Angular2: Insert a dynamic component as child of a container in the DOM

Question

Is there a way to insert dynamically a component as a child (not a sibling) of a DOM tag in Angular 2?

There are plenty of examples around there to

Answer 1

My dirty way, just save the reference of dynamically created component (sibling) and move it using vanilla JS:

  constructor(
    private el: ElementRef,
    private viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
    private componentFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver,
  ) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    const componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(
      MyDynamicComponent,
    );
    const componentRef = this.viewContainerRef.createComponent(componentFactory);
    this.el.nativeElement.appendChild(componentRef.location.nativeElement);
  }