I have setup navigation with NavHost, passing data between screens happens via NamedNavArgument.

The API I have returns player names like “username#123123”. the problem is that if this value is passed to navController then it only saves “username”. Any way to pass whole value?

I could replace # with some other char, but this looks like a extra logic. what if # is just one of many other chars?

Here is full code in a single file

@AndroidEntryPoint
class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            OversearchTheme {
                // A surface container using the 'background' color from the theme
                Surface(
                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background
                ) {
                    App()
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

@Composable
fun App() {
    val navController = rememberNavController()
    Surface(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(), color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background) {
        NavHost(navController = navController, startDestination = HOME) {
            composable(HOME) {
                Button(modifier = Modifier.wrapContentHeight(), onClick = {
                    navController.navigate("$PLAYER_STATS/name#123")
                }) {
                    Text(text = "go to next screen and pass value")
                }

            }
            composable(
                "$PLAYER_STATS/{$PLAYER_TAG}",
                arguments = listOf(navArgument(PLAYER_TAG) { type = NavType.StringType }),
            ) {
                val viewModel: PlayerStatsScreenViewModel = hiltViewModel()
                Text(text = viewModel.userId) // "name#123" is passed in navigate() call but this will display "name"
            }
        }
    }
}

@HiltViewModel
class PlayerStatsScreenViewModel
@Inject
constructor(
    savedStateHandle: SavedStateHandle,
) : ViewModel() {
    val userId: String = checkNotNull(savedStateHandle[PLAYER_TAG])

//    val state = MutableStateFlow(userId)
}


const val HOME = "home"
const val PLAYER_STATS = "playerStats"
const val PLAYER_TAG = "playerTag"