Angular 6 routing redirecting

Question

I'm new to Angular and writing my first Angular application for admin dashboard.

I have to setup two layouts

1. for authentication like login, logout, forgot-password, etc
2. admin dashboard will come after login

for that I have setup two layout components

1. admin-layout
2. auth-layout

and put all auth components in auth module

The directory structure of my application is like

app
|- e2e
|- node_modules
|- src
   |- app
      |- auth (module)
         |- login (component)
            |- login.component.ts
            |- login.component.html
         |- register (component)
            |- register.component.ts
            |- register.component.html
         |- auth.module.ts
      |- dashboard (component for auth users)
         |- dashboard.component.ts
         |- dashboard.component.html
      |- layouts ( directory)
         |- admin-layout (component)
            |- admin-layout.component.html
            |- admin-layout.component.ts
            |- admin-layout.module.ts
            |- admin-layout.routing.ts
         |- auth-layout (component)
            |- auth-layout.component.html
            |- auth-layout.component.ts
            |- auth-layout.module.ts
            |- auth-layout.routing.ts
      |- app.component.html
      |- app.component.ts
      |- app.module.ts
      |- app-routing.module.ts
   |- assets
   |- index.html

content of app-routing.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

import {AppRoutingModule} from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
import {RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
import {NgbModule} from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
import {HttpClientModule} from '@angular/common/http';
import { AdminLayoutComponent } from './layouts/admin-layout/admin-layout.component';
import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import {ComponentsModule} from './components/components.module';
import { AuthLayoutComponent } from './layouts/auth-layout/auth-layout.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent,
    AdminLayoutComponent,
    AuthLayoutComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    FormsModule,
    HttpClientModule,
    RouterModule,
    AppRoutingModule,
    NgbModule.forRoot(),
    ComponentsModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

content of app-routing.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { Routes, RouterModule } from '@angular/router';

import {AdminLayoutComponent} from './layouts/admin-layout/admin-layout.component';
import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
import {AuthLayoutComponent} from './layouts/auth-layout/auth-layout.component';

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'dashboard', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: '', component: AdminLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/admin-layout/admin-layout.module#AdminLayoutModule'}
    ] },
  { path: '', component: AuthLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/auth-layout/auth-layout.module#AuthLayoutModule'}
    ]}
];

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    BrowserModule,
    RouterModule.forRoot(routes)
  ],
  exports: [
    RouterModule
  ]
})
export class AppRoutingModule { }

content of admin-layout.routing.ts

import { Routes } from '@angular/router';
import {DashboardComponent} from '../../dashboard/dashboard.component';

export const AdminLayoutRoutes: Routes = [
  { path: 'dashboard', component: DashboardComponent}
];

content of admin-layout.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';

import { AdminLayoutRoutes } from './admin-layout.routing';
import { DashboardComponent } from '../../dashboard/dashboard.component';
import { IconsComponent } from '../../icons/icons.component';
import {ChartsModule} from 'ng2-charts';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    RouterModule.forChild(AdminLayoutRoutes),
    FormsModule,
    ChartsModule,
    NgbModule
  ],
  declarations: [
    DashboardComponent,
    IconsComponent
  ]
})
export class AdminLayoutModule { }

content of auth-layout.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import {RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
import {AuthLayoutRoutes} from './auth-layout.routing';
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
import {NgbModule} from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
import {AuthModule} from '../../auth/auth.module';
import {LoginComponent} from '../../auth/login/login.component';
import {RegisterComponent} from '../../auth/register/register.component';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    CommonModule,
    RouterModule.forChild(AuthLayoutRoutes),
    FormsModule,
    NgbModule,
    AuthModule
  ],
  declarations: [
    LoginComponent,
    RegisterComponent
  ]
})
export class AuthLayoutModule { }

content of auth-layout.routing.ts

import {Routes} from '@angular/router';
import {LoginComponent} from '../../auth/login/login.component';
import {RegisterComponent} from '../../auth/register/register.component';
import {ForgotPasswordComponent} from '../../auth/forgot-password/forgot-password.component';
import {ResetPasswordComponent} from '../../auth/reset-password/reset-password.component';

export const AuthLayoutRoutes: Routes = [
  {path: 'login', component: LoginComponent},
  {path: 'register', component: RegisterComponent},
  {path: 'forgot-password', component: ForgotPasswordComponent},
  {path: 'reset-password', component: ResetPasswordComponent}
];

Question

On accessing localhost:4200 is redirecting to localhost:4200/dashboard and it's working as dashboard path is set in admin routing.

But on accessing localhost:4200/login is redirecting to localhost:4200 and login routing is not working from auth routing.

App code url: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-lwevqj
App url: https://angular-lwevqj.stackblitz.io

Answer 1

It is redirecting to /dashboard as your global routing file has defined on the top to redirect any calls to Dashboard component.

See the first path definition in your global routing file

In this angular project the hierarchy is built up. It has been assumed that the user will go to dashboard first.

If you want to go directly to Login Component just add /login for the login component route in your global routing file.

But please take care of routing in your login module. I would suggest to use child routing of the form /child1/child2 only if you really want to have that dependent url.

If you want to make some of your components to be of the form /name , they should be present globally.

You can see more on Angular 6 Docs

Answer 2

you are using this code { path: '', redirectTo: 'dashboard', pathMatch: 'full' } in (app-routing.module.ts) file so on accessing localhost:4200 is redirecting to localhost:4200/dashboard and it's working as dashboard.

firstly set your by default path location where you want to redirect like { path: '', redirectTo: 'login', pathMatch: 'full' } if you will use this code then your url automatic redirect to login component when you will enter localhost:4200.

Answer 3

Your routes should be like -

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'dashboard', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'admin', component: AdminLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/admin-layout/admin-layout.module#AdminLayoutModule'}
    ] },
  { path: 'auth', component: AuthLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/auth-layout/auth-layout.module#AuthLayoutModule'}
    ]}
];

Also your auth routes should be like -

export const AuthLayoutRoutes: Routes = [
  {path: '', component: LoginComponent},
  {path: 'register', component: RegisterComponent},
  {path: 'forgot-password', component: ForgotPasswordComponent},
  {path: 'reset-password', component: ResetPasswordComponent}
];

Calls should be -

Login - localhost:4200/auth/login Register - localhost:4200/auth/register Similarly others

Answer 4

You should change your main routes (replace '' with 'login'), I think the problem is here:

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'dashboard', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: '', component: AdminLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/admin-layout/admin-layout.module#AdminLayoutModule'}
    ] },
  { path: 'login', component: AuthLayoutComponent, children: [
      {path: '', loadChildren: './layouts/auth-layout/auth-layout.module#AuthLayoutModule'}
    ]}
];