Flutter - Named Routes

Last Updated : 07 Mar, 2025

An app has to display multiple screens depending upon the user's needs. A user needs to back and forth from the multiple screens to the home screen. In, Flutter this is done with the help of Navigator.

Note: In Flutter, screens and pages are called routes.

Steps to Implement Named Routes in Flutter

Step 1 : Create a new flutter application

Create a new Flutter application using command Prompt. For creating a new app, write flutter create YOUR_APP_NAME and run this command.

flutter create routes_flutter

To know more about it refer this article: Creating a Simple Application in Flutter

Step 2 : Creating Two Routes

Here we will create two routes, the first route will have a single button that on tap leads to the second route, and similarly, the second route will have a single button that brings the user back to the first route. To do so follow the below code:

Dart

class firstRoute extends StatelessWidget {   const firstRoute({Key? key}) : super(key: key);    @override   Widget build(BuildContext context) {     return Scaffold(       appBar: AppBar(         title: const Text('GFG First Route'),         backgroundColor: Colors.green,       ),       body: Center(         child: ElevatedButton(           child: const Text('Launch screen'),           onPressed: () {             Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/second');           },         ),       ),     );   } }  // ignore: camel_case_types class secondRoute extends StatelessWidget {   const secondRoute({Key? key}) : super(key: key);    @override   // ignore: dead_code   Widget build(BuildContext context) {     return Scaffold(       appBar: AppBar(         title: const Text("GFG Second Route"),         backgroundColor: Colors.green,       ),       body: Center(         child: ElevatedButton(           onPressed: () {             Navigator.pop(context);           },           child: const Text('Go back!'),         ), // ElevatedButton       ),     );   } }

Step 3 : Navigating with Navigator.pushNamed(). to the second route

To switch to a new route, use the Navigator.pushNamed() method. The pushNamed() method push a named route onto the navigator that most tightly encloses the given context, update the onPressed() callback to lead to the second route as below:

Dart

onPressed: () { Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/second'); },

Step 4 : Return to the first route using Navigator.pop()

To implement a return to the original route, update the onPressed() callback in the second Route as below:

Dart

onPressed: () { Navigator.pop(context); }

Complete Source Code

main.dart:

Dart

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';  void main() {   runApp(MaterialApp(     title: 'Named Routes',     debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,     initialRoute: '/',     routes: {       '/': (context) => const firstRoute(),       '/second': (context) => const secondRoute(),     },   )); }  // ignore: camel_case_types class firstRoute extends StatelessWidget {   const firstRoute({Key? key}) : super(key: key);    @override   Widget build(BuildContext context) {     return Scaffold(       appBar: AppBar(         title: const Text('GFG First Route'),         backgroundColor: Colors.green,         foregroundColor: Colors.white,       ),       body: Center(         child: ElevatedButton(           style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(               backgroundColor: Colors.green, foregroundColor: Colors.white),           child: const Text('Launch screen'),           onPressed: () {             Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/second');           },         ), // Elevated       ),     );   } }  // ignore: camel_case_types class secondRoute extends StatelessWidget {   const secondRoute({Key? key}) : super(key: key);    @override // ignore: dead_code   Widget build(BuildContext context) {     return Scaffold(       appBar: AppBar(         title: const Text("GFG Second Route"),         backgroundColor: Colors.green,         foregroundColor: Colors.white,       ),       body: Center(         child: ElevatedButton(           style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(               backgroundColor: Colors.green, foregroundColor: Colors.white),           onPressed: () {             Navigator.pop(context);           },           child: const Text('Go back!'),         ), // ElevatedButton       ),     );   } }

To know more about ElevatedButton in flutter refer this article : Flutter – ElevatedButton Widget

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Steps to Implement Named Routes in Flutter

Step 1 : Create a new flutter application

Step 2 : Creating Two Routes

Step 3 : Navigating with Navigator.pushNamed(). to the second route

Step 4 : Return to the first route using Navigator.pop()

Complete Source Code

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