DeepLinker - Navigate by Url

[stephenlautier]

Short description of the problem:

Currently we're trying to navigate by URL, by consuming the DeepLinker (as an API), however there's no public API which does that; the closest thing I found was urlChange(browserUrl: string) which doesn't update the URL due to the below:

// urlChange
appRootNav.goToRoot({
    updateUrl: false,   // <---
    isNavRoot: true
});

Another issue, the URL is not normalized when its a path, meaning the base will not be stripped out.

What behavior are you expecting?

Having an api within DeepLinker such as navigateByUrl(url: string)

NavigateByUrl

• Normalize Url (to remove base)
• Update browser url
• Transition (setRoot)
  *pretty much what DeepLinker.urlChange does but updateUrl: true + normalization

Which Ionic Version? 2.x