Angular2 router-deprecated dependencies not being loaded

Question

I have recently updated my angular2 version and have had the following issue:

1. The router lib no longer exists, it has been replaced by router-deprecated.

2. I have this menu component:

   import { Component }       from '@angular/core';
   import { DashboardComponent } from './dashboard.component'
   import { RouteConfig, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, ROUTER_PROVIDERS } from '@angular/router-deprecated';
   
   @Component({
     selector: 'main-menu',
     templateUrl: 'app/views/menu.html',
     directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES],
     providers: [
       ROUTER_PROVIDERS
     ]
   })
   
   @RouteConfig([
     {
       path: '/dashboard',
       name: 'Dashboard',
       component: DashboardComponent,
       useAsDefault: true
     }
   ])
   
   export class MenuComponent {}
   

3. The app fails when I try to even load it, as it is unable to resolve the files needed from the router-deprecated. I get the following error:

Image of error

Answer 1

In Angular2 RC.0 you might need to add

'@angular/router-deprecated': {
  main: 'index.js',
  defaultExtension: 'js'
},

to your packages in config.js

or this if you want to use the new router:

'@angular/router': {
  main: 'index.js',
  defaultExtension: 'js'
},

Example config.js from the rc.0 Plunker

(function(global) {

  var ngVer = '@2.0.0-rc.0'; // lock in the angular package version; do not let it float to current!

  //map tells the System loader where to look for things
  var  map = {
    'app':                        'src', // 'dist',
    'rxjs':                       'https://npmcdn.com/[email protected]',
    'angular2-in-memory-web-api': 'https://npmcdn.com/angular2-in-memory-web-api' // get latest
  };

  //packages tells the System loader how to load when no filename and/or no extension
  var packages = {
    'app':                        { main: 'app.ts',  defaultExtension: 'ts' },
    'rxjs':                       { defaultExtension: 'js' },
    'angular2-in-memory-web-api': { defaultExtension: 'js' },
  };

  var packageNames = [
      '@angular/common',
      '@angular/compiler',
      '@angular/core',
      '@angular/http',
      '@angular/platform-browser',
      '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic',
      '@angular/router-deprecated',
      '@angular/testing',
      '@angular/upgrade',
  ];

  // add map entries for angular packages in the form '@angular/common': 'https://npmcdn.com/@angular/[email protected]'
  packageNames.forEach(function(pkgName) {
    map[pkgName] = 'https://npmcdn.com/' + pkgName + ngVer;
  });

  // add package entries for angular packages in the form '@angular/common': { main: 'index.js', defaultExtension: 'js' }
  packageNames.forEach(function(pkgName) {
    packages[pkgName] = { main: 'index.js', defaultExtension: 'js' };
  });

  var config = {
    transpiler: 'typescript',
    typescriptOptions: {
      emitDecoratorMetadata: true
    },
    map: map,
    packages: packages
  }

  // filterSystemConfig - index.html's chance to modify config before we register it.
  if (global.filterSystemConfig) { global.filterSystemConfig(config); }

  System.config(config);

})(this);

Answer 2

More exactly, with typescript project, add the module dependency in the package.json file:

dependencies{
    ...
   "@angular/router-deprecated": "2.0.0-rc.1"
}

And in your src/system-config.ts file this line:

const barrels:string[] = [
     ...
    '@angular/router-deprecated'
];

Then, don't forget to run npm i in your project to install this module before to use it.