How to reload or refresh only child component in Angular 8

Question

I have two components, One parent and Other Child.

HTML Part

<div>
  <div class="row col-md-12">
    <div class="col-md-4">
       <!-- Some HTML Code of Parent component over here -->
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-8">
      <child-component></child-component>
    </div>
 </div>
 <button class="button" (click)="reloadOnlyChild($event)">Reload Child</button>
</div>

Now, On click of this button, I want the only child to get reload, or refresh.

TS Part

reloadOnlyChild(event){
  // I want to reload the child from here.
}

I searched on the Internet, I am getting for Vue or React, But not for Angular.

Solution 1

Best way to update a child component is: ngOnChanges()

ngOnChanges(): "A lifecycle hook that is called when any data-bound property of a directive changes. Define an ngOnChanges() method to handle the changes." We use this lifecycle hook to respond to changes to our @Input() variables.

Example:

import { Component, Input, OnChanges } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "child-component",
  templateUrl: "./child-component.html"
})
export class MyComponent implements OnChanges {
  @Input() someInput: string;

  constructor() {}

  ngOnChanges() {
  /**********THIS FUNCTION WILL TRIGGER WHEN PARENT COMPONENT UPDATES 'someInput'**************/
  //Write your code here
   console.log(this.someInput);
  }   
 
}

Use child component inside parent component as follows

<child-component [someInput]="inputValue"></child-component>

Solution 2

Say if you have a form in Child.Component.ts and if you want to reset it from parent component you can establish a connection between parent and child using Subject.

Parent.Component.html

<child-component [resetFormSubject]="resetFormSubject.asObservable()"></child-component>
<button (click)="resetChildForm()"></button>

Parent.Component.ts

import { Subject } from "rxjs";
resetFormSubject: Subject<boolean> = new Subject<boolean>();

resetChildForm(){
   this.resetFormSubject.next(true);
}

Child.Component.ts

import { Subject } from "rxjs";
@Input() resetFormSubject: Subject<boolean> = new Subject<boolean>();

ngOnInit(){
 this.resetFormSubject.subscribe(response => {
    if(response){
     yourForm.reset();
    // Or do whatever operations you need.
  }
 }
}

By using Subject you can establish a connection from parent to the child whenever the button gets clicked.

Hope this answer helps! Cheers :)

Solution 3

You could add an Input to update the component, or add a update function in the child that you can call in the code. Using @ViewChild to call the child update function from the parent. Like this

( https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-updatechild ):

Child:

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
   selector: "app-child",
   templateUrl: "./child.component.html",
   styleUrls: ["./child.component.css"] 
})
export class ChildComponent {
   ticks = Date.now().valueOf();

   constructor() {}

   update(): void {
   this.ticks = Date.now().valueOf();
   }
}

Parent:

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
import { ChildComponent } from "./../child/child.component";

@Component({
 selector: "app-parrent",
 templateUrl: "./parrent.component.html",
 styleUrls: ["./parrent.component.css"]
})
export class ParrentComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild(ChildComponent, { static: false }) childC: ChildComponent;
  showChild: boolean = true;
  constructor() {}

  ngOnInit() {}

  onUpdateChild() {
    this.childC.update();
 }
}

Solution 4

We can also use *ngIf and setTimeout to reset the child component from parent without making any change in child component.

.template:

.ts:

show:boolean = true

resetChildForm(){
   this.show = false;

   setTimeout(() => {
      this.show = true
    }, 100);
}

This is particularly helpful when we have no control over child component, like a 3rd party library component.

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Comments

[Wandrille]

What do you mean by "reload" ? Have the *ngOnInit launch again ?

[Saurabh Singh Rajput]

Suppose, Child component consists is a form. I have filled that form. I on button click, I am saving data, And I want it to reload So that all fields of that form become Empty and untouched.

[robert]

Can you post more code or better create a stackblitz about this.