Angular Material


What is AngularJS Material?

AngularJS Material is both a UI Component framework and a reference implementation of Google's Material Design Specification.


Step 1: Install Angular Material

npm install --save @angular/material

Step 2: Animations

Some Material components depend on the Angular animations module in order to be able to do more advanced transitions. If you want these animations to work in your app, you have to install the @angular/animations module and include the BrowserAnimationsModule in your app.

npm install --save @angular/animations
import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; 
@NgModule({ 
...
 imports: [BrowserAnimationsModule],
 ... 
}) 
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }


If you don't want to add another dependency to your project, you can use the NoopAnimationsModule.

import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; 
@NgModule({
 ... 
imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
 ... }) 
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }

Step 3: Import the component modules


Import the NgModule for each component you want to use:

import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material'; 
@NgModule({
 ... 
imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule], 
... 
})
 export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }


Alternatively, you can create a separate NgModule that imports all of the Angular Material components that you will use in your application. You can then include this module wherever you'd like to use the components.

import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material'; 
@NgModule({ 

imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule], 
exports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule], 

}) 
export class MyOwnCustomMaterialModule { }


Whichever approach you use, be sure to import the Angular Material modules after Angular's BrowserModule, as the import order matters for NgModules.

Step 4: Include a theme


Including a theme is required to apply all of the core and theme styles to your application.

To get started with a prebuilt theme, include the following in your app's index.html:

<link href="../node_modules/@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css" rel="stylesheet">

Note that your app's project structure may have a different relative location for your node_modules.

Step 5: Gesture Support


Some components (md-slide-toggle, md-slider, mdTooltip) rely on HammerJS for gestures. In order to get the full feature-set of these components, HammerJS must be loaded into the application.

You can add HammerJS to your application via npm, a CDN (such as the Google CDN), or served directly from your app.

To install via npm, use the following command:

npm install --save hammerjs


After installing, import it into your app's root module.

import 'hammerjs';


Step 6 (Optional): Add Material Icons


If you want to use the md-icon component with the official Material Design Icons, load the icon font in your index.html.

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

Sample app : https://github.com/jelbourn/material2-app

Reference


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