I'm developing a simple page with Angular 6 and Material 6. I want to recover data from a service using the autocomplete of Material, but I don´t know how to do it well.
From the official example https://material.angular.io/components/autocomplete/overview I don't understand how to use a service to integrate it with the autocomplete.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks
Finally, I found a solution to what I wanted to do!
To bind a FormArray to mat-table dataSource you have to:
Briefly, the example is this:
<table mat-table [dataSource]="itemsDataSource">
<ng-container matColumnDef="itemName">
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element">{{ element.value.material?.name }}</td>
</ng-container>
<ng-container matColumnDef="itemCount">
<td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element">{{ element.value.itemCount }}</td>
</ng-container>
<tr mat-row *matRowDef="let row; columns: itemColumns;"></tr>
</table>
and the code:
export class ItemListComponent implements OnInit {
constructor(
private fb: FormBuilder
) { }
itemColumns = ['itemName', 'count'];
itemForm: FormGroup;
itemsDataSource = new MatTableDataSource();
get itemsForm() {
return this.itemForm.get('items') as FormArray;
}
newItem() {
const a = this.fb.group({
material: new FormControl(), //{ name:string }
itemCount: new FormControl() // number
});
this.itemsForm.push(a);
this.itemsDataSource._updateChangeSubscription(); //neccessary to render the mat-table with the new row
}
ngOnInit() {
this.itemForm = this.fb.group({
items: this.fb.array([])
});
this.newItem();
this.itemsDataSource.data = this.itemsForm.controls;
}
}
You just need to fill the options
from server data as soon as the user changes the input value.
<input type="text" matInput (input)="onInputChanged($event.target.value)" [matAutocomplete]="auto">
<mat-autocomplete #auto="matAutocomplete">
<mat-option *ngFor="let option of options" [value]="option">{{ option.title }}</mat-option>
</mat-autocomplete>
In your component file, you need to handle onInputChanged(searchStr)
, and options
.
onInputChanged(searchStr: string): void {
this.options = [];
if (this.subscription) {
this.subscription.unsubscribe();
}
this.subscription = this.yourService.getFilteredData(searchStr).subscribe((result) => {
this.options = result;
});
}
well let's assume u returning ur data from the server as Objects with a structure like IyourAwesomeData and for the purpose of this example, we will use field someName to filter the data
so ur ts component should look sth like this:
import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
import { FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
import { startWith, debounceTime, map, switchMap, distinctUntilChanged } from 'rxjs/operators';
import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
interface IyourAwesomeData {
someName: string;
someField: string;
someOtherField: number;
}
export class YourAutcompleteComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
dataFiltered: IyourAwesomeData[]; // this data will be used inside HTML Template
data: Observable<IyourAwesomeData[]>;
yourInputCtrl = new FormControl();
private sub: Subscription;
constructor() {}
ngOnInit() {
this.data = ??? // Pass your data as Observable<IyourAwesomeData[]>;
this.sub = this.yourInputCtrl.valueChanges
.pipe(
debounceTime(500),
distinctUntilChanged(),
startWith(''),
switchMap((val) => {
return this.filterData(val || '');
})
).subscribe((filtered) => {
this.dataFiltered = filtered;
});
}
ngOnDestroy() {
this.sub.unsubscribe();
}
filterData(value: string) {
return this.data // like IyourAwesomeData[]
.pipe(
map((response) => response.filter((singleData: IyourAwesomeData) => {
return singleData.someName.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase())
})),
);
}
}
and ur HTML template should look sth like this:
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput placeholder="some placeholder" [matAutocomplete]="auto" [formControl]="yourInputCtrl">
<mat-autocomplete #auto="matAutocomplete">
<mat-option *ngFor="let single of dataFiltered" [value]="single.someName">
{{ single.someName }}
</mat-option>
</mat-autocomplete>
</mat-form-field>