Angular2: Property 'controls' does not exist on type 'AbstractControl'. Error when accessing .control of an object within a formarray thru an index

Question

I\'m trying to push another formbuilder within a formarray but it gives me an error since I think there are no items in the array when initializing the code, hence there are

Answer 1

You can use ['controls'] instead of .controls, as below:

(this.loanTypeForm.controls['frequency']).controls[index]['controls']['settings'].push(...)

But in order to simplify and provide more readability I'd suggest you to change it all to:

const control = this.loanTypeForm.get(`frequency.${index}.settings`) as FormArray;
control.push(...);