Creating a new router

Creating a new router

1) First, create a new routing module:

ng generate module app-routing

2) Create a file named `routes.ts` in `app-routing` folder:

import { Routes } from '@angular/router';
 
import { Component1 } from '../component1/component1.component';
import { Component2 } from '../component1/component1.component';
import { HomeComponent } from '../home/home.component';
 
export const routes: Routes = [
  { path: 'home',  component: HomeComponent },
  { path: 'component1',     component: Component1 },
  { path: 'component2',     component: Component2 },
  { path: '', redirectTo: '/home', pathMatch: 'full' }
];

3) Update the `app-routing.module.ts` with the `forRoot` and `exports` lines:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
 
import { routes } from './routes';
 
@NgModule({
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    RouterModule.forRoot(routes)
  ],
  exports: [ RouterModule ],
  declarations: []
})
export class AppRoutingModule { }

4) Update the `app.module.ts` to use the `AppRoutingModule` we just created:

. . .
 
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing/app-routing.module';
 
@NgModule({
  . . .
 
    imports: [
      . . .
      AppRoutingModule
    ],
 
  . . .
})
 
. . .

5) Use the `router-outlet` in some HTML file. The route changes will be reflected there:

<router-outlet></router-outlet>

6) The last thing to do is use a link to change the route. In any HTML file:

<a routerLink="/home">Home</a><br />
<a routerLink="/component1">Component 1</a><br />
<a routerLink="/component2">Component 2</a><br />