Importing Bootstrapped Component

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
1

Hello,

I would like to do most of my application logic in my app.ts where I bootstrap the ‘MyApp’ component:

export class MyApp {

private rootPage:any;
public value:any;

constructor(private platform:Platform, public cusaApp: CusaApp) {
this.rootPage = TabsPage;

this.value = 'this is a test value';

platform.ready().then(() => {
  // Okay, so the platform is ready and our plugins are available.
  // Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
  StatusBar.styleDefault();
});

}

/*End of Class MyApp */
}

ionicBootstrap(MyApp, [MyApp], {
tabbarPlacement: ‘bottom’
})

I tried importing MyApp as a provider in other components, but I get an error:
browser_adapter.js:77ORIGINAL EXCEPTION: TypeError: Cannot read property ‘parameters’ of undefined

I believe it is from this line of code where I try to import my main app.ts file:
import {MyApp} from ‘…/…/app’;

@Component({
templateUrl: ‘build/pages/home/home.html’,
providers:[MyApp]

})
export class HomePage {

public value:any;

constructor(private navController: NavController , public myApp: MyApp ) {

console.log(myApp.value);
}

When I was working with Ionic Beta 6, it was possible to do this. However, now I’ve updated to
"ionic-angular": “2.0.0-beta.10”,

Is there anyway for me to import my app.ts into other components?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

This is a bad idea. Abstract whatever you are doing in MyApp into a service.

3

I’m aware I can do it as a service. It’s odd that I was able to do it before when it used the @app decorator.

Would you mind explaining why it’s a bad idea?

4

Because values like that are a model layer concept, whereas Ionic app classes, being components, live in the view layer. Components should only interact with one another via input and output properties: that makes the interface clearly defined. Services have APIs so it is similarly clear how to interact with them.

5

Thanks! That makes sense and it appears that what I’d like to do is impossible anyway