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ion-nav

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Nav is a standalone component for loading arbitrary components and pushing new components on to the stack.

Unlike Router Outlet, Nav is not tied to a particular router. This means that if we load a Nav component, and push other components to the stack, they will not affect the app's overall router. For example, you should not push a new component to ion-nav and expect the URL to update. This fits use cases where you could have a modal, which needs its own sub-navigation, without making it tied to the apps URL.

note

ion-nav is not meant to be used for routing. Instead, see the routing guides for Angular, React, and Vue, or ion-router for vanilla JavaScript projects.

NavLink is a simplified API when interacting with Nav. Developers can customize the component, pass along component properties, modify the direction of the route animation or define a custom animation when navigating.

Modal can use Nav to offer a linear navigation that is independent of the URL.

note

The example below uses a reference to Nav and the public method APIs to push and pop views. It is recommended to use NavLink in implementations that do not require this level of granular access and control.

Interfaces

While not required, this interface can be used in place of the CustomEvent interface for stronger typing with Ionic events emitted from this component.

interface NavCustomEvent extends CustomEvent {
target: HTMLIonNavElement;
}

Properties

animated

DescriptionIf true, the nav should animate the transition of components.
Attributeanimated
Typeboolean
Defaulttrue

animation

DescriptionBy default ion-nav animates transition between pages based in the mode (ios or material design). However, this property allows to create custom transition using AnimationBuilder functions.
Attributeundefined
Type((baseEl: any, opts?: any) => Animation) | undefined
Defaultundefined

root

DescriptionRoot NavComponent to load
Attributeroot
TypeFunction | HTMLElement | ViewController | null | string | undefined
Defaultundefined

rootParams

DescriptionAny parameters for the root component
Attributeundefined
Typeundefined | { [key: string]: any; }
Defaultundefined

swipeGesture

DescriptionIf the nav component should allow for swipe-to-go-back.
Attributeswipe-gesture
Typeboolean | undefined
Defaultundefined

Events

NameDescriptionBubbles
ionNavDidChangeEvent fired when the nav has changed componentsfalse
ionNavWillChangeEvent fired when the nav will change componentsfalse

Methods

canGoBack

DescriptionReturns true if the current view can go back.
SignaturecanGoBack(view?: ViewController) => Promise<boolean>

getActive

DescriptionGet the active view.
SignaturegetActive() => Promise<ViewController | undefined>

getByIndex

DescriptionGet the view at the specified index.
SignaturegetByIndex(index: number) => Promise<ViewController | undefined>

getLength

DescriptionReturns the number of views in the stack.
SignaturegetLength() => Promise<number>

getPrevious

DescriptionGet the previous view.
SignaturegetPrevious(view?: ViewController) => Promise<ViewController | undefined>

insert

DescriptionInserts a component into the navigation stack at the specified index. This is useful to add a component at any point in the navigation stack.
Signatureinsert<T extends NavComponent>(insertIndex: number, component: T, componentProps?: ComponentProps<T> | null, opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

insertPages

DescriptionInserts an array of components into the navigation stack at the specified index. The last component in the array will become instantiated as a view, and animate in to become the active view.
SignatureinsertPages(insertIndex: number, insertComponents: NavComponent[] | NavComponentWithProps[], opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

pop

DescriptionPop a component off of the navigation stack. Navigates back from the current component.
Signaturepop(opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

popTo

DescriptionPop to a specific index in the navigation stack.
SignaturepopTo(indexOrViewCtrl: number | ViewController, opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

popToRoot

DescriptionNavigate back to the root of the stack, no matter how far back that is.
SignaturepopToRoot(opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

push

DescriptionPush a new component onto the current navigation stack. Pass any additional information along as an object. This additional information is accessible through NavParams.
Signaturepush<T extends NavComponent>(component: T, componentProps?: ComponentProps<T> | null, opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

removeIndex

DescriptionRemoves a component from the navigation stack at the specified index.
SignatureremoveIndex(startIndex: number, removeCount?: number, opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

setPages

DescriptionSet the views of the current navigation stack and navigate to the last view. By default animations are disabled, but they can be enabled by passing options to the navigation controller. Navigation parameters can also be passed to the individual pages in the array.
SignaturesetPages(views: NavComponent[] | NavComponentWithProps[], opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

setRoot

DescriptionSet the root for the current navigation stack to a component.
SignaturesetRoot<T extends NavComponent>(component: T, componentProps?: ComponentProps<T> | null, opts?: NavOptions | null, done?: TransitionDoneFn) => Promise<boolean>

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