Can't resolve all parameters for Router: (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) in Angular RC 5 when unit testing

Question

I just upgraded to Angular RC 5 and now all component that uses \'ROUTER_DIRECTIVES\' fails with \'Can\'t resolve all parameters for Router: (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)\' when I t

Answer 1

Was finally able to fix it, and it was as simple as this:

beforeEach(() => addProviders([
    { 
        provide: Router, 
        useClass: class { navigate = jasmine.createSpy("navigate"); }
    }]));

Answer 2

I did not have any luck with the above solutions. Instead, I followed the recommended approach in the official documentation: Testing Routed Components

First, create a stubbed router with whatever methods your component calls:

class RouterStub {
  navigateByUrl(url: string) {
    return url;
  }
}

Then, when configuring your testing module you do the following:

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
  declarations: [HeaderComponent],
  providers: [
    {provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub}
  ]
});