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Fix Data path "" must have required property 'browserTarget' during downgrade version 17 to 16


i have a new project which develop with angular 17 but now i need to downgrade to angular v16 so, i have a problem path. I update all version in package.json file but i don't get solution for this error. Do you have any idea for that ? I also check different topic about this subject in stackOverflow but i don't get solution.

npm run serve_proxy    

> [email protected] serve_proxy
> ng serve --verbose --proxy-config proxy.config.json

Error: Schema validation failed with the following errors:
  Data path "" must have required property 'browserTarget'.
{
  "name": "car-angular",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build --base-href=.",
    "build_prod": "ng build --configuration production --base-href=.",
    "build_dev": "ng build --base-href=.",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e",
    "install:clean": "rm -rf node_modules/ && rm -rf package-lock.json && npm install && npm start",
    "serve_proxy": "ng serve --verbose --proxy-config proxy.config.json"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/cdk": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/common": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/core": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/forms": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/material": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/router": "^16.2.0",
    "@costlydeveloper/ngx-awesome-popup": "^3.2.2",
    "@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome": "^0.13.0",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^6.4.2",
    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^6.4.2",
    "@ngrx/store": "^16.3.0",
    "@ngrx/store-devtools": "^16.3.0",
    "@ngx-translate/core": "^15.0.0",
    "moment": "^2.30.1",
    "ngrx-store-localstorage": "^16.0.0",
    "primeicons": "^7.0.0",
    "primeng": "^16.9.1",
    "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
    "tslib": "^2.3.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.13.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^16.2.14",
    "@angular/cli": "^16.2.0",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^16.2.0",
    "@types/jasmine": "~5.1.0",
    "@types/node": "20.12.7",
    "jasmine-core": "~5.1.0",
    "karma": "~6.4.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.2.0",
    "karma-coverage": "~2.2.0",
    "karma-jasmine": "~5.1.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "~2.1.0",
    "prettier": "^3.2.5",
    "ts-node": "9.1.1",
    "typescript": "^4.9.3"
  }
}
{
  "$schema": "../node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "car-angular": {
      "projectType": "application",
      "schematics": {
        "@schematics/angular:component": {
          "style": "scss",
          "standalone": false
        }
      },
      "root": "",
      "sourceRoot": "src",
      "prefix": "app",
      "architect": {
        "build": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:application",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/car-angular",
            "index": "src/index.html",
            "browser": "src/main.ts",
            "polyfills": ["zone.js"],
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
            "inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
            "assets": ["src/favicon.ico", "src/assets"],
            "styles": [
              "@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css",
              "src/styles.scss"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "budgets": [
                {
                  "type": "initial",
                  "maximumWarning": "500kb",
                  "maximumError": "2mb"
                },
                {
                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                  "maximumWarning": "2kb",
                  "maximumError": "6kb"
                }
              ],
              "outputHashing": "all"
            },
            "development": {
              "optimization": false,
              "extractLicenses": false,
              "sourceMap": true,
              "outputHashing": "media"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "production"
        },
        "serve": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "fileReplacements": [
                {
                  "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                  "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                }
              ]
            },
            "development": {
              "buildTarget": "car-angular:build:development"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "development"
        },
        "extract-i18n": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
          "options": {
            "buildTarget": "car-angular:build"
          }
        },
        "test": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
          "options": {
            "polyfills": ["zone.js", "zone.js/testing"],
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
            "inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
            "assets": ["src/favicon.ico", "src/assets"],
            "styles": [
              "@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css",
              "src/styles.scss"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cli": {
    "analytics": false
  }
}

Solution

  • You also need to replace all styleUrl to styleUrls and make sure the property is an array and not a string

    You have to rename all the "buildTarget" to "browserTarget" in the angular.json file.

    {
      "$schema": "../node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
      "version": 1,
      "newProjectRoot": "projects",
      "projects": {
        "car-angular": {
          "projectType": "application",
          "schematics": {
            "@schematics/angular:component": {
              "style": "scss",
              "standalone": false
            }
          },
          "root": "",
          "sourceRoot": "src",
          "prefix": "app",
          "architect": {
            "build": {
              "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:application",
              "options": {
                "outputPath": "dist/car-angular",
                "index": "src/index.html",
                "browser": "src/main.ts",
                "polyfills": ["zone.js"],
                "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
                "inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
                "assets": ["src/favicon.ico", "src/assets"],
                "styles": [
                  "@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css",
                  "src/styles.scss"
                ],
                "scripts": []
              },
              "configurations": {
                "production": {
                  "budgets": [
                    {
                      "type": "initial",
                      "maximumWarning": "500kb",
                      "maximumError": "2mb"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                      "maximumWarning": "2kb",
                      "maximumError": "6kb"
                    }
                  ],
                  "outputHashing": "all"
                },
                "development": {
                  "optimization": false,
                  "extractLicenses": false,
                  "sourceMap": true,
                  "outputHashing": "media"
                }
              },
              "defaultConfiguration": "production"
            },
            "serve": {
              "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
              "configurations": {
                "production": {
                  "fileReplacements": [
                    {
                      "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                      "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "development": {
                  "browserTarget": "car-angular:build:development"
                }
              },
              "defaultConfiguration": "development"
            },
            "extract-i18n": {
              "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
              "options": {
                "browserTarget": "car-angular:build"
              }
            },
            "test": {
              "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
              "options": {
                "polyfills": ["zone.js", "zone.js/testing"],
                "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
                "inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
                "assets": ["src/favicon.ico", "src/assets"],
                "styles": [
                  "@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css",
                  "src/styles.scss"
                ],
                "scripts": []
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "cli": {
        "analytics": false
      }
    }
    

    Please find below stackblitz with a fresh angular 16 project for reference

    Stackblitz Demo