Description

Whne you push a modal page that is wrapped in a NavigationPage
Navigation.PushModalAsync(new NavigationPage(new ModularPage())); on iOS we can see that the Page is never released from the memory. We are using Perfiew for debugging.

Here is a GCDump where we open and close a modal page multiple times
20240326_110245_0.zip

I am adding a sample which has both solutions outcommented. Seems counterintuitive that we need to call DisconnectHandler on existing pages and controls when popping a page from the Navigation stack.

NavigationSample.zip

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open sample app
2. Start profiling
3. Press the "Click me" button
4. Press "Close" button
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4
6. MAke a memory GCdump

Link to public reproduction project repository

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Version with bug

8.0.6 SR1

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Yes, this used to work in Xamarin.Forms

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

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Did you find any workaround?

Seems that this can only be fixed by running disconnectHanler on each element on the Page including the page

page.Handler?.DisconnectHandler();

MyLayout.Handler?.DisconnectHandler();

Handler?.DisconnectHandler();

or creating a custom handler for the NavigationPage and running

ViewController.Dispose();
var viewController = ViewController as PageViewController;
viewController.CurrentView = null;

Relevant log output

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