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al.koval
al.koval

Reputation: 2542

Angular Cannot read property 'create' of undefined

I'm using Angular 6 and I want to implement the dynamic addition of components according to the instructions, but I get an error: "Cannot read property 'create' of undefined."

component.html

<mat-card>
  <mat-card-header>
    <mat-card-title>...</mat-card-title>
  </mat-card-header>
  <mat-card-content>
    <ng-template answerHost></ng-template>
  </mat-card-content>
</mat-card>

component.ts

@ViewChild(AnswerHostDirective) answerHost: AnswerHostDirective;
private stepAnswerType1: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType1Component>;
private stepAnswerType2: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType2Component>;
private stepAnswerType3: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType3Component>;

/* ... */

changeStep(id: number) {
    let viewContainerRef = this.answerHost.viewContainerRef;

    let componentRef;
    if (this.step.type == 1) {
      componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType1);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 2) {
      componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType2);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 3) {
      componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType3);
    }
}

directive

import { Directive, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';

@Directive({
  selector: '[answerHost]'
})
export class AnswerHostDirective {

  constructor(public viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) { }

}

I tried to replace the directive with a reference to the component's id, but I get the same error. component.html

<mat-card>
  <mat-card-header>
    <mat-card-title>...</mat-card-title>
  </mat-card-header>
  <mat-card-content>
    <ng-template #answerContainer></ng-template>
  </mat-card-content>
</mat-card>

component.ts

@ViewChild('answerContainer', { read: ViewContainerRef }) answerContainer: ViewContainerRef;
private stepAnswerType1: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType1Component>;
private stepAnswerType2: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType2Component>;
private stepAnswerType3: ComponentFactory<StepAnswerType3Component>;

/* ... */

changeStep(id: number) {
    if (this.step.type == 1) {
      componentRef = this.answerContainer.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType1);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 2) {
      componentRef = this.answerContainer.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType2);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 3) {
      componentRef = this.answerContainer.createComponent(this.stepAnswerType3);
    }
}

What could be the problem?

Fixed I updated part of the code. component.ts

import { StepAnswerType1Component } from './step-answer-type1/step-answer-type1.component';
import { StepAnswerType2Component } from './step-answer-type2/step-answer-type2.component';
import { StepAnswerType3Component } from './step-answer-type3/step-answer-type3.component';

/* some code */

@ViewChild('answerContainer', { read: ViewContainerRef }) answerContainer: ViewContainerRef;

/* some code */

changeStep(id: number) {
    let componentRef, componentFactory;
    if (this.step.type == 1) {
      componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(StepAnswerType1Component);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 2) {
      componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(StepAnswerType2Component);
    }
    if (this.step.type == 3) {
      componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(StepAnswerType3Component);
    }
    componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(componentFactory);
 }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2487

Answers (1)

Suresh Kumar Ariya
Suresh Kumar Ariya

Reputation: 9764

Make sure you are calling this method 'changeStep' inside 'ngAfterViewInit()'.

Upvotes: 1

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