Not able to import "@angular/material" module

Question

I'm totally new to mean stack and I'm facing some problems with Angular's material module. I'm trying to import the "@angular/material" module in my code but I'm getting an error whenever I'm importing it. The error is as follows:

ERROR in src/app/app.module.ts:5:32 - error TS2306: File '/Users/anmolsarraf/Desktop/MEAN Stack/mean-course/node_modules/@angular/material/index
.d.ts' is not a module.

Here is my package.json file:

   {
  "name": "mean-course",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animation": "^4.0.0-beta.8",
    "@angular/animations": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/cdk": "^9.0.0",
    "@angular/common": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/compiler": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/core": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/forms": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/material": "^9.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/router": "~8.2.7",
    "rxjs": "~6.4.0",
    "tslib": "^1.10.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.9.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.803.5",
    "@angular/cli": "~8.3.5",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~8.2.7",
    "@angular/language-service": "~8.2.7",
    "@types/node": "~8.9.4",
    "@types/jasmine": "~3.3.8",
    "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
    "codelyzer": "^5.0.0",
    "jasmine-core": "~3.4.0",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
    "karma": "~4.1.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "~2.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.4.0",
    "protractor": "~5.4.0",
    "ts-node": "~7.0.0",
    "tslint": "~5.15.0",
    "typescript": "~3.5.3"
  }
}

Here is my app.module.ts file:

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';

import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { PostCreateComponent } from './posts/post-create/post-create.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent,
    PostCreateComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    AppRoutingModule,
    FormsModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

To be exact I'm trying to do import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material'; and I'm getting the above-mentioned error.

I have tried importing the above module as import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input'; but then it throws a bunch of error saying node_modules/@angular/material/input/input.d.ts:138:9 - error TS1086: An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.

Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

UPDATE

I created a new instance of an Angular app and then tried to import angular material in it, somehow it worked since I'm not getting any errors while importing it. Thanks!

Answer 1

Create one new module.ts file. for example, you can create material.module.ts and prepare all the material libraries in it like below

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { A11yModule } from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
import { ClipboardModule } from '@angular/cdk/clipboard';
import { DragDropModule } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop';
import { PortalModule } from '@angular/cdk/portal';
import { ScrollingModule } from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
import { CdkStepperModule } from '@angular/cdk/stepper';
import { CdkTableModule } from '@angular/cdk/table';
import { CdkTreeModule } from '@angular/cdk/tree';
import { MatAutocompleteModule } from '@angular/material/autocomplete';
import { MatBadgeModule } from '@angular/material/badge';
import { MatBottomSheetModule } from '@angular/material/bottom-sheet';
import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
import { MatButtonToggleModule } from '@angular/material/button-toggle';
import { MatCardModule } from '@angular/material/card';
import { MatCheckboxModule } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
import { MatChipsModule } from '@angular/material/chips';
import { MatStepperModule } from '@angular/material/stepper';
import { MatDatepickerModule } from '@angular/material/datepicker';
import { MatDialogModule } from '@angular/material/dialog';
import { MatDividerModule } from '@angular/material/divider';
import { MatExpansionModule } from '@angular/material/expansion';
import { MatGridListModule } from '@angular/material/grid-list';
import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
import { MatListModule } from '@angular/material/list';
import { MatMenuModule } from '@angular/material/menu';
import { MatNativeDateModule, MatRippleModule } from '@angular/material/core';
import { MatPaginatorModule } from '@angular/material/paginator';
import { MatProgressBarModule } from '@angular/material/progress-bar';
import { MatProgressSpinnerModule } from '@angular/material/progress-spinner';
import { MatRadioModule } from '@angular/material/radio';
import { MatSelectModule } from '@angular/material/select';
import { MatSidenavModule } from '@angular/material/sidenav';
import { MatSliderModule } from '@angular/material/slider';
import { MatSlideToggleModule } from '@angular/material/slide-toggle';
import { MatSnackBarModule } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
import { MatSortModule } from '@angular/material/sort';
import { MatTableModule } from '@angular/material/table';
import { MatTabsModule } from '@angular/material/tabs';
import { MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material/toolbar';
import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
import { MatTreeModule } from '@angular/material/tree';

@NgModule({
  exports: [
    A11yModule,
    ClipboardModule,
    CdkStepperModule,
    CdkTableModule,
    CdkTreeModule,
    DragDropModule,
    MatAutocompleteModule,
    MatBadgeModule,
    MatBottomSheetModule,
    MatButtonModule,
    MatButtonToggleModule,
    MatCardModule,
    MatCheckboxModule,
    MatChipsModule,
    MatStepperModule,
    MatDatepickerModule,
    MatDialogModule,
    MatDividerModule,
    MatExpansionModule,
    MatGridListModule,
    MatIconModule,
    MatInputModule,
    MatListModule,
    MatMenuModule,
    MatNativeDateModule,
    MatPaginatorModule,
    MatProgressBarModule,
    MatProgressSpinnerModule,
    MatRadioModule,
    MatRippleModule,
    MatSelectModule,
    MatSidenavModule,
    MatSliderModule,
    MatSlideToggleModule,
    MatSnackBarModule,
    MatSortModule,
    MatTableModule,
    MatTabsModule,
    MatToolbarModule,
    MatTooltipModule,
    MatTreeModule,
    PortalModule,
    ScrollingModule
  ],
  imports: [
    A11yModule,
    ClipboardModule,
    CdkStepperModule,
    CdkTableModule,
    CdkTreeModule,
    DragDropModule,
    MatAutocompleteModule,
    MatBadgeModule,
    MatBottomSheetModule,
    MatButtonModule,
    MatButtonToggleModule,
    MatCardModule,
    MatCheckboxModule,
    MatChipsModule,
    MatStepperModule,
    MatDatepickerModule,
    MatDialogModule,
    MatDividerModule,
    MatExpansionModule,
    MatGridListModule,
    MatIconModule,
    MatInputModule,
    MatListModule,
    MatMenuModule,
    MatNativeDateModule,
    MatPaginatorModule,
    MatProgressBarModule,
    MatProgressSpinnerModule,
    MatRadioModule,
    MatRippleModule,
    MatSelectModule,
    MatSidenavModule,
    MatSliderModule,
    MatSlideToggleModule,
    MatSnackBarModule,
    MatSortModule,
    MatTableModule,
    MatTabsModule,
    MatToolbarModule,
    MatTooltipModule,
    MatTreeModule,
    PortalModule,
    ScrollingModule
  ]
})
export class MaterialModule { }

import this model in the app.module.ts

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent        
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    AppRoutingModule,
    FormsModule,       
    MaterialModule    
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Answer 2

You need to be more specific:

import {MatInputModule} from '@angular/material/input';

not just

import {MatInputModule} from '@angular/material';

and then add it to your imports

Answer 3

Did you run the command ng add @angular/material? ?

You can also try going through the angular material docs here: https://material.angular.io/guide/getting-started

Also, are you taking the mean course by Maximilian Schwarzmüller? If you're not too far into it, try seeing if you missed any steps (I'm guessing because the name "mean-course" is used for his project too :)

EDIT: In your imports module, you put the line import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input'; but forgot to add it to your imports array :)

change it to this:

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent,
    PostCreateComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    AppRoutingModule,
    FormsModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    MatInputModule //new import
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Edit 2: if that still doesn't work, try running this command: ng update --next @angular/cli --force or updating typescript using npm install -g typescript@latest or npm update

Answer 4

Seems there are so many version mismatch in your package.json.

Can your try ng update , then you will see something like this:

Using package manager: 'npm'
Collecting installed dependencies...
Found 80 dependencies.
We analyzed your package.json, there are some packages to update:

  Name                                Version                  Command to update
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  @angular/cdk                        7.3.7 -> 10.1.3          ng update @angular/cdk
  @angular/cli                        8.3.25 -> 10.0.8         ng update @angular/cli
  @angular/core                       8.2.14 -> 10.0.14        ng update @angular/core
  @ngrx/store                         7.4.0 -> 10.0.0          ng update @ngrx/store
  rxjs                                6.5.4 -> 6.6.2           ng update rxjs

Then please update the required dependencies

Answer 5

首先确保您使用ng add @angular/material导入了材料，然后只需右键单击您的项目，从磁盘重新加载，错误就会消失..

Answer 6

I had the same issue as the OP. I could not pin point the cause but I believe it may have been an issue with the package manager adding conflicting versions of the Material package. I recently switched to using PNPM over NPM. I first started to see this issue after running pnpm install @angular/material . The package installed successfully but I had the errors the OP had above whenever I ran the server, ng serve . Like the OP I tried all the suggestions but none worked. I even tried installing the specific version of Material that worked previously pnpm i @angular/material@8.2.3 but that didn't work either.

What worked was globally setting PNPM as my package manager in the Anglar CLI configurations .

ng config -g cli.packageManager pnpm // Set PNPM globally
ng config cli.packageManager pnpm    // Set PNPM for single project
ng config -g cli.packageManager npm  // Set NPM globally, default

Afterwards, I created a new project and installed the Material package using ng add @angular/material . It took a while but it everything installed successfully. In both instances PNMP was used instead of NPM. I was also able to import the Material modules using the old syntax.

import {MatCardModule, MatIconModule, MatToolbarModule} from '@angular/material'

Answer 7

对我来说，它通过从“@angular/material/input”导入 MatInputModule 来解决。

import {MatInputModule} from '@angular/material/input';

Answer 8

I had also faced the same issue when I started using Angular Material for the first time and didn't know the installation process.

First, you need to install angular material by command:

npm install --save @angular/material

Then add angular material in your project with this command:

ng add @angular/material

For me, it started working by these two simple commands.