diff --git a/angular/src/app-initialize.ts b/angular/src/app-initialize.ts
index 6a34ae7cd8..75637323ff 100644
--- a/angular/src/app-initialize.ts
+++ b/angular/src/app-initialize.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Config } from './providers/config';
 import { IonicWindow } from './types/interfaces';
 import { raf } from './util/util';
 
-export function appInitialize(config: Config, doc: Document, zone: NgZone) {
+export const appInitialize = (config: Config, doc: Document, zone: NgZone) => {
   return (): any => {
     const win: IonicWindow | undefined = doc.defaultView as any;
     if (win) {
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ export function appInitialize(config: Config, doc: Document, zone: NgZone) {
       });
     }
   };
-}
+};
diff --git a/angular/src/directives/control-value-accessors/value-accessor.ts b/angular/src/directives/control-value-accessors/value-accessor.ts
index 527d57bf03..b70b7b9499 100644
--- a/angular/src/directives/control-value-accessors/value-accessor.ts
+++ b/angular/src/directives/control-value-accessors/value-accessor.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const getClasses = (element: HTMLElement) => {
   return classes;
 };
 
-function setClasses(element: HTMLElement, classes: string[]) {
+const setClasses = (element: HTMLElement, classes: string[]) => {
   const classList = element.classList;
 
   classList.remove(
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ function setClasses(element: HTMLElement, classes: string[]) {
     'ion-pristine'
   );
   classList.add(...classes);
-}
+};
 
-function startsWith(input: string, search: string): boolean {
+const startsWith = (input: string, search: string): boolean => {
   return input.substr(0, search.length) === search;
-}
+};
diff --git a/angular/src/directives/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts b/angular/src/directives/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
index 22bf8a2026..f0f235dde1 100644
--- a/angular/src/directives/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
+++ b/angular/src/directives/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export class IonVirtualScroll {
   }
 }
 
-function getElement(view: EmbeddedViewRef<VirtualContext>): HTMLElement {
+const getElement = (view: EmbeddedViewRef<VirtualContext>): HTMLElement => {
   const rootNodes = view.rootNodes;
   for (let i = 0; i < rootNodes.length; i++) {
     if (rootNodes[i].nodeType === 1) {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function getElement(view: EmbeddedViewRef<VirtualContext>): HTMLElement {
     }
   }
   throw new Error('virtual element was not created');
-}
+};
 
 proxyInputs(IonVirtualScroll, [
   'approxItemHeight',
diff --git a/angular/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts b/angular/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
index 301823e91a..5f0912d10b 100644
--- a/angular/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
+++ b/angular/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class AngularFrameworkDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
   }
 }
 
-export function attachView(
+export const attachView = (
   zone: NgZone,
   resolver: ComponentFactoryResolver,
   injector: Injector,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function attachView(
   elRefMap: WeakMap<HTMLElement, any>,
   elEventsMap: WeakMap<HTMLElement, () => void>,
   container: any, component: any, params: any, cssClasses: string[] | undefined
-) {
+) => {
   const factory = resolver.resolveComponentFactory(component);
   const childInjector = Injector.create({
     providers: getProviders(params),
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function attachView(
   elRefMap.set(hostElement, componentRef);
   elEventsMap.set(hostElement, unbindEvents);
   return hostElement;
-}
+};
 
 const LIFECYCLES = [
   LIFECYCLE_WILL_ENTER,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const LIFECYCLES = [
   LIFECYCLE_WILL_UNLOAD
 ];
 
-export function bindLifecycleEvents(zone: NgZone, instance: any, element: HTMLElement) {
+export const bindLifecycleEvents = (zone: NgZone, instance: any, element: HTMLElement) => {
   return zone.run(() => {
     const unregisters = LIFECYCLES
       .filter(eventName => typeof instance[eventName] === 'function')
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ export function bindLifecycleEvents(zone: NgZone, instance: any, element: HTMLEl
       });
     return () => unregisters.forEach(fn => fn());
   });
-}
+};
 
 const NavParamsToken = new InjectionToken<any>('NavParamsToken');
 
-function getProviders(params: {[key: string]: any}) {
+const getProviders = (params: {[key: string]: any}) => {
   return [
     {
       provide: NavParamsToken, useValue: params
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ function getProviders(params: {[key: string]: any}) {
       provide: NavParams, useFactory: provideNavParamsInjectable, deps: [NavParamsToken]
     }
   ];
-}
+};
 
-function provideNavParamsInjectable(params: {[key: string]: any}) {
+const provideNavParamsInjectable = (params: {[key: string]: any}) => {
   return new NavParams(params);
-}
+};
diff --git a/angular/src/providers/config.ts b/angular/src/providers/config.ts
index 48e9b95c3d..fa41a40fbb 100644
--- a/angular/src/providers/config.ts
+++ b/angular/src/providers/config.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class Config {
 
 export const ConfigToken = new InjectionToken<any>('USERCONFIG');
 
-function getConfig(): CoreConfig | null {
+const getConfig = (): CoreConfig | null => {
   if (typeof (window as any) !== 'undefined') {
     const Ionic = (window as IonicWindow).Ionic;
     if (Ionic && Ionic.config) {
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ function getConfig(): CoreConfig | null {
     }
   }
   return null;
-}
+};
diff --git a/angular/src/providers/dom-controller.ts b/angular/src/providers/dom-controller.ts
index 09b00b7bb7..a73678f631 100644
--- a/angular/src/providers/dom-controller.ts
+++ b/angular/src/providers/dom-controller.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class DomController {
   }
 }
 
-function getQueue() {
+const getQueue = () => {
   const win = typeof (window as any) !== 'undefined' ? window : null as any;
 
   if (win != null) {
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ function getQueue() {
     read: (cb: any) => cb(),
     write: (cb: any) => cb()
   };
-}
+};
 
 export type RafCallback = (timeStamp?: number) => void;
diff --git a/angular/src/providers/nav-controller.ts b/angular/src/providers/nav-controller.ts
index cd3d467ea2..da2458cc76 100644
--- a/angular/src/providers/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/angular/src/providers/nav-controller.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class NavController {
   }
 }
 
-function getAnimation(direction: RouterDirection, animated: boolean | undefined, animationDirection: 'forward' | 'back' | undefined): NavDirection | undefined {
+const getAnimation = (direction: RouterDirection, animated: boolean | undefined, animationDirection: 'forward' | 'back' | undefined): NavDirection | undefined => {
   if (animated === false) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ function getAnimation(direction: RouterDirection, animated: boolean | undefined,
     return 'forward';
   }
   return undefined;
-}
+};
 
 const DEFAULT_DIRECTION = 'auto';
 const DEFAULT_ANIMATED = undefined;
diff --git a/angular/tslint.json b/angular/tslint.json
index 973d007101..909ec200f5 100644
--- a/angular/tslint.json
+++ b/angular/tslint.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "no-floating-promises": false,
     "no-invalid-template-strings": true,
     "ban-export-const-enum": true,
-
+    "only-arrow-functions": true,
     "prefer-for-of": false
   }
 }