angular go to previous route code example

Example 1: angular how to check previous route

//Update angular 6+
//The events.filter gives error because filter is not part of events, so change the code to

import { filter, pairwise } from 'rxjs/operators';

this.router.events
.pipe(filter((evt: any) => evt instanceof RoutesRecognized), pairwise())
.subscribe((events: RoutesRecognized[]) => {
  console.log('previous url', events[0].urlAfterRedirects);
  console.log('current url', events[1].urlAfterRedirects);
});

Example 2: angular back button

import {Component} from '@angular/core';
import {Location} from '@angular/common';

@Component({
  // component's declarations here
})
class SomeComponent {

  constructor(private _location: Location) 
  {}

  backClicked() {
    this._location.back();
  }
}