Angular2: Component doesn't update

Question

I am building an angular application about some projects I did. I have a detail page that shows the detail of a project.

The problem: When I go to the project detail page, everything is correct. But when I switch the project variable (by using the navigation I have on the page) the dependency component doesn't update, they don't get the correct project ID.

The projectdetail.html page that contains all the components:

<div class="container-content" *ngIf="project">
    <div class="projectdetail">
        <div class="thumbnail header">
            <img [src]="project.img" [alt]="project.name" class="projectImage" />
            <div>
                <h2>{{project.name}}</h2>
                <!--The programming component that you can see in the image-->
                <programming-languages [ids]="project.languages"></programming-languages>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div>
            <carousel interval="5000" noWrap="false">
                <slide *ngFor="let slidez of slides; let index=index">
                    <img [src]="slidez.image" class="carouselimg" />
                    <div class="carousel-caption">
                        <h4>Slide {{slidez.id}}</h4>
                        <p>{{slidez.text}}</p>
                    </div>
                </slide>
             </carousel>
        </div>
        <div class="thumbnail detail">
            <p>{{project.description}}</p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="projects hidden-mm hidden-sm hidden-xs">
        <projectsidelist [notShowId]="selectedProjectId"></projectsidelist>
    </div>
</div>

The language component code:

import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

import { ProgrammingLanguagesService } from '../services/programminglanguages.service';
import { ProgrammingLanguage } from '../models/programmingLanguage';

@Component({
    selector: 'programming-languages',
    templateUrl: 'app/components/programminglanguages.component.html',
    providers: [ProgrammingLanguagesService]  
})
export class ProgrammingLanguages implements OnInit {
    @Input()
    ids: number[];
    programmingLanguages: ProgrammingLanguage[];
    constructor(private programmingLanguagesService: ProgrammingLanguagesService) {

    }

    getProgrammingLanguages() {
        this.programmingLanguagesService.getProgrammingLanguages().subscribe(programmingLanguages => {
            var result: ProgrammingLanguage[] = [];
            this.ids.forEach((key: number) => {
                programmingLanguages.forEach((programmingLanguage: ProgrammingLanguage) => {
                    if (programmingLanguage.id == key)
                    {
                        result.push(programmingLanguage);
                    }
                })
            })       
            this.programmingLanguages = result;
        });
    }

    ngOnInit() {
        setTimeout(() => this.getProgrammingLanguages(), 0);
    }
}

The programming language html:

<div class="languageoverlay">
    <span *ngFor="let programmingLanguage of programmingLanguages; let lastElement = last">
        <img [src]="programmingLanguage.img" [alt]="programmingLanguage.name" />
        <span [hidden]="lastElement" class="languageseperator">+</span>
    </span>
</div>

If you need extra code please ask or refer to the github

Github containing All the code

Explanation when you run the github: go to http://localhost:3000/#/projectdetail/5 and click another project on the left bar. Then you see the issue!

Answer 1

You were correctly passing an array of id's to the component but you never listen to the changes made so there is a quick fix for you:

in programminglanguages.component.ts change this code:

import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

to

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

and

export class ProgrammingLanguages implements OnInit {

to

export class ProgrammingLanguages implements OnInit, OnChanges {

and finally add this lifecycle function to you class body:

 ngOnChanges(): void {
        this.getProgrammingLanguages();
    }