iOS 15: Navigation link popping out, again - swiftui

Question

In the last few months, many developers have reported NavigationLinks to unexpectedly pop out and some workarounds have been published, including adding another empty link and adding .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle()) to the navigation view.
Here, I would like to demonstrate another situation under which a NavigationLink unexpectedly pops out:
When there are two levels of child views, i.e. parentView > childLevel1 > childLevel2, and childLevel2 modifies childLevel1, then, after going back from level 2 to level 1, level 1 pops out and parentView is shown.
I have filed a bug report but not heard from apple since. None of the known workarounds seem to work. Does someone have an idea what to make of this? Just wait for iOS 15.1?
Below is my code (iPhone app). In the parent view, there is a list of persons from which orders are taken. In childLevel1, all orders from a particular person are shown. Each order can be modified by clicking on it, which leads to childLevel2. In childLevel2, several options are available (here only one is shown for the sake of brevity), which is the reason why the user is supposed to leave childLevel2 via "< Back".
import SwiftUI
struct Person: Identifiable, Hashable {
let id: Int
let name: String
var orders: [Order]
}
struct Pastry: Identifiable, Hashable {
let id: Int
let name: String
}
struct Order: Hashable {
var paId: Int
var n: Int // used only in the real code
}
class Data : ObservableObject {
init() {
pastries = [
Pastry(id: 0, name: "Prezel"),
Pastry(id: 1, name: "Donut"),
Pastry(id: 2, name: "bagel"),
Pastry(id: 3, name: "cheese cake"),
]
persons = [
Person(id: 0, name: "Alice", orders: [Order(paId: 1, n: 1)]),
Person(id: 1, name: "Bob", orders: [Order(paId: 2, n: 1), Order(paId: 3, n: 1)])
]
activePersonsIds = [0, 1]
}
#Published var activePersonsIds: [Int] = []
#Published var persons: [Person] = []
#Published var pastries: [Pastry]
#Published var latestOrder = Order(paId: 0, n: 1)
lazy var pastryName: (Int) -> String = { (paId: Int) -> String in
if self.pastries.first(where: { $0.id == paId }) == nil {
return "undefined pastryId " + String(paId)
}
return self.pastries.first(where: { $0.id == paId })!.name
}
var activePersons : [Person] {
return activePersonsIds.compactMap {id in persons.first(where: {$0.id == id})}
}
}
#main
struct Bretzel_ProApp: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
}
}
struct ContentView: View {
#Environment(\.colorScheme) var colorScheme
#StateObject var data = Data()
var body: some View {
TabView1(data: data)
// in the real code, there are more tabs
}
}
struct TabView1: View {
#StateObject var data: Data
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List {
ForEach(data.activePersons, id: \.self) { person in
NavigationLink(
destination: EditPerson(data: data, psId: person.id),
label: {
VStack (alignment: .leading) {
Text(person.name)
}
}
)
}
}
.listStyle(PlainListStyle())
.navigationTitle("Orders")
}
.navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
}
}
struct EditPerson: View {
#ObservedObject var data: Data
var psId: Int
var body: some View {
let pindex: Int = data.persons.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == psId })!
let p: Person = data.persons[pindex]
List() {
ForEach (0...p.orders.count-1, id: \.self) { loop in
Section(header:
HStack() {
Text("BESTELLUNG " + String(loop+1))
}
) {
EPSubview1(data: data, psId: psId, loop: loop)
}
}
}.navigationTitle(p.name)
.listStyle(InsetGroupedListStyle())
}
}
struct EPSubview1: View {
#ObservedObject var data: Data
var psId: Int
var loop: Int
var body: some View {
let pindex: Int = data.persons.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == psId })!
let p: Person = data.persons[pindex]
let o1: Order = p.orders[loop]
NavigationLink(
destination: SelectPastry(data: data)
.onAppear() {
data.latestOrder.paId = o1.paId
}
.onDisappear() {
data.persons[pindex].orders[loop].paId = data.latestOrder.paId
},
label: {
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text(String(o1.n) + " x " + data.pastryName(o1.paId))
}
}
)
}
}
struct SelectPastry: View {
#ObservedObject var data : Data
var body: some View {
VStack {
List {
ForEach(data.pastries, id: \.self) {pastry in
Button(action: {
data.latestOrder.paId = pastry.id
}) {
Text(pastry.name)
.foregroundColor(data.latestOrder.paId == pastry.id ? .primary : .secondary)
}
}
}.listStyle(PlainListStyle())
}
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is your ForEach. Despite that fact that Person conforms to Identifiable, you're using \.self to identify the data. Because of that, every time an aspect of the Person changes, so does the value of self.
Instead, just use this form, which uses the id vended by Identifiable:
ForEach(data.activePersons) { person in
Which is equivalent to:
ForEach(data.activePersons, id: \.id) { person in