Dashboard Navigation Inconsistency

[OmMakwana221]

ThingsBoard Platform Version:
ThingsBoard PE Cloud 4.2.1

ThingsBoard PE App Version:
1.7.0

Description:
There is an issue with dashboard navigation in the ThingsBoard PE mobile app. When navigating through multiple states, the back navigation does not behave as expected, causing excessive and confusing navigation for the user.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Navigate through multiple dashboard states sequentially, e.g., 1 → 2 → 3 → 4.
2. Navigate back to previous states in a non-linear order, e.g., 4 → 2, then 2 → 3.
3. Press the back button.

Observed Behavior:

• 3 → 2
• 2 → 4
• 4 → 3 → 2 → 1

This results in the user having to perform multiple unnecessary navigations to reach the intended state.

Video:

screen-20251216-180408.mp4

I tested using a custom action to set the source and target state, but it did not work as expected.

here full script I tried:
If you have any working script, I would be grateful if you could share it with me

var sc = widgetContext.stateController;

var firstStateId = 'home';
var targetStateId = 'device_trends';

var entityId =
    widgetContext.datasources &&
    widgetContext.datasources[0] &&
    widgetContext.datasources[0].entity &&
    widgetContext.datasources[0].entity.id;

var currentState = sc.getStateId();

if (currentState !== targetStateId) {

    if (currentState !== firstStateId) {
        sc.updateState(firstStateId, {}, false);
    }

    sc.updateState(
        targetStateId,
        entityId ? { entityId: entityId } : {},
        true
    );
}

Looking for a workaround or a proper fix to handle dashboard state navigation more effectively in the mobile app.

This issue significantly affects user experience during multi-state navigation.

[hharkovenko]

Hi. Can you please share a dashboard you're using to achieve this, so I can test in on my site.

[OmMakwana221]

Hi,
Sure. I’m sharing the dashboard JSON here.

dashboard_navigation_trial.json

Please import this dashboard into your environment and test it in the ThingsBoard PE mobile app.

To reproduce the issue:

1. Open this dashboard in the mobile app.
2. Navigate through states continuously (go deeper: state → state → state).
3. Then start pressing the back button.

You’ll notice that the navigation history behaves inconsistently and requires multiple back actions, which demonstrates the issue clearly.