How do I get routes to work with AngularDart? - dart

Question

This is my code,
import 'package:angular/angular.dart';
class AppModule extends Module {
AppModule(){
type(AppController);
type(LoginController);
type(RouteInitializer, implementedBy: AppRouter);
}
}
class AppRouter implements RouteInitializer {
init(Router router, ViewFactory view) {
router.root
..addRoute(
name: 'login',
path: '/login',
enter: view('app/views/login.tpl.html'))
..addRoute(
defaultRoute: true,
name: 'index',
enter: view('app/views/index.tpl.html'));
}
}
#NgController(selector: '[app-ctrl]', publishAs: 'ctrl')
class AppController {
}
#NgController(selector: '[login-ctrl]', publishAs: 'ctrl')
class LoginController {
Http _http;
String works = 'Works.';
LoginController(this._http);
}
No routes are working, clicking on a '#/login' link does not change the url or the view.
Log says
clicked /app/web/index.html#/login
route /app/web/index.html [Route: null]
route [Route: index]
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

There might be a couple of problems with this code. From what I can see the most likely problem is that the routing is using pushState. When you use pushState you don't manipulate the url using a hash. For more information on that see:
Manipulating Browser History
Angular will use push state when a browser supports it.
bind(NgRoutingUsePushState, toValue: new NgRoutingUsePushState.value(false));
Giving you are module of:
class AppModule extends Module {
AppModule(){
bind(AppController);
bind(LoginController);
bind(RouteInitializer, implementedBy: AppRouter);
bind(NgRoutingUsePushState, toValue: new NgRoutingUsePushState.value(false));
}
}
Other possible problems include:
Not having an ng-view directive
Not setting the ng-bind-route in app/views/login.tpl.html, and app/views/index.tpl.html
When I made all these changes your code worked correctly for me when navigating to #/login