angularmodal-dialogobservablepass-data

In Angular 8, how to pass dynamic data from an observable to a modal-dialog?


In Angular 8 I want to implement an Angular-Material Modal-Dialog. Upon clicking on a user image, the user data should be displayed in the modal. I am unable to pass the dynamic data of the observable from the Profile component to the Profile-Modal component. For testing, I subscribed to the observable in the ngOnInit() of Profile.component.ts, the array of data objects is console-logged properly. If I use the same subscription in openDialog() which serves to open the Modal-Dialog, I get this error message: Cannot find a differ supporting object '[object Object]' of type 'object'. NgFor only supports binding to Iterables such as Arrays. at NgForOf.ngDoCheck

profile.component.ts: (in profile.component.html everything works properly, *ngFor="let member of members" works correct and with interpolation I get the data, i.e. {{member.name }})

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { AngularFirestore } from '@angular/fire/firestore';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material';
import { ProfileModalComponent } from '../profile-modal/profile-modal.component';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-profile',
  templateUrl: './profile.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./profile.component.css']
})
export class ProfileComponent implements OnInit {
  observableData: observableData[] = [];
  members: Observable<any[]>;

  constructor(db: AngularFirestore,
              public dialog: MatDialog) {
    this.members = db.collection('members').valueChanges();
  }

  openDialog(): void {
    let observableData = this.members.subscribe(members => members);
    this.dialog.open(ProfileModalComponent, {
      width: '80%',
      height: '80%',
      data: {data: observableData}
    });
  }
  // logs the array with the objects
  ngOnInit() {
    const members = this.members.subscribe(
      member => console.log(member)
    )
  }
}

profile-modal.component.ts:

import { Component, Inject, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { MatDialogRef, MAT_DIALOG_DATA } from '@angular/material';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-profile-modal',
  templateUrl: 'profile-modal.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['profile-modal.component.css']
})
export class ProfileModalComponent {
  constructor(public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<ProfileModalComponent>,
              @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: any) {}

  onNoClick(): void {
    this.dialogRef.close();
  }
}

Solution

  • UPDATE
    After taking a look on your stackblitz I created a fix for your problem here https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-vwhas1


    The problem is in your *ngFor. It should be let member of data.data.
    Because you have assigned the observable like this:
    data: {data: observableData} , it means that in your modal/dialog component, you can access it by data.data

    Your fixed code

    <fa-icon id="closeModal" class="icon" [icon]="faTimes" (click)="onNoClick()">
    </fa-icon> 
    <div class="container"> 
     <h1 mat-dialog-title>Profil</h1> 
     <div mat-dialog-content> 
      <div class="member" *ngFor="let member of data.data"> 
       <span>NAME: </span> 
       <span>{{member.name}}</span>
      </div> 
     </div> 
    </div>