Angular2 (rc4) - Check active child route in parent component

Question

I am trying to check the active child route in a parent component, but I am having difficulties with it.

I have tried to subscribe to the ActivatedRoute by doing som

Answer 1

You can access active child route using below code snippet

constructor(private router:Router, private currentActivatedRoute:ActivatedRoute)
// this should be called in ngOnInit
    var state = this.router.routerState
    var children = state.children(this.currentActivatedRoute)

RouterState, Tree