How do you update the app's current URL?

Shopify Apps
,

Topic summary

A developer is seeking guidance on updating the parent Shopify admin URL when redirecting within their embedded app.

Current Issue:

  • Using the App Bridge Navigation API (specifically the method for updating browser URL without navigating) only updates the iframe URL, not the parent Shopify admin URL visible to users
  • The developer wants the actual browser address bar to reflect navigation changes within their app

Status: The question remains unanswered with no solutions or alternative approaches provided yet.

Summarized with AI on November 8. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
1

Inside my app, when I need to redirect to a different page, how can I update the url of the parent shopify url?

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/app-bridge-library/apis/navigation#updating-the-browser-url-without-navigating-navigation-api

This just seems to update the iframe and not the URL the user sees such as

https://admin.shopify.com/store/my-store/apps/my-app/some/path → https://admin.shopify.com/store/my-store/apps/my-app/some/new-path