I'm having an issue importing ChangeDetectorRef into one of my components.
For reference, the family tree goes PComponent (parent) -> Options-Grid (child) -> FComponent (grandchild).
This is the error I'm getting in the browser:
StaticInjectorError(AppModule)[FComponent -> ChangeDetectorRef]:
StaticInjectorError(Platform: core)[FComponent -> ChangeDetectorRef]:
NullInjectorError: No provider for ChangeDetectorRef!
The line of code that the error takes me to is in the Grandparent component (PComponent), where it instantiates the first child component (Options-Grid).
<div>
<options-grid></options-grid>
</div>
I am providing ChangeDetectorRef correctly in the constructor and importing it correctly in FComponent. The error reference in the code points to PComponent html where I instantiate Options-Grid component.
Is this because I'm not providing ChangeDetectorRef in the parent component?
So the cause of the issue I found out was I was trying to use ChangeDetectorRef in the grandchild component, which is a no-no.
I instead used ChangeDetectorRef in the root parent component (PComponent) and also implemented the ngAfterContentChecked() method for that component.
This is what it ended up looking like in PComponent:
import { Component, OnInit, ViewContainerRef, ChangeDetectorRef, AfterContentChecked } from '@angular/core';
export class PComponent implements OnInit, AfterContentChecked {
constructor(private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef){}
ngAfterContentChecked() {
this.cdr.detectChanges();
}
ngOnInit() {
....
}
}