Feature description
The bottom navigation bar currently restores the last visited page within each section.
For example:
Pressing Home returns to the last page visited from Home.
Pressing Search returns to the last page visited from Search.
Pressing Library returns to the last page visited from Library.
Pressing Now Playing does nothing when the current playlist is already onscreen.
While this is a perfectly valid navigation model, there is another equally common interpretation of bottom navigation: each button always returns the user to the root of that section.
For example:
Home → Home root.
Search → Search root.
Library → Library root.
Now Playing → Now Playing screen.
This would make the buttons behave as fixed destinations rather than state restorers.
Rather than changing the existing behaviour, would it be possible to add an optional setting allowing users to choose between:
Restore previous navigation state (current behaviour)
Always navigate to section root (proposed behaviour)
Under this model, pressing Now Playing while viewing the current playlist would simply return to the Now Playing screen, rather than performing no action.
Problem solved
No change for users who prefer the current navigation model.
Allows users who prefer root navigation to switch behaviour with a single setting.
Brought benefits
Provides an alternative navigation model that some users may find more intuitive.
Gives all bottom navigation buttons a consistent meaning: they always navigate to their primary destination.
Device type
Phone
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