Swapping routing map does not switch displayed page about routemaster HOT 3 CLOSED

In case anyone stumbles across this issue, the problem was not the missing key.
The problem was that I was calling Routemaster.of(context).push('/test'); with an open navigation drawer.
Looking at the book store example I saw that in this case I have to call Navigator.pop(context).
I am not completely sure why this is required but at least I got it working. My guess is that opening/closing the navigation drawer changes the navigation stack 🤔

@tomgilder Please disregard my suggestion of adding the key to the docs, it is not actually necessary and just masked the real issue I was having.

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I have just realized what the culprit was.
Since I copied the sample code from the readme my MaterialPage instances did not have their key set.
Updating my routes to the following solved the issue for me:

final loginRoutes = RouteMap(
  routes: {
    '/login': (routeData) {
      print('about to return loginPage');
      return MaterialPage(ValueKey('LoginPage'), child: LoginPage());
    },
  },
  onUnknownRoute: (route, context) {
    print('redirecting to loginPage');
    return Redirect('/login');
  },
);

final routes = RouteMap(
  routes: {
    '/': (_) => MaterialPage(ValueKey('HomePage'), child: HomePage()),
    '/test': (_) => MaterialPage(ValueKey('TestPage'), child: TestPage()),
  },
  onUnknownRoute: (route, context) => MaterialPage(ValueKey('NotFoundPage'), child: NotFoundPage()),
);

Maybe the readme could be extended to mention this fact or the examples adapted?

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Good point, will add to the documentation 👍

Glad you got it solved, thanks!

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