catch Android back button event on Flutter

Question

Is there any way I can catch the onBackPressed event from Android back button?

I've tried the WillPopScope but my onWillPop function only triggered when I tap on the Material back arrow button

I put it like this:

class MyView extends StatelessWidget{  Widget build(BuildContext context) {      return new WillPopScope(       onWillPop: () async {         debugPrint("Will pop");         return true;       },       child: ScopedModel<AppModel>(       model: new AppModel(),       child: new Scaffold(...... 

I need to catch it because somehow my screen behaved incorrectly when it came to back button pressed, it pops the screen and the screen below it, but somehow, using material back arrow button works normal.

Update:

The code works, my problem was not in the pop of this screen, but on the previous screen, I use 2 MaterialApp widgets, and somehow it gave a weird behavior.

Answer 1

In order to prevent navigating back WillPopScope is the correct way and should be used as follow:

class Page2 extends StatelessWidget {   @override   Widget build(BuildContext context) {     return new WillPopScope(       child: new Scaffold(         appBar: new AppBar(           title: new Text('Page 2'),         ),         body: new Center(           child: new Text('PAGE 2'),         ),       ),       onWillPop: () async {         return false;       },     );   } }  Future<T> pushPage<T>(BuildContext context, Widget page) {   return Navigator.of(context)       .push<T>(MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => page)); } 

Can call the page like:

pushPage(context, Page2()); 

Answer 2

This is should be helpful.

@override Widget build(BuildContext context) {   return WillPopScope(     onWillPop: () {       _moveToScreen2(context, );     },     child: Scaffold(       key: _scaffoldKey,       appBar: AppBar(         leading: IconButton(             icon: Icon(Icons.arrow_back),             onPressed: () {               _moveToScreen2(context);             }),         title: Text("Screen 1"),       ),     ),   ); }  /** * This is probably too thin to be in its own method - consider using * `Navigator.pushReplacementNamed(context, "screen2")` directly */ void _moveToScreen2(BuildContext context) =>     Navigator.pushReplacementNamed(context, "screen2");