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Only the `argType="reference"` accepts resource IDs (and returns an int that you'd pass to getContext().getString()), so it is working as intended that a "string" type is exactly what you put into your XML. It was important that the build time code gen and the runtime behavior always matches and that was not possible in the general cases - see edge cases such as https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/111736515 for some background.

Please star https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36994900 to track progress towards allowing placeholders in XML files, which would be the recommended way of filling in placeholders at compile time.

Ok thanks, I understand now, I wasn't aware of argType="reference". Anyway I think it is a bit strange that behavior is different if we navigate using safe args gen code (navController.navigate(WebPageFragmentDirections.actionGlobalHomeFragment())) and code without safe args (navController.navigate(R.id.homeFragment)) if the navigation xml file is the same.