`RouterOutlet` components can initialize _during_ change detection (for
example, if they exist in an embedded view). When this happens, data
from the router should be bound immediately to the routed components
rather than not being available until the next round of change
detection. This is mostly just a problem for testing because change
detection is triggered manually. It would be surprising to have to
detect changes _twice_ on the fixture in order to get data bound to the
routed component.
PR Close#49741
`RouterTestingModule` is not needed as of v16. Instead, TestBed
automatically provides `MockPlatformLocation` in order to help test
navigations in the application. The location mocks in the
RouterTestingModule aren't necessary anymore.
There doesn't appear to be any real documentation around
`RouterTestingModule` other than the API docs.
PR Close#49427
The easiest way to access route data is now to use direct bindings to
component inputs rather than going through `ActivatedRoute`.
The tour of heroes guide still uses `ActivatedRoute` for now. I was
hesitant to remove all of the content in one swoop and the tour of
heroes is quite a bit more involved.
PR Close#49633
Adds ability for `RouterOutlet` to bind `Router` information to the routed
component's inputs. This commit also exposes some helpers for
implementers of custom outlets to do their own input binding if desired.
Resolves#18967
PR Close#49633
This commit updates the 'name' of `RouterOutlet` to be an `Input` rather
than an attribute. Note that this change does not affect `[attr.name]=`
because those already would not have worked. The static name was only
read in the constructor and if it wasn't available, it would use
'PRIMARY' instead.
fixes#12522
BREAKING CHANGE: Previously, the `RouterOutlet` would immediately
instantiate the component being activated during navigation. Now the
component is not instantiated until the change detection runs. This
could affect tests which do not trigger change detection after a router
navigation. In rarer cases, this can affect production code that relies
on the exact timing of component availability.
PR Close#46569
Andrew Scott