Navigation Architecture Component - Dialog Fragments

Question

Is it possible to use the new Navigation Architecture Component with DialogFragment? Do I have to create a custom Navigator?

I would love to use them with the new fe

Answer 1

May 2019 Update:

DialogFragment are now fully supported starting from Navigation 2.1.0, you can read more here and here

Old Answer for Navigation <= 2.1.0-alpha02:

I proceeded in this way:

1) Update Navigation library at least to version 2.1.0-alpha01 and copy both files of this modified gist in your project.

2) Then in your navigation host fragment, change the name parameter to your custom NavHostFragment

3) Create your DialogFragment subclasses and add them to your nav_graph.xml with:

4) Now launch them from fragments or activity with

findNavController().navigate(R.id.my_dialog)

or similar methods.