bug: angular, tab select method has wrong types

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Ionic Framework Version

• v4.x
• v5.x
• v6.x

Current Behavior

After updating to new ionic the 5.8 I can’t select my IonTabs using string object anymore.

https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/commit/1ed9f07060736d0c951910427fb12b250d7dd9af#commitcomment-56780145

Expected Behavior

Be able to use the select method from IonTabs with string.

Steps to Reproduce

<ion-tabs #appTabs>

  @ViewChild('appTabs') tabsRef: IonTabs;

  changeTab(tabName: string) {
      this.tabsRef.select(tabName);
  }

Code Reproduction URL

No response

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 6.12.4 (C:\Users\joao_\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@ionic\cli) Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 5.6.14 @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.1100.7 @angular-devkit/schematics : 11.2.14 @angular/cli : 11.2.14 @ionic/angular-toolkit : 3.1.1

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 3.2.0 @capacitor/core : 3.2.0

Utility:

cordova-res : not installed native-run : 1.4.0

System:

NodeJS : v14.15.4 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe) npm : 6.14.10 OS : Windows 10

Additional Information

No response

[thomasletallec]

Hi @liamdebeasi

We had the same issue in our application. I can confirm the dev build fixes the issue.

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