ion-back-button different than android "back" button

[lampi87]

Bug Report

Ionic version:
[x] 4.x

Current behavior:
Using button "ion-back-button" does not trigger history go back, e.g.:

• Switch between some tabs.
• Open subpage
• Go back using ion-back-button
• Click back button of Android device (the one at bottom)
• Subpage is opened, which was closed using ion-back-button
  

Expected behavior:

• Pressing ion-back-button should be similar to pressing Android back button

Steps to reproduce:
Use code from https://github.com/lampi87/ionic-bug-test and test it in Android Emulator or on Android device.

Ionic info
Ionic:

ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.6.0 (C:\Users\Alexander\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.0.0-rc.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.10.7
@angular-devkit/schematics : 7.1.4
@angular/cli : 7.1.4
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 1.2.2

Cordova:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : not installed
Cordova Platforms : android 7.1.4, ios 4.5.5
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 2.3.1, (and 10 other plugins)

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\Alexander\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk)
NodeJS : v8.12.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 6.4.1
OS : Windows 10

[paulstelzer]

Thanks! Please also follow this issue -> #16611 - It handles some things about the back button

[KevinKelchen]

I've likewise noted this inconsistency in #15428.

[liamdebeasi]

Thanks for the issue! In Ionic 5 we fixed a significant number of the issues with the hardware back button, so this issue should no longer be present. There is still the behavior noted in #15428, but that seems unrelated to the hardware back button.

I recommend updating to the latest version of Ionic 5 to receive these fixes. I am going to close this. Thanks!

[ionitron-bot]

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