23
votes

I have header that should be used in both child and parent module.that was imported and used in parent module but when try to import and using in child component it showing error.I mean how to use common header for both parent and child module

Uncaught (in promise): Error:

Type HeaderComponent is part of the declarations of 2 modules: AppModule and ProviderModule! Please consider moving HeaderComponent to a higher module that imports AppModule and ProviderModule.

You can also create a new NgModule that exports and includes HeaderComponent then import that NgModule in AppModule and ProviderModule.

3
What type of error? - hY8vVpf3tyR57Xib
The component is part of the declarations of 2 modules? - yurzui
yes Uncaught (in promise): Error: Type HeaderComponent is part of the declarations of 2 modules: AppModule and ProviderModule! Please consider moving HeaderComponent to a higher module that imports AppModule and ProviderModule. You can also create a new NgModule that exports and includes HeaderComponent then import that NgModule in AppModule and ProviderModule. - j dileep
Edit: Error message added back into question for readability - Simon_Weaver

3 Answers

35
votes

You should create a shared module with the components you want to use, export these components, and import the shared module in your other modules (parent and child for your case).

Shared module:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { SharedComponent1 } from "./SharedComponent1";
import { SharedComponent2 } from "./SharedComponent2";

@NgModule({
imports: [
    CommonModule
],
declarations: [
    SharedComponent1,
    SharedComponent2
],
exports: [
    SharedComponent1,
    SharedComponent2
]
})
export class SharedModule {}

Using Shared module:

import { NgModule }       from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule }   from '@angular/common';
...
import { SharedModule } from './SharedModule';

@NgModule({
imports: [
    CommonModule,
    ...
    SharedModule
],
declarations: [
    ...
],
providers: [
    ...
]
})
export class AppModule{}
2
votes

I have modified ST7s answer.

You should export the components of the parent module, you want to use in the child module. Then import the parent module in the child module.

Parent module (exporting shared components):

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { SharedComponent1 } from "./SharedComponent1";
import { SharedComponent2 } from "./SharedComponent2";

@NgModule({
imports: [
    CommonModule
],
declarations: [
    SharedComponent1,
    SharedComponent2,
    ...
],
exports: [
    SharedComponent1,
    SharedComponent2
]
})
export class ParentModule {}

Child module (importing parent module):

import { NgModule }       from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule }   from '@angular/common';
...
import { ParentModule } from '../ParentModule';

@NgModule({
imports: [
    CommonModule,
    ...
    ParentModule
],
declarations: [
    ...
],
providers: [
    ...
]
})
export class ChildModule{}
-5
votes

It would have been great , if you can share the code and the specified the error you are getting.

As per my understanding , you basically want to pass some data from parent component to its child component .

For this , you need to use @Input to pass parent params to child.

Component Interaction between parent and child

Let me know , if it helps or not