How to use multiple router-outlet in angular2?

Question

I have a main router-outlet, which is used to display a login screen (/login) and the main content screen(which is shown after login) (/main

Answer 1

So if I get the question right you want to have login screen initially and after the user logs in, you want him to see /main where navigation is shown. Both login screen and main application should have a different layout.

We have a similar case and using LayoutComponent. Here's simplified example.

// This is main component that get's bootstrapped that has 'top-level' router.
@Component({selector: 'app', template: ''})
class AppComponent {}

// main router config
// Here AuthModule has router with login and logout configured and LoginGuard
// redirect the user to /auth/login when she is not authenticated.
// We're using lazy-loading but you can use direct component instead
export const APP_ROUTES: Routes = [
  {path: '', redirectTo: 'main', pathMatch: 'full'},
  {path: 'auth', loadChildren: '../modules/+auth/auth.module#AuthModule'},
  {
    path: '',
    component: LayoutComponent,
    canActivate: [LoginGuard],
    children: [
      {path: 'main', loadChildren: '../modules/+main/main.module#MainModule'}
    ]
  }
];

// AuthModule/LoginComponent has own template and it will be rendered
// into 'top-level' router-outlet.

// LayoutComponent
// Here you define your main application layout that can include navigation
// and anything else that are global to the app. It has another router-outlet
// that get rendered when the layout is accessible (which in this case when the user is authenticated).
@Component({
  selector: 'app-layout',
  template: `
    

      
      

        
      
    
    
    
  `
})
export class LayoutComponent {}

// Auth/LoginComponent can have its own template that will have different layout from the main application

So the flow would be like so:

• when the user tries to load / then she redirected to /main
• if the user is not authenticated she redirected to /auth/login else she loads /main

Hope that helps.

EDIT: Updated sickelap/ng-starter repository with example app that has:

• routing with lazy-loading
• layouts
• and other things