[go_router] ShellRoute should have a redirect method similar to GoRoute #114559
Description
It is a common use case that a developer would want to guard an entire area in the app wrapped with ShellRoute
e.g. dashboard area
ShellRoute(
redirect: (context, state) {
//guard for authenticated users
},
builder: (context, state, child) => DashboardShellView(child: child),
routes: [
//sub routes
GoRoute(path: '/orders'),
GoRoute(path: '/dashboard'),
GoRoute(path: '/short_route'),
],
),there are 2 workarounds for this:
- repeat the redirect logic for each sub route of a shell route
- Group all guarded routes to be put under a single
GoRoute
e.g.:
ShellRoute(
builder: (context, state, child) => DashboardShellView(child: child),
routes: [
//sub routes
GoRoute(
path:'/dashboard',
redirect: (context, state) {
//guard for authenticated users
},
routes: [
GoRoute(path: 'orders'),
GoRoute(path: 'short_route'),
],
),
],
),however this has the downside of /short_route getting changed to /dashboard/short_route, and /orders getting changed to /dashboard/orders which might not be desirable