Show how to control the visibility of a back button on the detail pane

app/src/main/java/com/example/nav3recipes/scenes/listdetail/Content.kt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.ListItem
 import androidx.compose.material3.ListItemDefaults
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.automirrored.filled.ArrowBack
+import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
+import androidx.compose.material3.IconButton
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
@@ -73,24 +78,41 @@ fun ConversationListScreen(
 @Composable
 fun ConversationDetailScreen(
     conversationDetail: ConversationDetail,
+    onBack: () -> Unit,
     onProfileClicked: () -> Unit
 ) {
-    Column(
+    Box(
         modifier = Modifier
             .fillMaxSize()
             .background(colors[conversationDetail.colorId])
-            .padding(16.dp),
-        horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
-        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center
+            .padding(16.dp)
     ) {
-        Text(
-            text = "Conversation Detail Screen: ${conversationDetail.id}",
-            style = MaterialTheme.typography.headlineMedium,
-            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface
-        )
-        Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(16.dp))
-        Button(onClick = onProfileClicked) {
-            Text("View Profile")
+        if (LocalBackButtonVisibility.current) {
+            IconButton(
+                onClick = onBack,
+                modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopStart)
+            ) {
+                Icon(
+                    imageVector = Icons.AutoMirrored.Filled.ArrowBack,
+                    contentDescription = "Back"
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize(),
+            horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center
+        ) {
+            Text(
+                text = "Conversation Detail Screen: ${conversationDetail.id}",
+                style = MaterialTheme.typography.headlineMedium,
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface
+            )
+            Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(16.dp))
+            Button(onClick = onProfileClicked) {
+                Text("View Profile")
+            }
         }
     }
 }

app/src/main/java/com/example/nav3recipes/scenes/listdetail/ListDetailActivity.kt

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class ListDetailActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                         ) { conversationDetail ->
                             ConversationDetailScreen(
                                 conversationDetail = conversationDetail,
+                                onBack = { backStack.removeLastOrNull() },
                                 onProfileClicked = { backStack.add(Profile) }
                             )
                         }

app/src/main/java/com/example/nav3recipes/scenes/listdetail/ListDetailScene.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
 import androidx.compose.material3.adaptive.currentWindowAdaptiveInfo
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalProvider
+import androidx.compose.runtime.compositionLocalOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.navigation3.runtime.NavEntry
@@ -52,18 +54,22 @@ class ListDetailScene<T : Any>(
             Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(0.4f)) {
                 listEntry.Content()
             }
-            Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(0.6f)) {
-                AnimatedContent(
-                    targetState = detailEntry,
-                    contentKey = { entry -> entry.contentKey },
-                    transitionSpec = {
-                        slideInHorizontally(
-                            initialOffsetX = { it }
-                        ) togetherWith
-                            slideOutHorizontally(targetOffsetX = { -it })
+
+            // Let the detail entry know not to display a back button.
+            CompositionLocalProvider(LocalBackButtonVisibility provides false){
+                Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(0.6f)) {
+                    AnimatedContent(
+                        targetState = detailEntry,
+                        contentKey = { entry -> entry.contentKey },
+                        transitionSpec = {
+                            slideInHorizontally(
+                                initialOffsetX = { it }
+                            ) togetherWith
+                                    slideOutHorizontally(targetOffsetX = { -it })
+                        }
+                    ) { entry ->
+                        entry.Content()
                     }
-                ){ entry ->
-                    entry.Content()
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -87,6 +93,13 @@ class ListDetailScene<T : Any>(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * This `CompositionLocal` can be used by a detail `NavEntry` to decide whether to display
+ * a back button. Default is `true`. It is set to `false` for a detail `NavEntry` when being
+ * displayed in a `ListDetailScene`.
+ */
+val LocalBackButtonVisibility = compositionLocalOf{ true }
+
 @Composable
 fun <T : Any> rememberListDetailSceneStrategy(): ListDetailSceneStrategy<T> {
     val windowSizeClass = currentWindowAdaptiveInfo().windowSizeClass

app/src/main/java/com/example/nav3recipes/scenes/listdetail/README.md

@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ A `ListDetailSceneStrategy` will return a `ListDetailScene` if:
 -   A `Detail` entry is the last item in the back stack
 -   A `List` entry is in the back stack
 
+The `ListDetailScene` provides a `CompositionLocal` named `LocalBackButtonVisibility` that can be used by the detail `NavEntry` to control whether it displays a back button. This is useful when the detail entry usually displays a back button but should not display it when being displayed in a `ListDetailScene`. See https://github.com/android/nav3-recipes/issues/151 for more details on this use case.
+
 See `ListDetailScene.kt` for more implementation details.