How to detect a route change in Angular?

Question

I am looking to detect a route change in my AppComponent.

Thereafter I will check the global user token to see if he is logged in. Then I can redirect t

Answer 1

Capture route change events in the following manner...

import { Component, OnInit, Output, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
import { Router, NavigationStart, NavigationEnd, Event as NavigationEvent } from '@angular/router';

@Component({
    selector: "my-app",
    templateUrl: "app/app.component.html",
    styleUrls: ["app/app.component.css"]
})
export class AppComponent {

    constructor(private cacheComponentObj: CacheComponent,
        private router: Router) {

        /*  Route event types
            NavigationEnd
            NavigationCancel
            NavigationError
            RoutesRecognized
        */
        router.events.forEach((event: NavigationEvent) => {

            //Before Navigation
            if (event instanceof NavigationStart) {
                switch (event.url) {
                case "/app/home":
                {
                    //Do Work
                    break;
                }
                case "/app/About":
                {
                    //Do Work
                    break;
                }
                }
            }

            //After Navigation
            if (event instanceof NavigationEnd) {
                switch (event.url) {
                case "/app/home":
                {
                    //Do Work
                    break;
                }
                case "/app/About":
                {
                    //Do Work
                    break;
                }
                }
            }
        });
    }
}