diff --git a/packages/angular/src/providers/angular-component-mounter.ts b/packages/angular/src/providers/angular-component-mounter.ts
index 1a661d91bb..8b2de049c1 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/providers/angular-component-mounter.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/providers/angular-component-mounter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   ApplicationRef,
   ComponentFactoryResolver,
-  ComponentRef,
   Injectable,
   Injector,
   NgZone,
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { getProviders } from '../di/di';
 import { AngularMountingData } from '../types/interfaces';
 
-const elementToComponentRefMap = new Map<HTMLElement, ComponentRef<any>>();
+const elementToComponentRefMap = new Map<HTMLElement, AngularMountingData>();
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AngularComponentMounter {
@@ -20,14 +19,14 @@ export class AngularComponentMounter {
   constructor(private defaultCfr: ComponentFactoryResolver, private zone: NgZone, private appRef: ApplicationRef) {
   }
 
-  attachViewToDom(parentElement: HTMLElement, hostElement: HTMLElement, componentToMount: Type<any>, componentResolveFactory: ComponentFactoryResolver, injector: Injector, data: any, classesToAdd: string[], wrapUserTemplateInIonPage: boolean): Promise<AngularMountingData> {
+  attachViewToDom(parentElement: HTMLElement, hostElement: HTMLElement, componentToMount: Type<any>, componentResolveFactory: ComponentFactoryResolver, injector: Injector, data: any, classesToAdd: string[], wrapUserComponentInIonPage: boolean): Promise<AngularMountingData> {
 
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       this.zone.run(() => {
 
         const crf = componentResolveFactory ? componentResolveFactory : this.defaultCfr;
 
-        const mountingData = attachViewToDom(crf, parentElement, hostElement, componentToMount, injector, this.appRef, data, classesToAdd, wrapUserTemplateInIonPage);
+        const mountingData = attachViewToDom(crf, parentElement, hostElement, componentToMount, injector, this.appRef, data, classesToAdd, wrapUserComponentInIonPage);
         resolve(mountingData);
       });
     });
@@ -45,16 +44,17 @@ export class AngularComponentMounter {
 }
 
 export function removeViewFromDom(parentElement: HTMLElement, childElement: HTMLElement) {
-  const componentRef = elementToComponentRefMap.get(childElement);
-  if (componentRef) {
-    componentRef.destroy();
-    if (parentElement.contains(childElement)) {
-      parentElement.removeChild(childElement);
+  const mountingData = elementToComponentRefMap.get(childElement);
+  if (mountingData) {
+    const componentParent = mountingData.element.parentNode;
+    mountingData.componentRef.destroy();
+    if (mountingData.wrapUserComponentInIonPage && parentElement.contains(componentParent) ) {
+      parentElement.removeChild(componentParent)
     }
   }
 }
 
-export function attachViewToDom(crf: ComponentFactoryResolver, parentElement: HTMLElement, hostElement: HTMLElement, componentToMount: Type<any>, injector: Injector, appRef: ApplicationRef, data: any, classesToAdd: string[], wrapUserTemplateInIonPage: boolean): AngularMountingData {
+export function attachViewToDom(crf: ComponentFactoryResolver, parentElement: HTMLElement, hostElement: HTMLElement, componentToMount: Type<any>, injector: Injector, appRef: ApplicationRef, data: any, classesToAdd: string[], wrapUserComponentInIonPage: boolean): AngularMountingData {
 
   const componentProviders = ReflectiveInjector.resolve(getProviders(parentElement, data));
   const componentFactory = crf.resolveComponentFactory(componentToMount);
@@ -62,32 +62,34 @@ export function attachViewToDom(crf: ComponentFactoryResolver, parentElement: HT
     hostElement = document.createElement(componentFactory.selector);
   }
 
-  let mountingElement = hostElement;
-  if (wrapUserTemplateInIonPage) {
-    const ionPageElement = document.createElement('ion-page');
-    hostElement.appendChild(ionPageElement);
-    mountingElement = ionPageElement;
-  }
-
   const childInjector = ReflectiveInjector.fromResolvedProviders(componentProviders, injector);
-  const componentRef = componentFactory.create(childInjector, [], mountingElement);
+  const componentRef = componentFactory.create(childInjector, [], hostElement);
   for (const clazz of classesToAdd) {
     hostElement.classList.add(clazz);
   }
 
-  parentElement.appendChild(hostElement);
+  const elementToAppend = wrapUserComponentInIonPage ? getIonPageElement(hostElement) : hostElement;
+  parentElement.appendChild(elementToAppend);
 
   appRef.attachView(componentRef.hostView);
 
-  elementToComponentRefMap.set(hostElement, componentRef);
-
-  return {
+  const mountingData = {
     componentFactory,
     childInjector,
     componentRef,
     instance: componentRef.instance,
     angularHostElement: componentRef.location.nativeElement,
     element: hostElement,
+    wrapUserComponentInIonPage
   };
+
+  elementToComponentRefMap.set(hostElement, mountingData);
+
+  return mountingData;
 }
 
+export function getIonPageElement(hostElement: HTMLElement) {
+  const page = document.createElement('ion-page');
+  page.appendChild(hostElement);
+  return page;
+}
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diff --git a/packages/angular/src/types/interfaces.ts b/packages/angular/src/types/interfaces.ts
index 1b4d4acfaa..afb521b01c 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/types/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/types/interfaces.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export interface AngularMountingData extends FrameworkMountingData {
   componentRef?: ComponentRef<any>;
   instance?: any;
   angularHostElement?: HTMLElement;
+  wrapUserComponentInIonPage?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/dom-framework-delegate.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/dom-framework-delegate.ts
index fb68411cfe..b15c2c6d02 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/dom-framework-delegate.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/dom-framework-delegate.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 import { FrameworkDelegate, FrameworkMountingData, } from '../index';
-import { isString } from './helpers';
+import { isElementModal, isElementNav, isString } from './helpers';
 
 export class DomFrameworkDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
 
   attachViewToDom(parentElement: HTMLElement, tagOrElement: string | HTMLElement, propsOrDataObj: any = {}, classesToAdd: string[] = []): Promise<FrameworkMountingData> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const usersElement = (isString(tagOrElement) ? document.createElement(tagOrElement) : tagOrElement) as HTMLElement;
-
       Object.assign(usersElement, propsOrDataObj);
+
       if (classesToAdd.length) {
         for (const clazz of classesToAdd) {
           usersElement.classList.add(clazz);
         }
       }
-      parentElement.appendChild(usersElement);
+
+      const elementToAppend = shouldWrapInIonPage(parentElement) ? createIonPageAndAppendUserElement(usersElement) : usersElement;
+      parentElement.appendChild(elementToAppend);
+
       resolve({
-        element: usersElement
+        element: elementToAppend
       });
     });
   }
@@ -27,3 +30,13 @@ export class DomFrameworkDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
     });
   }
 }
+
+export function shouldWrapInIonPage(element: HTMLElement) {
+  return isElementModal(element) || isElementNav(element);
+}
+
+export function createIonPageAndAppendUserElement(userElement: HTMLElement) {
+  const wrappingElement = document.createElement('ion-page');
+  wrappingElement.appendChild(userElement);
+  return wrappingElement;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 42bf31f1c8..bd4a2e3193 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ export function isStringOrNumber(v: any): v is (string | number) { return isStri
 
 export function isBlank(val: any): val is null { return val === undefined || val === null; }
 
+export function isElementNav(element: HTMLElement) {
+  return element.tagName.toUpperCase() === 'ION-NAV';
+}
+
+export function isElementModal(element: HTMLElement) {
+  return element.classList.contains('modal-wrapper');
+}
+
 /** @hidden */
 export function isCheckedProperty(a: any, b: any): boolean {
   if (a === undefined || a === null || a === '') {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/react-framework-delegate.ts b/packages/react/src/react-framework-delegate.ts
index 1ad2293dda..2ae8bb81e6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/react-framework-delegate.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/react-framework-delegate.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import { FrameworkDelegate } from '@ionic/core';
+import { isElementModal, isElementNav } from './utils/helpers';
 
 export function attachViewToDom(parentElement: HTMLElement, reactComponent: any, propsOrData: any, classesToAdd: string[]) {
-  console.log('parentElement: ', parentElement);
-  console.log('reactComponent: ', reactComponent);
   const wrappingDiv = shouldWrapInIonPage(parentElement) ? document.createElement('ion-page') : document.createElement('div');
   if (classesToAdd) {
     for (const clazz of classesToAdd) {
@@ -41,8 +40,5 @@ export { Delegate }
 
 
 export function shouldWrapInIonPage(element: HTMLElement) {
-  if (element.tagName.toUpperCase() === 'ION-NAV' || element.classList.contains('modal-wrapper')) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  return isElementModal(element) || isElementNav(element);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/react/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 01b0c1ced7..b9a696f13a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@ export function getOrAppendElement(tagName: string): Element {
   const tmp = document.createElement(tagName);
   document.body.appendChild(tmp);
   return tmp;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export function isElementNav(element: HTMLElement) {
+  return element.tagName.toUpperCase() === 'ION-NAV';
+}
+
+export function isElementModal(element: HTMLElement) {
+  return element.classList.contains('modal-wrapper');
+}