Need a pushReplacementNamed and pushReplacement for RouterComponent

[ufrshubham]

Problem to solve

As of now, there is no way to push and replace current route with a new one in a single call. It can be achieved using two separate pop() and push() calls, but only if there are more than 2 routes on the stack.

My use case involves an OverlayRoute as the initial route and a normal component based route. To navigate from the initial route to the component based one, I have to first pop() the initial route (because OverlayRoutes are always rendered on top). But in doing so, the length > 1 assertion gets triggered.

Proposal

It would be good to have pushReplacementNamed and pushReplacement style APIs for RouterComponent, similar to flutter's navigator.

More information

[spydon]

Should I assign you to this @ufrshubham or do you want to take it @st-pasha?

[ufrshubham]

Should I assign you to this @ufrshubham or do you want to take it @st-pasha?

I am completely new to the routing system, so it would be better if Pasha takes a look at this.

[munsterlander]

@spydon You can assign this to me. I think I have it all done.