Android: Different behavior in BackButton between Android 14 - 16

[3sRykaert]

Description

The BackButton behaves differently on a device with Android 14 vs a device on Android 16.

Android 14	Android 16
navigated back to previous screen	navigated back to android home screen

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use the repo: https://github.com/dotnet/maui-samples/
2. Open the file CollectionViewDemos.sln in VisualStudio (located blob/main/10.0/UserInterface/Views/CollectionViewDemos/CollectionViewDemos.sln)
3. Press an Item on for the MainPage, for example "Vertical list - Text" so the navigation is done to the subscreen
4. Press BackButton:

• On Android 14: you navigate back to the MainPage
• On Android 16: the app is closed and you see the HomeScreen of Android

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/dotnet/maui-samples/tree/main/10.0/UserInterface/Views/CollectionViewDemos

Version with bug

10.0.20

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Yes, this used to work in Xamarin.Forms

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

Android 16

Did you find any workaround?

No

Relevant log output

[MihuBot]

I'm a bot. Here is a possible related and/or duplicate issue (I may be wrong):

• [NET 10 regression, Android] Back button crashes the app #32458

[kubaflo]

Hi! It is related to Android's new feature called predictive-back-gesture https://developer.android.com/guide/navigation/custom-back/predictive-back-gesture#update-custom

It has been fixed here #32461

When you set <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="10.0.20" /> it should work

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