page doesn't stay after returing from the main screen.")
                        } label: {
                            Text("This doesn't work")
                        }
                    }.tabItem {
                        Image(systemName: "bookmark")
                    }.tag(0)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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