Angular 2 RC1 Router doesn't work without any routerLInk

Question

i have serious problem with angular 2 (RC1) router.

This code works:

<a [routerLink]="['/anythingEvenNotExistingRoute']"></a>
<router-outlet></router-outlet>

This doesn't:

//<a [routerLink]="['/anything']"></a>  <-- without this line in html template
<router-outlet></router-outlet>

...so it looks like angular router needs atleast one routerLink in html template.. thats pretty strange..

Answer 1

This is currently a bug present in the Angular 2 RC Router https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/8409.

As mentioned in the GitHub issue, to get around it you can either inject the router into AppComponent or just put an empty router link (<a [routerLink]="['/']"></a>) into your template.