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Version: v8

ion-router

The router is a component for handling routing inside vanilla and Stencil JavaScript projects.

note

Note: This component should only be used with vanilla and Stencil JavaScript projects. See the routing guides for Angular, React, and Vue for framework-specific routing solutions.

Apps should have a single ion-router component in the codebase. This component controls all interactions with the browser history and it aggregates updates through an event system.

ion-router is just a URL coordinator for the navigation outlets of ionic: ion-nav, ion-tabs, and ion-router-outlet.

That means the ion-router never touches the DOM, it does NOT show the components or emit any kind of lifecycle events, it just tells ion-nav, ion-tabs, and ion-router-outlet what and when to "show" based on the browser's URL.

In order to configure this relationship between components (to load/select) and URLs, ion-router uses a declarative syntax using JSX/HTML to define a tree of routes.

Basic Usage

Interfaces

RouterEventDetail

interface RouterEventDetail {
from: string | null;
redirectedFrom: string | null;
to: string;
}

RouterCustomEvent

While not required, this interface can be used in place of the CustomEvent interface for stronger typing with Ionic events emitted from this component.

interface RouterCustomEvent extends CustomEvent {
detail: RouterEventDetail;
target: HTMLIonRouterElement;
}

Usage

<ion-router>
<ion-route component="page-tabs">
<ion-route url="/schedule" component="tab-schedule">
<ion-route component="page-schedule"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/session/:sessionId" component="page-session"></ion-route>
</ion-route>

<ion-route url="/speakers" component="tab-speaker">
<ion-route component="page-speaker-list"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/session/:sessionId" component="page-session"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/:speakerId" component="page-speaker-detail"></ion-route>
</ion-route>

<ion-route url="/map" component="page-map"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/about" component="page-about"></ion-route>
</ion-route>

<ion-route url="/tutorial" component="page-tutorial"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/login" component="page-login"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/account" component="page-account"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/signup" component="page-signup"></ion-route>
<ion-route url="/support" component="page-support"></ion-route>
</ion-router>

Properties

root

DescriptionThe root path to use when matching URLs. By default, this is set to "/", but you can specify an alternate prefix for all URL paths.
Attributeroot
Typestring
Default'/'

useHash

DescriptionThe router can work in two "modes": - With hash: /index.html#/path/to/page - Without hash: /path/to/page

Using one or another might depend in the requirements of your app and/or where it's deployed.

Usually "hash-less" navigation works better for SEO and it's more user friendly too, but it might requires additional server-side configuration in order to properly work.

On the other side hash-navigation is much easier to deploy, it even works over the file protocol.

By default, this property is true, change to false to allow hash-less URLs.
Attributeuse-hash
Typeboolean
Defaulttrue

Events

NameDescriptionBubbles
ionRouteDidChangeEmitted when the route had changedtrue
ionRouteWillChangeEvent emitted when the route is about to changetrue

Methods

back

DescriptionGo back to previous page in the window.history.
Signatureback() => Promise<void>

push

DescriptionNavigate to the specified path.
Signaturepush(path: string, direction?: RouterDirection, animation?: AnimationBuilder) => Promise<boolean>

CSS Shadow Parts

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CSS Custom Properties

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Slots

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