# Android navigating back logic

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [10 March 2021 20:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501 "2021-03-10T20:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mzguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/mzguy/32/5520_2.png) [@mzguy](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/mzguy)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 20:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501/1 "2021-03-10T20:51:23Z")

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Unsure if this is a feature request or a bug report.

Android allows following Joplin internal links. After doing so, using the back button or gesture returns to some note list, rather than to the parent note. I don't think this follows typical mobile app logic well.

Tapping the menu in the upper-left corner is always an option to return to a list quickly, but a user should expect the back gesture to allow returning to the previous location. In the case of a note that was arrived at through a link, it should return to the parent note.

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**Author:** ![roman\_r\_m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/roman_r_m/32/3297_2.png) [@roman\_r\_m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/roman_r_m)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2021 20:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501/2 "2021-03-10T20:56:40Z")

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Sounds like a bug to me, I remember seeing code that deals with history.

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**Author:** ![mzguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/mzguy/32/5520_2.png) [@mzguy](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/mzguy)\
**Post date:** [22 March 2021 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501/3 "2021-03-22T15:23:21Z")

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I use the Overview plugin and tap items from the results. I tap back to go back to the overview note, and it instead sends me back to the list. Then I open the Overview note and it doesn't remember my scroll location! It's fairly frustrating. The Overview plugin note is just an example; this problem applies to all notes.

Which of the above is unintended behavior? Should scroll locations also be saved in Android?

Have you followed up on this or created a bug report? I can do so of it's helpful. I just wasn't sure what the protocol is if I don't know what the intended functionality is.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2021 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-navigating-back-logic/15501/4 "2021-05-21T15:23:55Z")

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Closed on 21 May 2021 15:23 UTC

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