OnNavigatingFrom is reporting wrong DestinationPage

[dartasen]

Description

As per .NET MAUI 10, NavigatingFromEventArgs & NavigatedFromEventArgs now gives access to both DestinationPage and NavigationType.

OnNavigatedFrom behaves well, however OnNavigatingFrom will always fill current page as DestinationPage argument.

Example :

Using Shell, navigating From PageA to PageB :

02-16 12:20:07.669 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageA]::OnNavigatingFrom : Destination: 'PageA', NavigationType: 'PopToRoot'
02-16 12:20:08.039 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageA]::OnNavigatedFrom : Destination: 'PageB', NavigationType: 'PopToRoot'
02-16 12:20:08.047 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageB]::OnNavigatedTo : Previous: 'PageA', NavigationType: 'PopToRoot'

PageB to PageA:

02-16 12:23:11.231 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageB]::OnNavigatingFrom : Destination: 'PageB', NavigationType: 'Push'
02-16 12:23:11.678 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageB]::OnNavigatedFrom : Destination: 'PageA', NavigationType: 'Push'
02-16 12:23:11.680 I/DOTNET  (15127): [PageA]::OnNavigatedTo : Previous: 'PageB', NavigationType: 'Push'

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new .NET MAUI App that uses Shell
2. Register two page (Page A and Page B)
3. Add logging on the pages :

protected override void OnNavigatingFrom(NavigatingFromEventArgs args)
{
    Debug.WriteLine($"[{GetType().Name}]::OnNavigatingFrom : Destination: '{args.DestinationPage?.GetType().Name ?? "null"}', NavigationType: '{args.NavigationType}'");
}

protected override void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigatedFromEventArgs args)
{
    Debug.WriteLine($"[{GetType().Name}]::OnNavigatedFrom : Destination: '{args.DestinationPage?.GetType().Name ?? "null"}', NavigationType: '{args.NavigationType}'");
}

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigatedToEventArgs args)
{
    Debug.WriteLine($"[{GetType().Name}]::OnNavigatedTo : Previous: '{args.PreviousPage?.GetType().Name ?? "null"}', NavigationType: '{args.NavigationType}'");
}

4. Navigate from PageA to PageB => logs should show OnNavigating DestinationPage == A while OnNavigated DestinationPage == B
5. Navigate from PageB to PageA => logs should show OnNavigating DestinationPage == B while OnNavigated DestinationPage == A

Link to public reproduction project repository

No response

Version with bug

10.0.40

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

No response

Affected platforms

iOS, Android

Affected platform versions

No response

Did you find any workaround?

Use OnNavigated instead of OnNavigating but the lifecycle timings are not the same. OnNavigating is way more early in the navigation lifecycle, which is suitable for particular scenario.

Relevant log output

[NafeelaNazhir]

This issue has been validated in Visual Studio Code 1.109.3 with MAUI versions 10.0.0 and 10.0.40. It can be reproduced on the Android and iOS platform.

NavigatingIssue.zip

Screen.Recording.2026-02-16.at.5.47.36.PM.mov

[TheCodeTraveler]

Thanks @dartasen!

Here's some additional information l gathered when testing our new feature, NavigatingFromEventArgs.IsDestinationPageACommunityToolkitPopupPage() in CommunityToolkit/maui: CommunityToolkit/Maui#3099 (comment)

Screenshots of Bug

Here's two screenshots showing a breakpoint triggering when I display SimplePopup from our Popups Page in the sample app:

NavigatingFromEventArgs.DestinationPage Incorrect	NavigatedFromEventArgs.DestinationPage Incorrect

And here's a GIF demonstrating that we are correctly navigating to a PopupPage but NavigatingFromEventArgs is proving the incorrect value its DestinationPage property.