Angular Cannot find name ‘ViewChild’

Error cannot find name ViewChild in angular; Through this tutorial, we will find a solution for error cannot find ViewChild in angular applications.

And we can also use this solution with angular versions like angular 8, angular 9, angular 10, angular 11, angular 12, angular 13, and angular 14 to resolve error cannot find ViewChild module.

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Now, we can see the solution to error cannot find the name ViewChild in angular; is as follow:

First of all, import ViewChild from @angular/core from npm package; is as follows:

import { ViewChild } from '@angular/core';

Let’s see the example of how to import ViewChild from @angular/core from npm package; is as follows:

import { Component, VERSION, ViewChild, ElementRef } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "my-app",
  templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"]
})
export class AppComponent {
  name = "Angular " + VERSION.major;

  @ViewChild("myDomeElem", { static: true }) myDomeElem: ElementRef;

  ngOnInit() {
    console.log(this.myDomeElem);
    this.myDomeElem.nativeElement.innerHTML = "Changed Dom Element Value";
  }

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    console.log(this.myDomeElem);
  }
}

Conclusion

Through this tutorial, we have found a solution for the ‘error cannot find ViewChild in angular applications’ and fixed this error as well.

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