How to deactivate or override the Android "BACK" button, in Flutter?

As Rémi Rousselet pointed out, WillPopScope is usually the way to go. However, if you are developing a stateful widget that should react to the back button directly, you may use this:

https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/back_button_interceptor

Note: I am the author of this package.

You can use Future.value(bool) to handle the back button.

bool _allow = true;

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return WillPopScope(
    child: Scaffold(appBar: AppBar(title: Text("Back"))),
    onWillPop: () {
      return Future.value(_allow); // if true allow back else block it
    },
  );
}

The answer is WillPopScope. It will prevent the page from being popped by the system. You'll still be able to use Navigator.of(context).pop()

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return new WillPopScope(
    onWillPop: () async => false,
    child: new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text("data"),
        leading: new IconButton(
          icon: new Icon(Icons.ac_unit),
          onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pop(),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}

While Remi's answer is right, usually you don't want to simply block the back button but want a user to confirm the exit.

You can do it similar way by getting an answer from the confirmation dialog, because onWillPop is a future.

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return WillPopScope(
    child: Scaffold(...),
    onWillPop: () => showDialog<bool>(
      context: context,
      builder: (c) => AlertDialog(
        title: Text('Warning'),
        content: Text('Do you really want to exit'),
        actions: [
          FlatButton(
            child: Text('Yes'),
            onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(c, true),
          ),
          FlatButton(
            child: Text('No'),
            onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(c, false),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    ),
  );
}