Angular2 routing - adding the hashtag using LocationStrategy not working?

Question

I\'m following the simple quickstart app from the Angular2 docs and I\'m using a spring backend to run it. My problem is that the angular router ditched the hashtag from the

Answer 1

Angular2 <= RC.5

The ROUTER_PROVIDERS need to be added before LocationStrategy otherwise your previously added LocationStrategy gets overridden.

bootstrap(
    TestComponent, 
    [
        ROUTER_PROVIDERS, 
        // must be listed after `ROUTER_PROVIDERS`
        provide(LocationStrategy, { useClass: HashLocationStrategy })
    ]
);

delete this line

providers: [ROUTER_PROVIDERS]

from TestComponent