how to trigger function on opening sidemenu in ionic2

Question

I need trigger a function when SideMenu is open.I searched for this and got this link https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/possible-to-trigger-expression-on-opening-sidemenu/4381 for ionic-1 but how can I achieve this in ionic 2 ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You have to inject MenuController in your page, and then you can access the isOpen() method.

    import{Page, MenuController} from 'ionic-angular';

    @Page({...})
    export class MyPage {

     constructor(private menu: MenuController) {
     if menu.isOpen() {
        // do something

 }