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While developing an app, I noticed that {N} doesn't support history replacement as the one the History API has in Web. backstackVisible: false comes close, but has one subtle difference, which I will describe now:

                             navigate()
        +---------------------------------------------------+
        |             backstackVisible: false               |
        |                                                   |
+-------v------+        goBack()         +---------------+  |
|              <-------------------------+ Cancel   Done +--+
+--------------+                         +---------------+
|              |        navigate()       |               |
| Details Page +------------------------->   Edit Page   |
|              | backstackVisible: false |               |
+--------------+                         +---------------+

If we use backstackVisible: false, the edit page doesn't enter the stack and goBack() navigates properly on canceling Edit page. However, if we want to navigate to the Details page on Done (to indicate with forward transition, that the changes were stored), the new Details Page is not replacing the old one, and using goBack() in it will navigate it to its previous stack copy - from itself to itself.

In the Web History API, replace is effectively replacing the page in the stack, so going back will just navigate to the previous one in the stack - the correct one.

Using clearHistory in this case is not okay, as we have previous pages in the stack, which we will lose.

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

iOS/Android/Both

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