Angular @ViewChild() error: Expected 2 arguments, but got 1

Question

When trying ViewChild I am getting the error. Error is \"An argument for \'opts\' was not provided.\"

Both @ViewChild is giving the error.

Answer 1

In Angular 8, ViewChild always takes 2 param, and second params always has static: true or static: false

You can try like this:

@ViewChild('nameInput', {static: false}) component

Also,the static: false is going to be the default fallback behaviour in Angular 9.

What are static false/true: So as a rule of thumb you can go for the following:

• { static: true } needs to be set when you want to access the ViewChild in ngOnInit.

  { static: false } can only be accessed in ngAfterViewInit. This is also what you want to go for when you have a structural directive (i.e. *ngIf) on your element in your template.