Navigator operation requested with a context that does not include a Navigator

Question

TLDR: Wrap the widget which needs to access to Navigator into a Builder or extract that sub-tree into a class. And use the new BuildContext to access Navigator.

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This error is unrelated to the destination. It happens because you used a context that doesn't contain a Navigator instance as parent.

How do I create a Navigator instance then ?

This is usually done by inserting in your widget tree a MaterialApp or WidgetApp. Although you can do it manually by using Navigator directly but less recommended. Then, all children of such widget can access NavigatorState using Navigator.of(context).

Wait, I already have a MaterialApp/WidgetApp !

That's most likely the case. But this error can still happens when you use a context that is a parent of MaterialApp/WidgetApp.

This happens because when you do Navigator.of(context), it will start from the widget associated to the context used. And then go upward in the widget tree until it either find a Navigator or there's no more widget.

In the first case, everything is fine. In the second, it throws a

Navigator operation requested with a context that does not include a Navigator.

So, how do I fix it ?

First, let's reproduce this error :

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Center(
        child: RaisedButton(
          child: Text("Foo"),
          onPressed: () => Navigator.pushNamed(context, "/"),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

This example creates a button that attempts to go to '/' on click but will instead throw an exception.

Notice here that in the

  onPressed: () => Navigator.pushNamed(context, "/"),

we used context passed by to build of MyApp.

The problem is, MyApp is actually a parent of MaterialApp. As it's the widget who instantiate MaterialApp! Therefore MyApp's BuildContext doesn't have a MaterialApp as parent!

To solve this problem, we need to use a different context.

In this situation, the easiest solution is to introduce a new widget as child of MaterialApp. And then use that widget's context to do the Navigator call.

There are a few ways to achieve this. You can extract home into a custom class :

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: MyHome()
    );
  }
}

class MyHome extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Center(
        child: RaisedButton(
          child: Text("Foo"),
          onPressed: () => Navigator.pushNamed(context, "/"),
        ),
      );
  }
}

Or you can use Builder :

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Builder(
        builder: (context) => Center(
              child: RaisedButton(
                child: Text("Foo"),
                onPressed: () => Navigator.pushNamed(context, "/"),
              ),
            ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Hy guys, i have the same problem. This is occur for me. The solution what i found is very simple. Only what i did is in a simple code:

void main() {
  runApp(MaterialApp(
    home: YOURAPP() ,
    ),
  );
}

I hope was useful.

Make sure your current parent widget not with same level with MaterialApp

Wrong Way

class HomeScreen extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          centerTitle: true,
          title: Text('Title'),
        ),
        body: Center(
            child: Padding(
          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8.0, horizontal: 16.0),
          child: RaisedButton(
              onPressed: () {
                //wrong way: use context in same level tree with MaterialApp
                Navigator.push(context,
                    MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => ScanScreen()));
              },
              child: const Text('SCAN')),
        )),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Right way

void main() => runApp(MaterialApp(
      title: "App",
      home: HomeScreen(),
    ));

class HomeScreen extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        centerTitle: true,
        title: Text('Title'),
      ),
      body: Center(
          child: Padding(
        padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8.0, horizontal: 16.0),
        child: RaisedButton(
            onPressed: () {
            //right way: use context in below level tree with MaterialApp
              Navigator.push(context,
                  MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => ScanScreen()));
            },
            child: const Text('SCAN')),
      )),
    );
  }
}

I set up this simple example for routing in a flutter app:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(new MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      home: new MyHomePage(),
      routes: <String, WidgetBuilder>{
        '/settings': (BuildContext context) => new SettingsPage(),
      },
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text('TestProject'),
      ),
      body: new Center(
        child: new FlatButton(
          child: const Text('Go to Settings'),
          onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pushNamed('/settings')
        )
      )
    );
  }
}

class SettingsPage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
        appBar: new AppBar(
          title: new Text('SettingsPage'),
        ),
        body: new Center(
            child: new Text('Settings')
        )
    );
  }
}

Note, that the SettingsPage extends StatelessWidget and not Navigator. I'm not able to reproduce your error.

Does this example help you in building your app? Let me know if I can help you with anything else.