Redirects in the router are processed before activations. This means that a canActivate will never execute if a route has a redirect. Rather than silently ignoring the invalid config, developers should be notified so they know why it doesn't work. Closes #18605 The feature request for a function/class redirect is covered in #13373. PR Close #40067
Angular Router
Managing state transitions is one of the hardest parts of building applications. This is especially true on the web, where you also need to ensure that the state is reflected in the URL. In addition, we often want to split applications into multiple bundles and load them on demand. Doing this transparently isn’t trivial.
The Angular router is designed to solve these problems. Using the router, you can declaratively specify application state, manage state transitions while taking care of the URL, and load components on demand.
Guide
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