bug (Angular) : default ion-back-button is not working

[indraraj26]

Bug Report

Ionic version:

[ ] 4.x
[x] 5.x

Current behavior:

I followed the docs and pick the first option default back button, I added in children page and back button is showing properly but when i click on it nothing happens

Expected behavior:

When i click on back button it should take me to previous route/component

Steps to reproduce:

Related code:

home.ts to navigate

	onChildrenHandler(i) {
		this._router.navigate([i], { relativeTo: this._route })
	}

on children.html

<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
    <ion-title>children</ion-title>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>
<ion-content>

</ion-content>
<ion-footer>

</ion-footer>

Other information:

Ionic info:

ionic info

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 6.11.0 (C:\Users\indra26\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 5.3.1
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.1000.7
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 10.0.7
   @angular/cli                  : 10.0.7
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 2.3.2

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.15.1
   native-run  : 1.0.0

System:

   NodeJS : v10.16.3 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
   npm    : 6.9.0
   OS     : Windows 10

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[indraraj26]

Hi Liam,

I forget to put link.
here you go : https://github.com/indraraj26/ionic5-starter-tabs-sidemenu/tree/ion-back-button-click
branch: ion-back-button-click

@liamdebeasi any update on this ?

Thank you

[liamdebeasi]

Thanks for the issue. I am going to close this as this is not a bug in Ionic Framework. Your routing setup is incorrect. You should be managing pages from the "main" routing modules. Take a look at our conference app setup for examples:

1. Base pages: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-conference-app/blob/024450f4a820576c5366d90956551372fd891d36/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
2. Nested with tabs: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-conference-app/blob/024450f4a820576c5366d90956551372fd891d36/src/app/pages/tabs-page/tabs-page-routing.module.ts

For top level routes, the conference app manages them in app-routing.module.ts. For routes nested inside of tabs, the conference app manages them in tabs-page-routing.module.ts. Notice that it does not manage child routes inside of the routing module for each page.

It looks like you want to have a child page inside of the home page. While we do not recommend this as it can lead to a confusing user experience with nested navigation, you can achieve this by adding an additional ion-router-outlet inside of the home page. From there, you could manage the child routes in home-routing.module.ts like how the conference app manages child pages of tabs in tabs-page-routing.module.ts.

[indraraj26]

Hi,

If the routing setup is incorrect how it is working in plain angular project? This is really sad i have been using same routing in all angular project.

As per comment, it look like it is limitation of ion-router-outlet.

I am using router-less component routing I think what it is called without parent if you use children route without parent component, component then it should render on uplevel of router-outlet. This is what angular does behind the scene.

edit 1:
All the childrens will render in router-outlet of uplevel consider for now app.component.html
Basic flow:

path: ''
children [
{
path:''
component: xyz
},
{
path: ':id',
component: editxyz
}
]

[liamdebeasi]

The routing configuration is incorrect in that it does not really make sense to translate that to a mobile application. It may have worked in a regular Angular application because navigation in a browser is linear. Ionic Framework uses stack-based navigation which is closer to how mobile applications behave. This issue could very well be a limitation of ion-router-outlet, but this is also not something we are likely to support as it goes against how stack-based navigation is supposed to behave.

[indraraj26]

Hi Liam,

I just did as you said but that will render children component inside home component as it has ion-router-outlet, is there any other way around to make it work with navigation.

if i don't add ion-router-outlet in home component then children component is not rendering.

Ohh my bad its working actually i forget to declare children component in declaration array of home.module.ts, Yes component less routing is well supported by ion-router-outlet.

Now everything is working, I also demonstrate the component routing with placing blank component that will hold ion-router-outlet and rest will be same.

Thank you @liamdebeasi

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