bug: ionic angular 7.5, cannot access menus with menuController

[rvcroffi]

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Ionic Framework Version

v7.x

Current Behavior

After upgrade @ionic/angular from 7.4.4 to 7.5.0 MenuController.enable() stop working.

Expected Behavior

A menu initially disabled should be enabled after calling enable(true) from MenuController on app.component.ts.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Ionic sidemenu app (angular).
2. Run npm i @ionic/angular@7.4.4
3. Disable ion-menu on app.component.html <ion-menu contentId="main-content" type="overlay" [disabled]="true">
4. Enable the menu on app.component.ts when platform is ready:

constructor(private menuCtrl: MenuController, private platform: Platform) {
    this.platform.ready().then(() => {
      this.menuCtrl.enable(true);
    });
  }

5. Run ionic serve and you will see the menu enabled (as expected).
6. Stop ionic serve and run npm i @ionic/angular@7.5.0
7. Run ionic serve again and the menu will be disabled.

Code Reproduction URL

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-lgwu3i?file=src%2Fapp%2Fapp.component.ts

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 7.1.1
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 7.5.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 16.2.6
@angular-devkit/schematics : 16.2.6
@angular/cli : 16.2.6
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 9.0.0

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 5.5.0
@capacitor/android : not installed
@capacitor/core : 5.5.0
@capacitor/ios : not installed

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.15.4
native-run : 1.7.3

System:

NodeJS : v18.16.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 9.6.7
OS : Windows 10

Additional Information

No response

[liamdebeasi]

Thanks for reporting this! I can reproduce the reported behavior. The problem is with the introduction of our standalone work, we now unintentionally create separate instances of the menuController. So the menu itself is registered with menuController A, but the application is using menuController B which is why enable does not appear to work. (since menuController B does not know about the menus in menuController A)

As a temporary workaround, you can use menuController from @ionic/core instead of MenuController from @ionic/angular. I'll work on a fix for this.

[liamdebeasi]

Here's a dev build if you would like to test a proposed fix:

npm install @ionic/angular@7.5.1-dev.11697123035.1ee6b4a2

[liamdebeasi]

Thanks for the issue. This has been resolved via #28343, and a fix will be available in an upcoming release of Ionic Framework. Feel free to continue testing the dev build, and let me know if you have any questions!