Updated for RC5 Instead of starting with the current URL and trying to get the routes from the URL, you can get all of the activated routes (associated with the primary outlet) from the RouterState: After the end of each successful navigation lifecycle, the router builds a tree of ActivatedRoutes, which make up the current … Read more
Since ActivatedRoute can be reused, ActivatedRouteSnapshot is an immutable object representing a particular version of ActivatedRoute. It exposes all the same properties as ActivatedRoute as plain values, while ActivatedRoute exposes them as observables. Here is the comment in the implementation: export class ActivatedRoute { /** The current snapshot of this route */ snapshot: ActivatedRouteSnapshot; If … Read more
No From the docs : When subscribing to an observable in a component, you almost always arrange to unsubscribe when the component is destroyed. There are a few exceptional observables where this is not necessary. The ActivatedRoute observables are among the exceptions. The ActivatedRoute and its observables are insulated from the Router itself. The Router … Read more
If you are using the new router (3.0.0-beta2), you can use the ActivatedRoute to navigate to relative path as follow: constructor(private router: Router, private r:ActivatedRoute) {} /// // DOES NOT WORK SEE UPDATE goToContact() { this.router.navigate([“../contacts”], { relativeTo: this.r }); } Update 08/02/2019 Angular 7.1.0 current route: /department/7/employees/45/sales the old version will do: /department/7/employees/45/sales/contacts As … Read more