I am trying to render data inside a tab body section based on clicking an icon on a tabset. Here is a screen shot of my initial, successfully rendered view:
But when I click a new tabset icon to load data into the tab body section, I get the following exception:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'category' of undefined
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.View_DnDMiniCardGroupComponent0.detectChangesInternal (/PaletteSchemaModule/DnDMiniCardGroupComponent/component.ngfactory.js:144)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.AppView.detectChanges (view.js:425)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.DebugAppView.detectChanges (view.js:620)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.AppView.internalDetectChanges (view.js:410)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.View_TabCommunityComponent0.detectChangesInternal (/PaletteSchemaModule/TabCommunityComponent/component.ngfactory.js:89)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.AppView.detectChanges (view.js:425)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.DebugAppView.detectChanges (view.js:620)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.AppView.internalDetectChanges (view.js:410)
at View_TypesContentComponent2.detectChangesInternal (/PaletteSchemaModule/TypesContentComponent/component.ngfactory.js:190)
at View_TypesContentComponent2.AppView.detectChanges (view.js:425)
at View_TypesContentComponent2.DebugAppView.detectChanges (view.js:620)
at ViewContainer.detectChangesInNestedViews (view_container.js:67)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.View_TypesContentComponent0.detectChangesInternal (/PaletteSchemaModule/TypesContentComponent/component.ngfactory.js:592)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.AppView.detectChanges (view.js:425)
at CompiledTemplate.proxyViewClass.DebugAppView.detectChanges (view.js:620)
Here is a slice of my tabset template that shows tab content body based on ngSwitch
and ngSwitchCase
:
<div class="schema-palette" [ngSwitch]="tabId">
<myapp-base-palette *ngSwitchCase="'T'">
<myapp-tabset [tabType]="'T'" (onTabSelected)="tabChanged($event)" palette-tabset></myapp-tabset>
<myapp-tab-community palette-content-region></myapp-tab-community>
</myapp-base-palette>
</div>
Here is my myapp-tab-community
component template:
<div class="community-buffer" ngFor="let miniCardGrp of miniCardGrps; let i = index">
<div style="height:5px" *ngIf="i === 0"></div>
<myapp-dnd-mini-card-group [miniCardGrp]="miniCardGrp"></myapp-dnd-mini-card-group>
</div>
Here is myapp-tab-community
component typescript:
import { Component, OnInit, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { PalettesService } from '../../palettes.service';
import { MiniCardGroup } from '../../palettes.helpers';
import { DnDMiniCardGroupComponent } from '../../shared/dnd-mini-card-group/dnd-mini-card-group.component';
@Component({
selector: 'myapp-tab-community',
templateUrl: './tab-community.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./tab-community.component.scss'],
providers: [PalettesService]
})
export class TabCommunityComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
miniCardGrps: MiniCardGroup[];
constructor(private palettesService: PalettesService) {}
ngOnInit() {
this.miniCardGrps = [];
this.miniCardGrps = this.palettesService.getTemplateTypes();
// DATA IS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED
console.log('TabCommunityComponent.ngOnInit = ' + JSON.stringify(this.miniCardGrps));
}
ngAfterViewInit() {
// ERROR BLOCKS EVALUATION
console.log('TabCommunityComponent.ngAfterViewInit = ' + JSON.stringify(this.miniCardGrps));
}
trackByMiniCardGroup(index: number, miniCardGrp: MiniCardGroup) {
return miniCardGrp.category;
}
}
An array of myapp-dnd-mini-card-group
components should be rendered, but the error is thrown from its template.
The template file:
<div class="mini-card-grp-collapse">
<div class="mini-card-grp-collapse-row">
<div class="mini-card-grp-title">
<a data-toggle="collapse" [href]="href" aria-expanded="true" attr.aria-controls="{{ ariaControls }}">
<!-- THIS LINE THROWS -->
<md-icon class="white-text md-16">play_arrow</md-icon>{{ miniCardGrp.category }}
</a>
</div>
<div class="mini-card-grp-title-helper">
<md-icon class="white-text md-24">help_outline</md-icon>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="collapse in" [id]="id">
<div class="mini-card-wrapper" *ngFor="let miniCard of miniCardGrp.miniCards">
<myapp-dnd-mini-card [miniCard]="miniCard"></myapp-dnd-mini-card>
</div>
</div>
Now the typescript file:
import { Component, OnInit, AfterViewInit, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { MathHelper } from '../../../../utils/math';
import { MiniCardGroup } from '../../palettes.helpers';
import { DndMiniCardComponent } from '../dnd-mini-card/dnd-mini-card.component';
@Component({
selector: 'myapp-dnd-mini-card-group',
templateUrl: './dnd-mini-card-group.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./dnd-mini-card-group.component.scss']
})
export class DnDMiniCardGroupComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit
{
@Input() miniCardGrp: MiniCardGroup;
@Input() href: string;
@Input() id: string;
@Input() ariaControls: string;
constructor() {
let mathHelper = new MathHelper();
let random$ = mathHelper.getRandomNumberString();
this.id = random$;
this.href = '#' + random$;
this.ariaControls = random$;
}
ngOnInit() {
// IS UNDEFINED
console.log('DnDMiniCardGroupComponent.ngOnInit = ' + JSON.stringify(this.miniCardGrp));
}
ngAfterViewInit() {
// IS NEVER REACHED
console.log('DnDMiniCardGroupComponent.ngAfterViewInit = ' + JSON.stringify(this.miniCardGrp));
}
}
What am I doing wrong here?
As requested, here is what the mini-card-group
component looks like:
<div class="btn-grp-collapse">
<div class="btn-grp-collapse-row">
<div class="btn-grp-title">
<a data-toggle="collapse" [href]="href" aria-expanded="true" attr.aria-controls="{{ ariaControls }}">
<md-icon class="white-text md-16">play_arrow</md-icon>{{ dndButtonGrp.title }}
</a>
</div>
<div class="btn-grp-title-helper">
<md-icon class="white-text md-24">help_outline</md-icon>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="collapse in" [id]="id">
<div class="btn-wrapper" *ngFor="let dndButton of dndButtonGrp.dndButtons">
<myapp-dnd-button [dndButton]="dndButton"></myapp-dnd-button>
</div>
</div>
Its typescript file:
import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { MathHelper } from '../../../../utils/math'
import { DnDButtonGroup } from './dnd-button-group.helpers';
import { DndButtonComponent } from '../dnd-button/dnd-button.component';
@Component({
selector: 'myapp-dnd-button-group',
templateUrl: './dnd-button-group.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./dnd-button-group.component.scss']
})
export class DnDButtonGroupComponent implements OnInit {
@Input() dndButtonGrp: DnDButtonGroup;
@Input() href: string;
@Input() id: string;
@Input() ariaControls: string;
constructor() {
let mathHelper = new MathHelper();
let random$ = mathHelper.getRandomNumberString();
this.id = random$;
this.href = '#' + random$;
this.ariaControls = random$;
}
ngOnInit() {}
}
I needed to implement dynamic components to render content for each tab. Here is the relevant link for a full background:
https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/cookbook/dynamic-component-loader.html