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Question

I’m using Expo Router in a React Native app and ran into an issue with stack navigation.

Structure

app/
├── _layout.tsx          // Tabs
├── index.tsx            // Home tab
└── profile/
    ├── _layout.tsx      // Stack
    ├── index.tsx
    └── detail/[id].tsx

Issue

  • Navigating from profile/index → profile/detail/[id] works fine — back button appears.

  • I also have a quick action on the Home tab that goes directly to /profile/detail/123.

  • If the Profile tab hasn’t been opened yet, going directly to the detail page shows no back button, and I can’t return to profile/index.

It looks like Expo Router treats the detail page as the root of the stack when accessed directly.

Tried

  • initialRouteName="index" in profile/_layout.tsx

  • Nested <Stack> and <Tabs>

  • Pushing twice (/profile, then /profile/detail/[id]) — works but briefly flashes the index page.

Question

How can I make the stack always treat profile/index as its root — so the back button works — even when opening /profile/detail/[id] directly from another tab (like via a quick action or deep link)?

Env

  • Expo SDK: 54

  • React Native: 0.81

  • Expo Router: latest

Code base github link : https://github.com/abbassi-ahmed/expo-problem

Video:https://www.mediafire.com/file/y1ksoff9wpzd0ry/Simulator+Screen+Recording+-+iPhone+Air+-+2025-11-07+at+15.25.01.mov/file

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    Sorry, but people aren't going to study a whole project or watch a video to understand your issue. Everything needed to understand your problem must be here, in the question, not in links. Commented Nov 8 at 12:25
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