ViewController

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Access various features and information about the current view

Usage

import {Page, ViewController} from 'ionic-angular';
@Page....
export class MyPage{
 constructor(viewCtrl: ViewController){
   this.viewCtrl = viewCtrl;
 }
}

Instance Members

componentType

subscribe()

onDismiss()

dismiss()

enableBack(Check)

Check to see if you can go back in the navigation stack

index

You can find out the index of the current view is in the current navigation stack

 export class Page1 {
   constructor(view: ViewController){
     this.view = view;
     // Just log out the index
     console.log(this.view.index);
   }
 }

isFirst()

isLast()

hasNavbar()

You can find out of the current view has a Navbar or not. Be sure to wrap this in an onPageWillEnter method in order to make sure the view has rendered fully.

export class Page1 {
 constructor(view: ViewController) {
   this.view = view
 }
 onPageWillEnter(){
   console.log('Do we have a Navbar?', this.view.hasNavbar());
 }
}

setBackButtonText(backButtonText)

You can change the text of the back button on a view-by-view basis.

export class MyClass{
 constructor(viewCtrl: ViewController){
   this.viewCtrl = viewCtrl
 }
 onPageWillEnter() {
   this.viewCtrl.setBackButtonText('Previous');
 }
}

Make sure you use the view events when calling this method, otherwise the back-button will not have been created

showBackButton(Set)

Set if the back button for the current view is visible or not. Be sure to wrap this in onPageWillEnter to make sure the has been compleltly rendered.