fix(angular): tabs supports conditional slot bindings (#27582)

Issue number: Resolves #19484

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## What is the current behavior?
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The Angular implementation of `ion-tabs` does not support conditional
binding the `slot` property on `ion-tab-bar` or assigning a variable as
the slot.

For example, this usage is invalid:

```html
<ion-tabs>
  <ion-tab-bar [slot]="slot"></ion-tab-bar>
</ion-tabs>
```

This occurs because `ng-content` only supports static content
projection. It is not intended for scenarios where the content can be
relocated or conditionally rendered.

An example of static content projection would be:
```html
<ion-tabs>
  <ion-tab-bar slot="top"></ion-tab-bar>
</ion-tabs>
```

## What is the new behavior?
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this PR. -->

- `ion-tabs` supports conditional slot bindings or a slot that is bound
to a variable in Angular.

The revised implementation relocates the tab bar in the `ion-tabs`
template, based on it's current slot attribute. The implementation
checks the tab bar slot whenever the content changes.

## Does this introduce a breaking change?

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

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## Other information

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Dev-build: `7.0.11-dev.11685631370.18980633`

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Co-authored-by: Liam DeBeasi <liamdebeasi@users.noreply.github.com>

angular/src/directives/navigation/ion-tabs.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-import { Component, ContentChild, EventEmitter, HostListener, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  AfterContentChecked,
+  AfterContentInit,
+  Component,
+  ContentChild,
+  ContentChildren,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  HostListener,
+  Output,
+  QueryList,
+  ViewChild,
+} from '@angular/core';
 
 import { NavController } from '../../providers/nav-controller';
 import { IonTabBar } from '../proxies';
@@ -8,11 +20,13 @@ import { StackEvent } from './stack-utils';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ion-tabs',
-  template: `<ng-content select="[slot=top]"></ng-content>
-    <div class="tabs-inner">
+  template: `
+    <ng-content select="[slot=top]"></ng-content>
+    <div class="tabs-inner" #tabsInner>
       <ion-router-outlet #outlet tabs="true" (stackEvents)="onPageSelected($event)"></ion-router-outlet>
     </div>
-    <ng-content></ng-content>`,
+    <ng-content></ng-content>
+  `,
   styles: [
     `
       :host {
@@ -41,15 +55,28 @@ import { StackEvent } from './stack-utils';
   ],
 })
 // eslint-disable-next-line @angular-eslint/component-class-suffix
-export class IonTabs {
+export class IonTabs implements AfterContentInit, AfterContentChecked {
   @ViewChild('outlet', { read: IonRouterOutlet, static: false }) outlet: IonRouterOutlet;
+  @ViewChild('tabsInner', { read: ElementRef, static: true }) tabsInner: ElementRef<HTMLDivElement>;
+
   @ContentChild(IonTabBar, { static: false }) tabBar: IonTabBar | undefined;
+  @ContentChildren(IonTabBar) tabBars: QueryList<IonTabBar>;
 
   @Output() ionTabsWillChange = new EventEmitter<{ tab: string }>();
   @Output() ionTabsDidChange = new EventEmitter<{ tab: string }>();
 
+  private tabBarSlot = 'bottom';
+
   constructor(private navCtrl: NavController) {}
 
+  ngAfterContentInit(): void {
+    this.detectSlotChanges();
+  }
+
+  ngAfterContentChecked(): void {
+    this.detectSlotChanges();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @internal
    */
@@ -137,4 +164,48 @@ export class IonTabs {
   getSelected(): string | undefined {
     return this.outlet.getActiveStackId();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Detects changes to the slot attribute of the tab bar.
+   *
+   * If the slot attribute has changed, then the tab bar
+   * should be relocated to the new slot position.
+   */
+  private detectSlotChanges(): void {
+    this.tabBars.forEach((tabBar: any) => {
+      // el is a protected attribute from the generated component wrapper
+      const currentSlot = tabBar.el.getAttribute('slot');
+
+      if (currentSlot !== this.tabBarSlot) {
+        this.tabBarSlot = currentSlot;
+        this.relocateTabBar();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Relocates the tab bar to the new slot position.
+   */
+  private relocateTabBar(): void {
+    /**
+     * `el` is a protected attribute from the generated component wrapper.
+     * To avoid having to manually create the wrapper for tab bar, we
+     * cast the tab bar to any and access the protected attribute.
+     */
+    const tabBar = (this.tabBar as any).el as HTMLElement;
+
+    if (this.tabBarSlot === 'top') {
+      /**
+       * A tab bar with a slot of "top" should be inserted
+       * at the top of the container.
+       */
+      this.tabsInner.nativeElement.before(tabBar);
+    } else {
+      /**
+       * A tab bar with a slot of "bottom" or without a slot
+       * should be inserted at the end of the container.
+       */
+      this.tabsInner.nativeElement.after(tabBar);
+    }
+  }
 }

angular/test/base/e2e/src/tabs.spec.ts

@@ -435,6 +435,30 @@ describe('Tabs', () => {
   })
 })
 
+it('Tabs should support conditional slots', () => {
+  cy.visit('/tabs-slots');
+
+  cy.get('ion-tabs .tabs-inner + ion-tab-bar').should('have.length', 1);
+
+  // Click the button to change the slot to the top
+  cy.get('#set-slot-top').click();
+
+  // The tab bar should be removed from the bottom
+  cy.get('ion-tabs .tabs-inner + ion-tab-bar').should('have.length', 0);
+
+  // The tab bar should be added to the top
+  cy.get('ion-tabs ion-tab-bar + .tabs-inner').should('have.length', 1);
+
+  // Click the button to change the slot to the bottom
+  cy.get('#set-slot-bottom').click();
+
+  // The tab bar should be removed from the top
+  cy.get('ion-tabs ion-tab-bar + .tabs-inner').should('have.length', 0);
+
+  // The tab bar should be added to the bottom
+  cy.get('ion-tabs .tabs-inner + ion-tab-bar').should('have.length', 1);
+});
+
 
 function testTabTitle(title) {
   const tab = getSelectedTab();

angular/test/base/src/app/app-routing.module.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ const routes: Routes = [
     path: 'tabs-global',
     loadChildren: () => import('./tabs-global/tabs-global.module').then(m => m.TabsGlobalModule)
   },
+  {
+    path: 'tabs-slots',
+    loadComponent: () => import('./tabs-slots.component').then(c => c.TabsSlotsComponent)
+  },
   {
     path: 'nested-outlet',
     component: NestedOutletComponent,

angular/test/base/src/app/tabs-slots.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Component } from "@angular/core";
+import { IonicModule } from "@ionic/angular";
+
+/**
+ * Test purpose: Validates that the tab bar is relocated to the
+ * correct location when the slot attribute changes or is bound
+ * to a variable.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-tabs-slots',
+  template: `
+    <ion-tabs>
+      <ion-tab-bar [slot]="slot"></ion-tab-bar>
+    </ion-tabs>
+    <ion-fab vertical="bottom" horizontal="end">
+      <button id="set-slot-top" (click)="setSlot('top')">Slot - top</button>
+      <br />
+      <button id="set-slot-bottom"(click)="setSlot('bottom')">Slot - bottom</button>
+    </ion-fab>
+  `,
+  imports: [IonicModule],
+  standalone: true
+})
+export class TabsSlotsComponent {
+
+  slot?: string;
+
+  setSlot(newSlot: string) {
+    this.slot = newSlot;
+  }
+
+}