CanActivate guards provide route-level protection in Angular applications by controlling access based on authentication, authorization, or custom business logic. As the creator of CoreUI with extensive Angular experience since 2014, I’ve implemented CanActivate guards in countless enterprise applications for security and access control. The most robust approach implements the CanActivate interface with conditional logic that returns boolean, Observable, or Promise values. This pattern enables fine-grained route protection while maintaining clean separation between routing and business logic.

Route guards provide essential security and navigation control in Angular applications by intercepting route changes and enforcing access rules. As the creator of CoreUI with extensive Angular development experience since 2014, I’ve implemented route guards in numerous enterprise applications for authentication and authorization. The most common approach is creating a CanActivate guard that returns a boolean to allow or deny route access. This pattern enables centralized route protection while maintaining clean separation between authentication logic and components.