Route to non-empty default route in angular 2

Question

One way to define a default routes with the new RC router is

@Routes([{ path: '/',  component: Home }])

but how can I show initially a page with a non-empty path? like

@Routes([{ path: '/home',  component: Home }])

that will never show the home content, but I want it.

How can this be done in the new RC1 router ?

Answer 1

>= RC.4

{ path: '', redirectTo: '/home', pathMatch: 'full' }
{ path: '/home',  component: Home }

<= RC.2

useAsDefault is not yet supported in the new router. Create a dummy component for the / route that forwards to /home

export class DummyComponent {
  constructor(private router:Router) {
    setTimeout(() => this.router.navigate('/home'));
  }
}

There is also currently no option to skip adding the navigation to the history which might cause issues with the back button.

The router issues are being worked on...

Answer 2

with rc4 you can use wildcard routes like this { path: '**', redirectTo: 'link/to/default/route' }