ERROR Error: No value accessor for form control with unspecified name attribute on switch

Question

Here is my component in Angular 4:

@Component( {
    selector: \'input-extra-field\',
    template: `
            


        
      

Answer 1

This is kind of stupid, but I got this error message by accidentally using [formControl] instead of [formGroup]. See here:

WRONG

@Component({
  selector: 'app-application-purpose',
  template: `
    
 
      
    
  `
})
export class MyComponent implements OnInit {
  formGroup: FormGroup

  constructor(
    private formBuilder: FormBuilder
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.formGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
      formGroupProperty: ''
    })
  }
}

RIGHT

@Component({
  selector: 'app-application-purpose',
  template: `
    
 
      
    
  `
})
export class MyComponent implements OnInit {
  formGroup: FormGroup

  constructor(
    private formBuilder: FormBuilder
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.formGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
      formGroupProperty: ''
    })
  }
}