Note: this component should only be used with vanilla and Stencil JavaScript projects. For Angular projects, use ion-router-outlet and the Angular router.

Navigation hooks can be used to perform tasks or act as navigation guards. Hooks are used by providing functions to the beforeEnter and beforeLeave properties on each ion-route. Returning true allows navigation to proceed, while returning false causes it to be cancelled. Returning an object of type NavigationHookOptions allows you to redirect navigation to another page.

Interfaces

interface NavigationHookOptions {
  /**
   * A valid path to redirect navigation to.
   */
  redirect: string;
}

Usage

Javascript

<ion-router>
  <ion-route url="/home" component="page-home"></ion-route>
  <ion-route url="/dashboard" component="page-dashboard"></ion-route>
  <ion-route url="/new-message" component="page-new-message"></ion-route>
  <ion-route url="/login" component="page-login"></ion-route>
</ion-router>

const dashboardPage = document.querySelector('ion-route[url="/dashboard"]');
dashboardPage.beforeEnter = isLoggedInGuard;

const newMessagePage = document.querySelector('ion-route[url="/dashboard"]');
newMessagePage.beforeLeave = hasUnsavedDataGuard;

const isLoggedInGuard = async () => {
  const isLoggedIn = await UserData.isLoggedIn(); // Replace this with actual login validation
  
  if (isLoggedIn) {
    return true;
  } else {
    return { redirect: '/login' }; // If a user is not logged in, they will be redirected to the /login page
  }
}

const hasUnsavedDataGuard = async () => {
  const hasUnsavedData = await checkData(); // Replace this with actual validation
  
  if (hasUnsavedData) {
    return await confirmDiscardChanges();
  } else {
    return true;
  }
}

const confirmDiscardChanges = async () => {
  const alert = document.createElement('ion-alert');
  alert.header = 'Discard Unsaved Changes?';
  alert.message = 'Are you sure you want to leave? Any unsaved changed will be lost.';
  alert.buttons = [
    {
      text: 'Cancel',
      role: 'Cancel',
    },
    {
      text: 'Discard',
      role: 'destructive',
    }
  ];
  
  document.body.appendChild(alert);
  
  await alert.present();
  
  const { role } = await alert.onDidDismiss();
  
  return (role === 'Cancel') ? false : true;
}

Stencil

import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';
import { alertController } from '@ionic/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'router-example',
  styleUrl: 'router-example.css'
})
export class RouterExample {
  render() {
    return (
      <ion-router>
        <ion-route url="/home" component="page-home"></ion-route>
        <ion-route url="/dashboard" component="page-dashboard" beforeEnter={isLoggedInGuard}></ion-route>
        <ion-route url="/new-message" component="page-new-message" beforeLeave={hasUnsavedDataGuard}></ion-route>
        <ion-route url="/login" component="page-login"></ion-route>
      </ion-router>
    )
  }
}

const isLoggedInGuard = async () => {
  const isLoggedIn = await UserData.isLoggedIn(); // Replace this with actual login validation
  
  if (isLoggedIn) {
    return true;
  } else {
    return { redirect: '/login' }; // If a user is not logged in, they will be redirected to the /login page
  }
}

const hasUnsavedDataGuard = async () => {
  const hasUnsavedData = await checkData(); // Replace this with actual validation
  
  if (hasUnsavedData) {
    return await confirmDiscardChanges();
  } else {
    return true;
  }
}

const confirmDiscardChanges = async () => {
  const alert = await alertController.create({
    header: 'Discard Unsaved Changes?',
    message: 'Are you sure you want to leave? Any unsaved changed will be lost.',
    buttons: [
      {
        text: 'Cancel',
        role: 'Cancel',
      },
      {
        text: 'Discard',
        role: 'destructive',
      }
    ]
  });
  
  await alert.present();
  
  const { role } = await alert.onDidDismiss();
  
  return (role === 'Cancel') ? false : true;
}

Vue

<template>
  <ion-router>
    <ion-route url="/home" component="page-home"></ion-route>
    <ion-route url="/dashboard" component="page-dashboard" :beforeEnter="isLoggedInGuard"></ion-route>
    <ion-route url="/new-message" component="page-new-message" :beforeLeave="hasUnsavedDataGuard"></ion-route>
    <ion-route url="/login" component="page-login"></ion-route>
  </ion-router>
</template>

<script>
  import { alertController } from '@ionic/vue';

  const isLoggedInGuard = async () => {
    const isLoggedIn = await UserData.isLoggedIn(); // Replace this with actual login validation
    
    if (isLoggedIn) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return { redirect: '/login' }; // If a user is not logged in, they will be redirected to the /login page
    }
  }
  
  const hasUnsavedDataGuard = async () => {
    const hasUnsavedData = await checkData(); // Replace this with actual validation
    
    if (hasUnsavedData) {
      return await confirmDiscardChanges();
    } else {
      return true;
    }
  }
  
  const confirmDiscardChanges = async () => {
    const alert = await alertController.create({
      header: 'Discard Unsaved Changes?',
      message: 'Are you sure you want to leave? Any unsaved changed will be lost.',
      buttons: [
        {
          text: 'Cancel',
          role: 'Cancel',
        },
        {
          text: 'Discard',
          role: 'destructive',
        }
      ]
    });
    
    await alert.present();
    
    const { role } = await alert.onDidDismiss();
    
    return (role === 'Cancel') ? false : true;
  }
</script>

Properties

Property	Attribute	Description	Type	Default
`beforeEnter`	--	A navigation hook that is fired when the route tries to enter. Returning `true` allows the navigation to proceed, while returning `false` causes it to be cancelled. Returning a `NavigationHookOptions` object causes the router to redirect to the path specified.	`(() => boolean \| NavigationHookOptions \| Promise<NavigationHookResult>) \| undefined`	`undefined`
`beforeLeave`	--	A navigation hook that is fired when the route tries to leave. Returning `true` allows the navigation to proceed, while returning `false` causes it to be cancelled. Returning a `NavigationHookOptions` object causes the router to redirect to the path specified.	`(() => boolean \| NavigationHookOptions \| Promise<NavigationHookResult>) \| undefined`	`undefined`
`component` (required)	`component`	Name of the component to load/select in the navigation outlet (`ion-tabs`, `ion-nav`) when the route matches. The value of this property is not always the tagname of the component to load, in `ion-tabs` it actually refers to the name of the `ion-tab` to select.	`string`	`undefined`
`componentProps`	--	A key value `{ 'red': true, 'blue': 'white'}` containing props that should be passed to the defined component when rendered.	`undefined \| { [key: string]: any; }`	`undefined`
`url`	`url`	Relative path that needs to match in order for this route to apply. Accepts paths similar to expressjs so that you can define parameters in the url /foo/:bar where bar would be available in incoming props.	`string`	`''`

Events

Event	Description	Type
`ionRouteDataChanged`	Used internally by `ion-router` to know when this route did change.	`CustomEvent<any>`

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Navigation Hooks