Angular2 - catch/subscribe to (click) event in dynamically added HTML

Question

I\'m attempting to inject a string that contains a (click) event into the Angular2 template. The string is dynamically retrieved from the back-end much after t

Answer 1

I had problems importing ElementRef in my service and did not want to pass Renderer reference there. This Service is about showing 'Loading...' dialog where after 3 seconds dynamic close button is attached. I found solution how to add click event for this button using jQuery. Hopefully this helps someone.

(1) Add jQuery to Angular 2 index.html file

(2) Declare $

declare var $: any;

(3) Use jQuery This is piece of code from my service:

 public async present() {
    this.isLoading = true;
    return await this.loadingController.create({message: 'Loading...'}).then(a => {
      a.present().then(() => {
        setTimeout(() => {
          a.message += '';


          // Here starts jQuery usage
          $(a).click((clickedObject) => {
            if ($(clickedObject.target).hasClass('alert-cancel-button')) {
              this.dismiss();
            }
          });


        }, 3000);
      });
    });
  }

  public async dismiss() {
    return await this.loadingController.dismiss();
  }

• By the way $('alert-cancel-button').click(() => this.dismiss()) didn't work.