Nested Navigation & ShellRoutes: Architecting Persistent Layouts

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Overview

You’ve mastered single-screen routing. Now it’s time to scale that into real-world structures like bottom navigation, tab-based UIs, and nested content areas. Flutter’s ShellRoute enables clean separation of persistent layout (like tab bars) and content routing without losing URL integrity.

In this codelab, we’ll:

Introduce ShellRoute and why it's different from GoRoute

Build bottom navigation with persistent state across tabs

Enable nested navigation in each tab

Support deep linking and direct routing to inner tabs

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