Observable forkJoin not firing

Question

I'm trying to use forkJoin on two Observables. One of them starts as a stream... If I subscribe to them directly I get a response, forkJoin isn't firing though. Any ideas?

private data$: Observable<any[]>;
private statuses$: Observable<any[]>;
private queryStream = new Subject<string>();    

....

this.data$ = this.queryStream
    .startWith('')
     .flatMap(queryInput => {
            this.query = queryInput
            return this._companyService.getCompanies(this.queryRequired + ' ' + this.query, this.page, this.sort);
                })
            .share();
    
...

Observable.forkJoin(this.statuses$, this.companies$)
            .subscribe(res => {
                console.log('forkjoin');
                this._countStatus(res[0], res[1]);
            });


// This shows arrays in the console...

this.statuses$.subscribe(res => console.log(res));
this.companies$.subscribe(res => console.log(res));

// In the console
Array[9]
Array[6]

Answer 1

forkJoin emits only when all inner observables have completed. If you need an equivalent of forkJoin that just listens to a single emission from each source, use combineLatest + take(1)

combineLatest(
  this.statuses$,
  this.companies$,
)
.pipe(
  take(1),
)
.subscribe(([statuses, companies]) => {
  console.log('forkjoin');
  this._countStatus(statuses, companies);
});

As soon as both sources emit, combineLatest will emit and take(1) will unsubscribe immediately after that.