Checking auth token externally before visiting initial route

[coreyfreeman82]

I am storing my user token (from my external api) in the NyStorage so that when I close the app and reopen it at a later time it can still be used without having to login again. Now the problem is that I want to set the HomePage as the initialRoute when Auth.loggedIn() returns true (in the AuthGuard) and after I have done a request to my external api to check the token. I tried to set LoginPage as the initialRoute and then in the AuthProvider I did the request and based on that result it either just goes on or redirects to the HomePage on a successful request. The problem with this is that it shows the LoginPage for a brief moment before redirecting to the HomePage. I would like to show my HomePage initially (after doing the external api call to check the token) or show the LoginPage (this can be done via a redirect) when the request is not successful. I also tried doing the request in the AuthGuard but this does not seem to be called when setting HomePage as my initialRoute and also setting routeGuards: [AuthGuard] on it. What would be the best way to do this?

[agordn52]

Hi @coreyfreeman82,

It sounds like you need to set the HomePage as the authPage, this will be the first page that opens if the user is logged in.

Hope that helps.