Angular fire OnChanges to dynamic child by typescript (NO HTML)

Question

I'm creating my component by Typescript and passing from there my inputs to my child.

parent TS

this.childComponent = this.viewContainerRef.createComponent(this.data.body).instance;
this.childComponent['childInput'] = 5;

child TS

@Input() childInput!: number;
ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
    if(changes['childInput'].previousValue !== changes['childInput'].currentValue)
    console.log('change fired')
}

how can I fire from parent the OnChanges?

I tryed this.childComponent.onChanges(); but it was not working because I didn't past any params

thanks

Answer 1

If you are using Angular v14.1.0

You can use setInput method on componentRef to set Input dynamically. It will automatically trigger ngOnChanges whenever value changes

this.childComponent = this.viewContainerRef.createComponent(this.data.body);
this.childComponent.setInput('childInput',5);

Sample Working Example