How can I have dynamic templateUrl for Angular2 Component?

Question

I wanted to load component templateUrl based on value passed from parent component. I know tt can be pass through property binding to component by have @Input, I gave example below in which myHtml will be passed as templateName.

.But there is no ability to access @Input value inside templateUrl function. I think templateUrl is the first thing going to evaluate by asking for HTML, after that all other component code gets executed.

Like in angular 1 has ability to pass some value from attribute, & then I can use that value inside templateUrl function as a parameter like below.

templateUrl: function(element, attrs){
    //was getting value
    return '/app/templates/'+ attrs.myTemplateName + '.html'
}

But same thing I can't do in Angular2, as templateUrl is strongly typed as string so it doesn't take function as an attribute.

Is there a way to achieve this OR I missed something simple?

Edit

I've already looked at this answer which isn't what I want. In referred answer, it render DOM using DynamicComponentLoader which loads another component.

This is not what I wanted, because creating new separate component for having different templateUrl doesn't make sense in mine case.

Any idea how do I implement this?

@MarkRajcok The way I has been done in marked as duplicate answer, created template manually/assign independant component. And don't wanted to create a new component having different templateUrl, it sounds repeatative to me.. please guide me If I still missed something.. — Pankaj Parkar
Dynamic templateUrls are not supported, according to the answers to the other question (that's why I originally closed this one). If you want a dynamic template, I believe you have to use DynamicComponentLoader. It seems like you're trying to create a generic component of sorts, which can have many different possible templates. That sounds like a job for a DynamicComponent loader, doesn't it? — Mark Rajcok
@MarkRajcok correct, this seems kind of workaround, but that need to have boilerplate code, though thanks for explanation. But in linked answer I saw that for each templateUrl I need to create a separate FakeComponent for having different templateUrl, so for 3 templateUrl's, I need to create three FakeComponent, which isn't sounds good for me(unwanted boilerplate code). I think should be a better way than this. am I thinking in wrong direction? — Pankaj Parkar
@AngelAngel thanks..the suggested answer over the referred link, I already tried that thing before adding question.. Angular2 doesn't have such option to have function for templateUrl, because @Component metadata templateUrl property is strongly typed as string, I already mentioned the thing in my question. Thanks :-) — Pankaj Parkar

Billy Billy · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-06T09:32:05

Been struggling with something similar, but unfortunately you can't do this. Component templates are compiled at runtime. So, basically, I would make a component that compiles other child components (which I actually did)

DynamicComponentLoader is beign deprecated. You need to use the ComponentResolver class to load other components inside the main one, like so:

function makeComponent( selector, template, ...more )
{
  @Component({ selector: selector, template: template })
  class FakeComponent {}
  return FakeComponent;
}

@Component({ ... })
export class MainCmp implements OnInit
{
  // place to insert
  @ViewChild('viewChild', {read: ViewContainerRef}) viewChild: ViewContainerRef;

  constructor(private compiler: ComponentResolver){}
  // or OnChanges, or event binding.. should work

  ngOnInit()
  {
    // decide on your custom logic here, get you @Input, whatever...

    // and you can actually make some custom dynamic component...
    let childCmp = makeComponent( custom, stuff, here );

    // compile then insert in your location, defined by viewChild
    this.compiler.resolveComponent( childCmp )
      .then( (compFactory:ComponentFactory) => this.viewChild.createComponent(compFactory) )
  }
}

How can I have dynamic templateUrl for Angular2 Component?

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