Navigating back to Fiori Launchpad Home Page after event

[MattHarding]

Hopefully this is a very simple question, but just wanting to know what semantic navigation object/Action or alternative approach I should use to navigate back to the home page from a custom Fiori-like app. 

e.g. I'd like to perform a message Toast at the same time as navigating back to the Launchpad at the end of a scenario.

I've read about using Window as one option, but I'm hoping there is a more official way of doing this.

Thanks,
Matt

[former_member182874 · Accepted solution]

Hey Matt,

I generally use:

window.history.go(-1);

window.history.go('URL');

Regards,

Tejas 🙂

[MattHarding · Accepted solution]

Hi Tejas,

Thanks - I realise that is one option, but as the use of Window is generally frowned upon within UI5, I was hoping for a more approved way of doing this.  But definitely my backup plan.

Cheers,

Matt

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The semantic object for the Fiori Launchpad Home page will be "#".

var oCrossAppNavigator = sap.ushell.Container.getService("CrossApplicationNavigation");
oCrossAppNavigator.toExternal({
                      target: { semanticObject : "#"}
                     });

[MattHarding · Accepted solution]

Thanks Sakthivel for this. Will assume this works and use this in the future solution (though I've ditched integrated FLP due to being on UI add-on SP10 where app-cache-buster isn't yet working (working in SP11). Must say I think Maksim's solution is a nice simple approach too (more intuitive than #) since this is one scenario where getCore() is perfect for integrated FLP apps.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I am getting error while using this code

1. var oCrossAppNavigator = sap.ushell.Container.getService("CrossApplicationNavigation"); 
2. oCrossAppNavigator.toExternal({ 
3.                       target: { semanticObject : "#"} 
4.                      }); 

Error in Browser Console.

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getService' of undefined

[rajiv_kumar20 · Accepted solution]

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[former_member182372]

If you are in FLP just do

sap.ui.getCore().byId("homeBtn").onclick();

"emulate" click on Home button in shell header, lazy, I know, but works  😉