I posted this question as a comment to a thread here: https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/43181/side-drawer-menu-in-xamarin-forms-for-ios-and-android.
I was just wondering if it was possible to have a drawer menu that would persist throughout the app. A menu that would have links to certain pages in the app but then would still stick around after a user navigated away from those pages. Ideally pages that would not be represented on the menu would have a back button alongside the menu button in the navigation bar.
I have tried to use a Master Details page as the posted thread suggested but the menu doesn't persist beyond its details pages. When I navigate away from a root details page the menu goes away and is no longer accessible. Is there any other way to achieve the behavior I'm expecting?
I should also note that I am searching for a cross-platform solution to my problem so while I know about the Android Navigation drawer menu I haven't actually studied it as I am trying to find a Xamarin.Forms based solution to the problem.