Android Developers: Building type-safe deep links with Jetpack Navigation3

Managing deep links across modular Android apps can easily lead to broken routes and runtime surprises.This session unpacks Jetpack Navigation 3’s new type-safe deep linking architecture for Compose to help you build a robust and scalable routing system. We'll explore how to implement out-of-the-box deep link matching APIs, write custom serializers for complex type-safe arguments, and construct dynamic hierarchical back stacks that keep user navigation predictable.



Resources:

Jetpack Navigation 3 recipes → https://goo.gle/3W3nV7s

Jetpack Navigation 3 support → https://goo.gle/4ic775p



Speakers: Clara Fok, Ian Lake



Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction and Navigation 3 recipes

3:17 - Deep link API design and URI pattern matching

8:30 - Type-safe deserialization and custom serializers

11:36 - Preprocessing URL arguments with custom matchers

12:49 - Building synthetic back stacks for deep links

15:24 - Lightning round, summary, and resources



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Event: Android Dev Summit 2026



Products Mentioned: Jetpack Navigation 3, Jetpack Compose