---
modificationDate: October 07, 2026
title: NavigationStack
description: A SwiftUI NavigationStack, with the links and destinations that push views onto it.
sourceCodeUrl: 'https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/sdk-58/packages/expo-ui'
packageName: '@expo/ui'
platforms: ['ios', 'tvos', 'expo-go']
---

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# NavigationStack

A SwiftUI NavigationStack, with the links and destinations that push views onto it.

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iOS, tvOS, Included in Expo Go

Expo UI NavigationStack matches the official SwiftUI [NavigationStack API](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/navigationstack) and shows a root view that can push other views on top of it.

Tapping a [`NavigationLink`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md#navigationlink) pushes the [`NavigationDestination`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md#navigationdestination) with the same `value`.

## Installation

```sh
# npm
npx expo install @expo/ui

# yarn
yarn expo install @expo/ui

# pnpm
pnpm expo install @expo/ui

# bun
bun expo install @expo/ui
```

If you are installing this in an [existing React Native app](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/overview.md), make sure to [install `expo`](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules.md) in your project.

## Usage

### Basic navigation

Put the root view and the destinations inside the stack. Give a link and its destination the same `value`. Set the title of each screen with the [`navigationTitle`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers.md#navigationtitletitle) modifier.

```tsx NavigationStackExample.tsx
import {
  Host,
  List,
  NavigationDestination,
  NavigationLink,
  NavigationStack,
  Text,
  VStack,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import {
  navigationTitle,
  padding,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function NavigationStackExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <NavigationStack>
        <List modifiers={[navigationTitle('Settings')]}>
          <NavigationLink value="account">
            <Text>Account</Text>
          </NavigationLink>
          <NavigationLink value="notifications">
            <Text>Notifications</Text>
          </NavigationLink>
        </List>
        <NavigationDestination value="account">
          <VStack
            modifiers={[
              padding({ all: 20 }),
              navigationTitle('Account'),
            ]}>
            <Text>Signed in as bird@example.com</Text>
          </VStack>
        </NavigationDestination>
        <NavigationDestination value="notifications">
          <VStack
            modifiers={[
              padding({ all: 20 }),
              navigationTitle('Notifications'),
            ]}>
            <Text>All notifications are on.</Text>
          </VStack>
        </NavigationDestination>
      </NavigationStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

Inside a [`List`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/list.md), a link renders as a row with a chevron. A destination has to be a direct child of the stack, however deeply the link that pushes it is nested.

> Keep the links inside the `NavigationStack` itself. Content presented from the stack, such as a [`BottomSheet`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/bottomsheet.md) or a [`Popover`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/popover.md), needs its own `NavigationStack` and its own destinations.

### Any view as a link

A link can wrap any view.

```tsx NavigationLinkCardExample.tsx
import {
  Host,
  HStack,
  Image,
  NavigationDestination,
  NavigationLink,
  NavigationStack,
  Spacer,
  Text,
  VStack,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import {
  font,
  foregroundStyle,
  navigationTitle,
  padding,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function NavigationLinkCardExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <NavigationStack>
        <VStack
          modifiers={[
            padding({ all: 20 }),
            navigationTitle('Today'),
          ]}>
          <NavigationLink value="report">
            <HStack spacing={12}>
              <Image systemName="chart.bar.fill" size={28} />
              <VStack alignment="leading" spacing={2}>
                <Text modifiers={[font({ textStyle: 'headline' })]}>
                  Weekly report
                </Text>
                <Text
                  modifiers={[
                    font({ textStyle: 'caption' }),
                    foregroundStyle('secondaryLabel'),
                  ]}>
                  Ready to read
                </Text>
              </VStack>
              <Spacer />
            </HStack>
          </NavigationLink>
        </VStack>
        <NavigationDestination value="report">
          <VStack
            modifiers={[
              padding({ all: 20 }),
              navigationTitle('Weekly report'),
            ]}>
            <Text>Sessions are up by 12% on last week.</Text>
          </VStack>
        </NavigationDestination>
      </NavigationStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Read and set the path

The stack keeps its own path by default. Pass `path` and `onPathChange` to drive it from state. The path holds the `value` of each pushed view, in push order. Set it to an empty array to return to the root view.

```tsx NavigationStackPathExample.tsx
import {
  Button,
  Host,
  List,
  NavigationDestination,
  NavigationLink,
  NavigationStack,
  Text,
  VStack,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import {
  navigationTitle,
  padding,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';
import { useState } from 'react';

const ARTICLES = ['Nesting', 'Migration', 'Song'];

export default function NavigationStackPathExample() {
  const [path, setPath] = useState<string[]>([]);

  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <NavigationStack path={path} onPathChange={setPath}>
        <List modifiers={[navigationTitle('Articles')]}>
          {ARTICLES.map(article => (
            <NavigationLink key={article} value={article}>
              <Text>{article}</Text>
            </NavigationLink>
          ))}
        </List>
        {ARTICLES.map(article => (
          <NavigationDestination key={article} value={article}>
            <VStack
              spacing={12}
              modifiers={[
                padding({ all: 20 }),
                navigationTitle(article),
              ]}>
              <Text>
                The chapter about {article.toLowerCase()}.
              </Text>
              <Button
                label="Back to the articles"
                onPress={() => setPath([])}
              />
            </VStack>
          </NavigationDestination>
        ))}
      </NavigationStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Add buttons to the navigation bar

Wrap the content in a [`Toolbar`](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/toolbar.md) and put the buttons in `Toolbar.Content`.

## API

```tsx
import {
  NavigationDestination,
  NavigationLink,
  NavigationStack,
} from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
```

## Component

### `NavigationStack`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[NavigationStackProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md#navigationstackprops)\>

A view that displays a root view and enables you to present additional views over the root view.

Example

```tsx
const [path, setPath] = useState<string[]>([]);

<NavigationStack path={path} onPathChange={setPath}>
  <List>
    <NavigationLink value="settings">
      <Text>Settings</Text>
    </NavigationLink>
  </List>
  <NavigationDestination value="settings">
    <SettingsScreen />
  </NavigationDestination>
</NavigationStack>
```

NavigationStackProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

The root view of the stack, and the `NavigationDestination` views the stack can push. It is displayed inside a navigation bar.

### `onPathChange`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Optional • Type: `(path: string[]) => void`

Callback function that is called when the stack pushes or pops a view, for example when a `NavigationLink` is tapped or the user swipes back. Gets called with the new path.

When `path` is set, the stack is controlled: a push takes effect once the new path comes back through this prop.

### `path`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Optional • Type: `string[]`

The values of the views pushed on top of the root view, in the order they were pushed. Leave it undefined to let the stack manage its own path.

#### Inherited props

-   [CommonViewModifierProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers.md)

## Component

### `NavigationLink`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[NavigationLinkProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md#navigationlinkprops)\>

A view that controls a navigation presentation. In a `List` it renders as a row with a disclosure chevron, and tapping it pushes the matching `NavigationDestination`.

The link has to be inside the `NavigationStack` itself. Content presented from the stack, such as a `BottomSheet` or a `Popover`, is its own presentation context and does not reach the stack's destinations, so give that content its own `NavigationStack`.

Example

```tsx
<NavigationLink value="settings">
  <Text>Settings</Text>
</NavigationLink>
```

NavigationLinkProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

A view that describes the link.

### `value`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: `string`

The value to append to the enclosing `NavigationStack`'s path when the link is tapped. The stack presents the `NavigationDestination` whose `value` matches.

#### Inherited props

-   [CommonViewModifierProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers.md)

## Component

### `NavigationDestination`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[NavigationDestinationProps](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/v58.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/navigationstack.md#navigationdestinationprops)\>

Associates a destination view with a `NavigationLink` value, matching SwiftUI's `navigationDestination(for:destination:)`. It must be a direct child of the `NavigationStack`, however deeply the link that pushes it is nested inside that stack.

Keep it mounted so the pushed screen already carries its `navigationTitle` when the slide starts, or render one for each value on the stack's `path` to build screens on demand.

Example

```tsx
<NavigationDestination value="settings">
  <SettingsScreen />
</NavigationDestination>
```

NavigationDestinationProps

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: [ReactNode](https://reactnative.dev/docs/react-node)

The view pushed onto the stack for `value`.

### `value`

Supported platforms: iOS.

Type: `string`

The `NavigationLink` value this destination is presented for.