diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/NavManager.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/NavManager.tsx
index a01bc7873b..e73cd756eb 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/NavManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/NavManager.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { NavContext, NavContextState } from '@ionic/react';
 import { Location as HistoryLocation, UnregisterCallback } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
 import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
-
 import { StackManager } from './StackManager';
 
 interface NavManagerProps extends RouteComponentProps {
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ export class NavManager extends React.Component<NavManagerProps, NavContextState
       getPageManager: this.getPageManager.bind(this),
       currentPath: this.props.location.pathname,
       registerIonPage: () => { return; }, // overridden in View for each IonPage
-      tabNavigate: this.tabNavigate.bind(this)
     };
 
     this.listenUnregisterCallback = this.props.history.listen((location: HistoryLocation) => {
@@ -53,12 +51,8 @@ export class NavManager extends React.Component<NavManagerProps, NavContextState
     this.props.onNavigateBack(defaultHref);
   }
 
-  navigate(path: string, direction?: RouterDirection | 'none') {
-    this.props.onNavigate('push', path, direction);
-  }
-
-  tabNavigate(path: string) {
-    this.props.onNavigate('replace', path, 'back');
+  navigate(path: string, direction?: RouterDirection | 'none', type: 'push' | 'replace' = 'push') {
+    this.props.onNavigate(type, path, direction);
   }
 
   getPageManager() {
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/RouteManagerContext.ts b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/RouteManagerContext.ts
index dc716cb821..8610cf187c 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/RouteManagerContext.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/RouteManagerContext.ts
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ import { ViewStacks } from './ViewStacks';
 
 export interface RouteManagerContextState {
   syncView: (page: HTMLElement, viewId: string) => void;
+  syncRoute: (id: string, route: any) => void;
   hideView: (viewId: string) => void;
   viewStacks: ViewStacks;
   setupIonRouter: (id: string, children: ReactNode, routerOutlet: HTMLIonRouterOutletElement) => void;
   removeViewStack: (stack: string) => void;
+  getRoute: (id: string) => any;
 }
 
 export const RouteManagerContext = /*@__PURE__*/React.createContext<RouteManagerContextState>({
   viewStacks: new ViewStacks(),
   syncView: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); },
+  syncRoute: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); },
   hideView: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); },
   setupIonRouter: () => Promise.reject(navContextNotFoundError()),
-  removeViewStack: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); }
+  removeViewStack: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); },
+  getRoute: () => { navContextNotFoundError(); }
 });
 
 function navContextNotFoundError() {
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/Router.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/Router.tsx
index 2da67dc729..50bfdb5f61 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/Router.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/Router.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { NavDirection } from '@ionic/core';
 import { RouterDirection, getConfig } from '@ionic/react';
 import { Action as HistoryAction, Location as HistoryLocation, UnregisterCallback } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
-import { RouteComponentProps, matchPath, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { RouteComponentProps, withRouter, matchPath } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { generateId, isDevMode } from '../utils';
 import { LocationHistory } from '../utils/LocationHistory';
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
   activeIonPageId?: string;
   currentDirection?: RouterDirection;
   locationHistory = new LocationHistory();
+  routes: { [key: string]: any } = {};
 
   constructor(props: RouteComponentProps) {
     super(props);
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
       hideView: this.hideView.bind(this),
       setupIonRouter: this.setupIonRouter.bind(this),
       removeViewStack: this.removeViewStack.bind(this),
-      syncView: this.syncView.bind(this)
+      syncView: this.syncView.bind(this),
+      syncRoute: this.syncRoute.bind(this),
+      getRoute: this.getRoute.bind(this)
     };
 
     this.locationHistory.add({
@@ -46,6 +49,10 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     });
   }
 
+  // componentDidMount() {
+  //   this.setActiveView(this.props.location, this.state.action!);
+  // }
+
   componentDidUpdate(_prevProps: RouteComponentProps, prevState: RouteManagerState) {
     // Trigger a page change if the location or action is different
     if (this.state.location && prevState.location !== this.state.location || prevState.action !== this.state.action) {
@@ -59,6 +66,10 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     }
   }
 
+  getRoute(id: string) {
+    return this.routes[id];
+  }
+
   hideView(viewId: string) {
     const viewStacks = Object.assign(new ViewStacks(), this.state.viewStacks);
     const { view } = viewStacks.findViewInfoById(viewId);
@@ -95,18 +106,22 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     let direction: RouterDirection | undefined = (location.state && location.state.direction) || 'forward';
     let leavingView: ViewItem | undefined;
     const viewStackKeys = viewStacks.getKeys();
+    let shouldTransitionPage = false;
+    let leavingViewHtml: string | undefined;
 
     viewStackKeys.forEach(key => {
       const { view: enteringView, viewStack: enteringViewStack, match } = viewStacks.findViewInfoByLocation(location, key);
       if (!enteringView || !enteringViewStack) {
         return;
       }
+
       leavingView = viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId).view;
 
       if (enteringView.isIonRoute) {
         enteringView.show = true;
         enteringView.mount = true;
         enteringView.routeData.match = match!;
+        shouldTransitionPage = true;
 
         this.activeIonPageId = enteringView.id;
 
@@ -129,10 +144,12 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
             leavingView.mount = false;
             this.removeOrphanedViews(enteringView, enteringViewStack);
           }
+        leavingViewHtml = enteringView.id === leavingView.id ? leavingView.ionPageElement!.outerHTML : undefined;
         } else {
           // If there is not a leavingView, then we shouldn't provide a direction
           direction = undefined;
         }
+        
       } else {
         enteringView.show = true;
         enteringView.mount = true;
@@ -151,28 +168,31 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     this.setState({
       viewStacks
     }, () => {
-      const { view: enteringView, viewStack } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId);
-      if (enteringView && viewStack) {
-        const enteringEl = enteringView.ionPageElement ? enteringView.ionPageElement : undefined;
-        const leavingEl = leavingView && leavingView.ionPageElement ? leavingView.ionPageElement : undefined;
-        if (enteringEl) {
-          // Don't animate from an empty view
-          const navDirection = leavingEl && leavingEl.innerHTML === '' ? undefined : direction === 'none' ? undefined : direction;
-          const shouldGoBack = !!enteringView.prevId || !!this.locationHistory.previous();
-          this.commitView(
-            enteringEl!,
-            leavingEl!,
-            viewStack.routerOutlet,
-            navDirection,
-            shouldGoBack);
-        } else if (leavingEl) {
-          leavingEl.classList.add('ion-page-hidden');
-          leavingEl.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+      if (shouldTransitionPage) {
+        const { view: enteringView, viewStack } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId);
+        if (enteringView && viewStack) {
+          const enteringEl = enteringView.ionPageElement ? enteringView.ionPageElement : undefined;
+          const leavingEl = leavingView && leavingView.ionPageElement ? leavingView.ionPageElement : undefined;
+          if (enteringEl) {
+            // Don't animate from an empty view
+            const navDirection = leavingEl && leavingEl.innerHTML === '' ? undefined : direction === 'none' ? undefined : direction;
+            const shouldGoBack = !!enteringView.prevId || !!this.locationHistory.previous();
+            this.commitView(
+              enteringEl!,
+              leavingEl!,
+              viewStack.routerOutlet,
+              navDirection,
+              shouldGoBack,
+              leavingViewHtml);
+          } else if (leavingEl) {
+            leavingEl.classList.add('ion-page-hidden');
+            leavingEl.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+          }
         }
 
         // Warn if an IonPage was not eventually rendered in Dev Mode
         if (isDevMode()) {
-          if (enteringView.routeData.match!.url !== location.pathname) {
+          if (enteringView && enteringView.routeData.match!.url !== location.pathname) {
             setTimeout(() => {
               const { view } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId);
               if (view!.routeData.match!.url !== location.pathname) {
@@ -212,15 +232,18 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     let activeId: string | undefined;
     const ionRouterOutlet = React.Children.only(children) as React.ReactElement;
     React.Children.forEach(ionRouterOutlet.props.children, (child: React.ReactElement) => {
-      views.push(createViewItem(child, this.props.history.location));
+      const routeId = generateId();
+      this.routes[routeId] = child;
+      views.push(createViewItem(child, routeId, this.props.history.location));
     });
 
     this.registerViewStack(id, activeId, views, routerOutlet, this.props.location);
 
-    function createViewItem(child: React.ReactElement<any>, location: HistoryLocation) {
+    function createViewItem(child: React.ReactElement<any>, routeId: string, location: HistoryLocation) {
       const viewId = generateId();
       const key = generateId();
-      const route = child;
+
+      // const route = child;
       const matchProps = {
         exact: child.props.exact,
         path: child.props.path || child.props.from,
@@ -234,7 +257,7 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
           match,
           childProps: child.props
         },
-        route,
+        routeId,
         mount: true,
         show: !!match,
         isIonRoute: false
@@ -326,19 +349,43 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
     });
   }
 
-  private async commitView(enteringEl: HTMLElement, leavingEl: HTMLElement, ionRouterOuter: HTMLIonRouterOutletElement, direction?: NavDirection, showGoBack?: boolean) {
+  syncRoute(_id: string, routerOutlet: any) {
+    const ionRouterOutlet = React.Children.only(routerOutlet) as React.ReactElement;
 
-    if (enteringEl === leavingEl) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    await ionRouterOuter.commit(enteringEl, leavingEl, {
-      deepWait: true,
-      duration: direction === undefined ? 0 : undefined,
-      direction,
-      showGoBack,
-      progressAnimation: false
+    React.Children.forEach(ionRouterOutlet.props.children, (child: React.ReactElement) => {
+      for (let routeKey in this.routes) {
+        const route = this.routes[routeKey];
+        if (route.props.path == child.props.path) {
+          this.routes[routeKey] = child;
+        }
+      }
     });
+  }
+
+  private async commitView(enteringEl: HTMLElement, leavingEl: HTMLElement, ionRouterOutlet: HTMLIonRouterOutletElement, direction?: NavDirection, showGoBack?: boolean, leavingViewHtml?: string) {
+
+    if ((enteringEl === leavingEl) && direction && leavingViewHtml) {
+      // If a page is transitioning to another version of itself
+      // we clone it so we can have an animation to show
+      const newLeavingElement = clonePageElement(leavingViewHtml);
+      ionRouterOutlet.appendChild(newLeavingElement);
+      await ionRouterOutlet.commit(enteringEl, newLeavingElement, {
+        deepWait: true,
+        duration: direction === undefined ? 0 : undefined,
+        direction,
+        showGoBack,
+        progressAnimation: false
+      });
+      ionRouterOutlet.removeChild(newLeavingElement);
+    } else {
+      await ionRouterOutlet.commit(enteringEl, leavingEl, {
+        deepWait: true,
+        duration: direction === undefined ? 0 : undefined,
+        direction,
+        showGoBack,
+        progressAnimation: false
+      });
+    }
 
     if (leavingEl && (enteringEl !== leavingEl)) {
       /** add hidden attributes */
@@ -357,23 +404,32 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
   }
 
   navigateBack(defaultHref?: string) {
-    const { view: activeIonPage } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId);
-    if (activeIonPage) {
-      const { view: enteringView } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(activeIonPage.prevId);
-      if (enteringView) {
-        const lastLocation = this.locationHistory.findLastLocationByUrl(enteringView.routeData.match!.url);
-        if (lastLocation) {
-          this.handleNavigate('replace', lastLocation.pathname + lastLocation.search, 'back');
+    const { view: leavingView } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(this.activeIonPageId);
+    if (leavingView) {
+      if (leavingView.id === leavingView.prevId) {
+        const previousLocation = this.locationHistory.previous();
+        if(previousLocation) {
+          this.handleNavigate('replace', previousLocation.pathname + previousLocation.search, 'back');
         } else {
-          this.handleNavigate('replace', enteringView.routeData.match!.url, 'back');
-        }
+          defaultHref && this.handleNavigate('replace', defaultHref, 'back');
+        }        
       } else {
-        const currentLocation = this.locationHistory.previous();
-        if (currentLocation) {
-          this.handleNavigate('replace', currentLocation.pathname + currentLocation.search, 'back');
+        const { view: enteringView } = this.state.viewStacks.findViewInfoById(leavingView.prevId);
+        if (enteringView) {
+          const lastLocation = this.locationHistory.findLastLocationByUrl(enteringView.routeData.match!.url);
+          if (lastLocation) {
+            this.handleNavigate('replace', lastLocation.pathname + lastLocation.search, 'back');
+          } else {
+            this.handleNavigate('replace', enteringView.routeData.match!.url, 'back');
+          }
         } else {
-          if (defaultHref) {
-            this.handleNavigate('replace', defaultHref, 'back');
+          const currentLocation = this.locationHistory.previous();
+          if (currentLocation) {
+            this.handleNavigate('replace', currentLocation.pathname + currentLocation.search, 'back');
+          } else {
+            if (defaultHref) {
+              this.handleNavigate('replace', defaultHref, 'back');
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -399,5 +455,18 @@ class RouteManager extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps, RouteManagerStat
   }
 }
 
+function clonePageElement(leavingViewHtml: string) {
+  const newEl = document.createElement('div');
+  newEl.innerHTML = leavingViewHtml;
+  newEl.classList.add('ion-page-hidden');
+  newEl.style.zIndex = null;
+  // Remove an existing back button so the new element doesn't get two of them
+  const ionBackButton = newEl.getElementsByTagName('ion-back-button');
+  if (ionBackButton[0]) {
+    ionBackButton[0].innerHTML = '';
+  }
+  return newEl.firstChild as HTMLElement;
+}
+
 export const RouteManagerWithRouter = withRouter(RouteManager);
 RouteManagerWithRouter.displayName = 'RouteManager';
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/StackManager.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/StackManager.tsx
index f9d85c3168..66a16213af 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/StackManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/StackManager.tsx
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { generateId, isDevMode } from '../utils';
 
-import { RouteManagerContext } from './RouteManagerContext';
+import { RouteManagerContext, RouteManagerContextState } from './RouteManagerContext';
 import { View } from './View';
 import { ViewItem } from './ViewItem';
 import { ViewTransitionManager } from './ViewTransitionManager';
 
 interface StackManagerProps {
   id?: string;
+  routeManager: RouteManagerContextState;
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 interface StackManagerState {
   routerOutletReady: boolean;
 }
 
-export class StackManager extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManagerState> {
+class StackManagerInner extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManagerState> {
   routerOutletEl: React.RefObject<HTMLIonRouterOutletElement> = React.createRef();
-  context!: React.ContextType<typeof RouteManagerContext>;
+
   id: string;
 
   constructor(props: StackManagerProps) {
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export class StackManager extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManage
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.context.setupIonRouter(this.id, this.props.children, this.routerOutletEl.current!);
+    this.props.routeManager.setupIonRouter(this.id, this.props.children, this.routerOutletEl.current!);
     this.routerOutletEl.current!.addEventListener('routerOutletReady', () => {
       this.setState({
         routerOutletReady: true
@@ -39,33 +41,39 @@ export class StackManager extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManage
     });
   }
 
+  static getDerivedStateFromProps(props: StackManagerProps, state: StackManagerState) {
+    props.routeManager.syncRoute('', props.children);
+    return state;
+  }
+
   componentWillUnmount() {
-    this.context.removeViewStack(this.id);
+    this.props.routeManager.removeViewStack(this.id);
   }
 
   handleViewSync(page: HTMLElement, viewId: string) {
-    this.context.syncView(page, viewId);
+    this.props.routeManager.syncView(page, viewId);
   }
 
   handleHideView(viewId: string) {
-    this.context.hideView(viewId);
+    this.props.routeManager.hideView(viewId);
   }
 
-  renderChild(item: ViewItem) {
-    const component = React.cloneElement(item.route, {
+  renderChild(item: ViewItem, route: any) {
+    const component = React.cloneElement(route, {
       computedMatch: item.routeData.match
     });
     return component;
   }
 
   render() {
-    const context = this.context;
-    const viewStack = context.viewStacks.get(this.id);
+    const routeManager = this.props.routeManager;
+    const viewStack = routeManager.viewStacks.get(this.id);
     const views = (viewStack || { views: [] }).views.filter(x => x.show);
     const ionRouterOutlet = React.Children.only(this.props.children) as React.ReactElement;
     const { routerOutletReady } = this.state;
 
     const childElements = routerOutletReady ? views.map(view => {
+      const route = routeManager.getRoute(view.routeId);
       return (
         <ViewTransitionManager
           id={view.id}
@@ -76,8 +84,9 @@ export class StackManager extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManage
             onViewSync={this.handleViewSync}
             onHideView={this.handleHideView}
             view={view}
+            route={route}
           >
-            {this.renderChild(view)}
+            {this.renderChild(view, route)}
           </View>
         </ViewTransitionManager>
       );
@@ -99,8 +108,14 @@ export class StackManager extends React.Component<StackManagerProps, StackManage
 
     return routerOutletChild;
   }
+}
 
-  static get contextType() {
-    return RouteManagerContext;
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+const withContext = (Component: any) => {
+  return (props: any) => (
+    <RouteManagerContext.Consumer>
+      {context => <Component {...props} routeManager={context} />}
+    </RouteManagerContext.Consumer>
+  )
+}
+
+export const StackManager = withContext(StackManagerInner);
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/View.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/View.tsx
index 95043e0858..9ce1561b1d 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/View.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/View.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface ViewProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> {
   onViewSync: (page: HTMLElement, viewId: string) => void;
   onHideView: (viewId: string) => void;
   view: ViewItem;
+  route: any;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ export class View extends React.Component<ViewProps, {}> {
     /**
      * If we can tell if view is a redirect, hide it so it will work again in future
      */
-    const { view } = this.props;
-    if (view.route.type === Redirect) {
+    const { view, route } = this.props;
+    if (route.type === Redirect) {
       this.props.onHideView(view.id);
-    } else if (view.route.type === Route && view.route.props.render) {
-      if (view.route.props.render().type === Redirect) {
+    } else if (route.type === Route && route.props.render) {
+      if (route.props.render().type === Redirect) {
         this.props.onHideView(view.id);
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewItem.ts b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewItem.ts
index 22b7e597e9..f9bc4932a6 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewItem.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewItem.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ export interface ViewItem<RouteData = any> {
   id: string;
   /** The key used by React. A new key is generated each time the view comes into the DOM so React thinks its a completely new element. */
   key: string;
+
+  routeId: string;
   /** The <Route /> or <Redirect /> component associated with the view */
-  route: React.ReactElement<any>;
+  // route: React.ReactElement<any>;
   /** The reference to the <IonPage /> element. */
   ionPageElement?: HTMLElement;
   /** The routeData for the view. */
@@ -23,4 +25,9 @@ export interface ViewItem<RouteData = any> {
    * An IonRoute is a Route that contains an IonPage. Only IonPages participate in transition and lifecycle events.
    */
   isIonRoute: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * location of the view
+   */
+  location?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewStacks.ts b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewStacks.ts
index 660baa87c5..dd37a895cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewStacks.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/ViewStacks.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ export class ViewStacks {
         path: v.routeData.childProps.path || v.routeData.childProps.from,
         component: v.routeData.childProps.component
       };
-      match = matchPath(location.pathname, matchProps);
-      if (match) {
+      const myMatch: IonRouteData['match'] | null | undefined = matchPath(location.pathname, matchProps);
+      if (myMatch) {
         view = v;
-        return true;
+        match = myMatch;
+        return view.location === location.pathname;
       }
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonTabBar.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonTabBar.tsx
index fb656acfd0..c22c32257d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonTabBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/navigation/IonTabBar.tsx
@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ const IonTabBarUnwrapped = /*@__PURE__*/(() => class extends React.Component<Pro
   }
 
   private onTabButtonClick = (e: CustomEvent<{ href: string, selected: boolean, tab: string }>) => {
+    const originalHref = this.state.tabs[e.detail.tab].originalHref;
+    const currentHref = this.state.tabs[e.detail.tab].currentHref;
     if (this.state.activeTab === e.detail.tab) {
-      const originalHref = this.state.tabs[e.detail.tab].originalHref;
-      if (this.context.hasIonicRouter()) {
-        this.context.tabNavigate(originalHref);
+      if (originalHref === currentHref) {
+        this.context.navigate(originalHref, 'none');
       } else {
-        this.context.navigate(originalHref, 'back');
+        this.context.navigate(originalHref, 'back', 'replace');
       }
     } else {
       if (this.props.onIonTabsWillChange) {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ const IonTabBarUnwrapped = /*@__PURE__*/(() => class extends React.Component<Pro
       if (this.props.onIonTabsDidChange) {
         this.props.onIonTabsDidChange(new CustomEvent('ionTabDidChange', { detail: { tab: e.detail.tab } }));
       }
-      this.context.navigate(this.state.tabs[e.detail.tab].currentHref, 'none');
+      this.context.navigate(currentHref, 'none');
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/contexts/NavContext.ts b/packages/react/src/contexts/NavContext.ts
index cafd475aa4..6dadf48445 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/contexts/NavContext.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/contexts/NavContext.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ export interface NavContextState {
   getPageManager: () => any;
   getStackManager: () => any;
   goBack: (defaultHref?: string) => void;
-  navigate: (path: string, direction?: RouterDirection | 'none') => void;
+  navigate: (path: string, direction?: RouterDirection | 'none', type?: 'push' | 'replace') => void;
   hasIonicRouter: () => boolean;
   registerIonPage: (page: HTMLElement) => void;
-  tabNavigate: (url: string) => void;
   currentPath: string | undefined;
 }
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ export const NavContext = /*@__PURE__*/React.createContext<NavContextState>({
     }
   },
   navigate: (path: string) => { window.location.pathname = path; },
-  tabNavigate: () => undefined,
   hasIonicRouter: () => false,
   registerIonPage: () => undefined,
   currentPath: undefined