The guard would be executed before the component is rendered so you could have your test in it and use the router to navigate to login or signup. Regards, Arnaud.
On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 10:34:51 UTC+1 alexande...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Arnaud - > what I mean is: the app.component will render some default view (say > home), then switch to signup or login. what I want is to not render home, > just something blank and then switch to signup or login? not sure if that > makes sense. basically dont want to show/render something for 50ms, then > switch to something else. > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 12:59 AM Arnaud Deman <arnaud...@io.cool> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> You could use a route guard : >> https://angular.io/guide/router#preventing-unauthorized-access >> Regards, >> Arnaud. >> On Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 13:34:18 UTC+1 alexande...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> when the page first loads I want to navigate to /login or /signup >>> depending on localStorage value. but I don't want to render anything before >>> navigating to one of those. I have this in app.component.ts: >>> >>> import { Component } from '@angular/core'; >>> import {Router} from "@angular/router"; >>> >>> @Component({ >>> selector: 'app-root', >>> templateUrl: './app.component.html', >>> styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] >>> }) >>> export class AppComponent { >>> >>> constructor( >>> private router: Router >>> ) {} >>> >>> getStoredEmail(){ >>> return localStorage.getItem('email') >>> } >>> >>> ngOnInit(): void{ >>> if(this.getStoredEmail()){ >>> this.router.navigate(['/login']) >>> } else { >>> this.router.navigate(['/signup']) >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> >>> is this the right approach? the problem is that it will render the app >>> component before rendering the login or signup component? >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Angular and AngularJS discussion" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/angular/HvwXNfqzk2c/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> angular+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/angular/648e70b9-52cb-42a2-a27e-b77f99c81da3n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/angular/648e70b9-52cb-42a2-a27e-b77f99c81da3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Alexander D. Mills > New cell phone # (415)730-1805 <(415)%20730-1805> > linkedin.com/in/alexanderdmills > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Angular and AngularJS discussion" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to angular+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/angular/d22c53de-81de-4bd5-b219-d86ae128b588n%40googlegroups.com.