WinRT/UWP Frame and Page caching: How to create new page instance on Navigate() and keep the page instance on GoBack()

Question

I\'m trying to create an UWP (Universal Windows App) application with C#. My problem is the Frame control: If I use it without NavigationCacheMode = Requi

Answer 1

When you are navigating forward, can you set NavigationCacheMode to Disabled before you call Frame.Navigate? Then, in OnNavigatedTo() set NavigationCacheMode back to Enabled again.

That should make it so that when you navigate forward, caching is disabled. But when you arrive on the new page instance, OnNavigatedTo would enable it again. When you want to navigate back, you wouldn't touch the NavigationCacheMode before calling Frame.GoBack. That should give you the cached instance, I think.

I believe this would work but I haven't tested it. I'd be curious to know if it does. Interesting scenario there. I'd love to see the app in action and better understand the use of this behavior.