Angular 2 router no base href set

Question

I am getting an error and can\'t find why. Here is the error:

EXCEPTION: Error during instantiation of LocationStrategy! (RouterOutlet -> Router -> Loc         


        

Answer 1

Check your index.html. If you have accidentally removed the following part, include it and it will be fine

<base href="/">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">

Answer 2

I had faced similar issue with Angular4 and Jasmine unit tests; below given solution worked for me

Add below import statement

import { APP_BASE_HREF } from '@angular/common';

Add below statement for TestBed configuration:

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
    providers: [
        { provide: APP_BASE_HREF, useValue : '/' }
    ]
})