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Asked: 2026-05-24T01:25:49+00:00

My app only has one page – the MainPage. When the user selects new

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My app only has one page – the MainPage. When the user selects “new” from the ApplicationBar Menu all I really want to do is clear my source data and reload the page.

Can I do this with NavigationService? The following line gets a Navigation Failed exception in the RootFrame of the App when called from within the MainPage itself:

this.NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("MainPage.xaml", UriKind.Relative));

Can this be done so easily, or do I need to create a second page to navigate to before navigating back to my MainPage?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Using navigation for this purpose sounds like a horrible way of doing it! If you create a second page as a workaround to the problem you are facing, it will remain on the back-stack, meaning that it will be reachable when the user hits the back button.

    I would recommend adopting the MVVM pattern (see the example here). When the new button is pressed, simply create a new view model and associate it with your MainPage by setting it as the DataContext, this will have the affect you desire of clearing and resetting the state.

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