Angular + Material - How to refresh a data source (mat-table)

Question

I am using a mat-table to list the content of the users chosen languages. They can also add new languages using dialog panel. After they added a language and returned back.

Answer 1

Trigger a change detection by using ChangeDetectorRef in the refresh() method just after receiving the new data, inject ChangeDetectorRef in the constructor and use detectChanges like this:

import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
import { LanguageModel, LANGUAGE_DATA } from '../../../../models/language.model';
import { LanguageAddComponent } from './language-add/language-add.component';
import { AuthService } from '../../../../services/auth.service';
import { LanguageDataSource } from './language-data-source';
import { LevelbarComponent } from '../../../../directives/levelbar/levelbar.component';
import { DataSource } from '@angular/cdk/collections';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
import { MatSnackBar, MatDialog } from '@angular/material';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-language',
  templateUrl: './language.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./language.component.scss']
})
export class LanguageComponent implements OnInit {
  displayedColumns = ['name', 'native', 'code', 'level'];
  teachDS: any;

  user: any;

  constructor(private authService: AuthService, private dialog: MatDialog,
              private changeDetectorRefs: ChangeDetectorRef) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.refresh();
  }

  add() {
    this.dialog.open(LanguageAddComponent, {
      data: { user: this.user },
    }).afterClosed().subscribe(result => {
      this.refresh();
    });
  }

  refresh() {
    this.authService.getAuthenticatedUser().subscribe((res) => {
      this.user = res;
      this.teachDS = new LanguageDataSource(this.user.profile.languages.teach);
      this.changeDetectorRefs.detectChanges();
    });
  }
}