ionic-framework: Cannot select ion-segment by default

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I’m trying to select an ion-segment by default and it’s not preselecting.

this is the code I have in the html

<div [ngSwitch]="gmap"> <ion-list *ngSwitchCase="'showMap'"> </ion-list>

and in the component I have a simple gmap: string; and this.gmap = "showMap";. The tabs work as intended but I cannot preselect a segment by default. This use to work in Ionic2 but doesn’t work when upgrading to Ionic3