Loading Components Dynamically in an Angular Application.

Priti Jha
2 min readFeb 15, 2023

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In Angular, you can dynamically load components at runtime using the ComponentFactoryResolver. This is useful in scenarios where you need to load components based on user actions or data from a backend service.

Here are the steps to dynamically load a component in an Angular application:

Step 1:- Import the ComponentFactoryResolver in your component:

Step 2:- Inject the ComponentFactoryResolver and ViewContainerRef into your component’s constructor:

constructor(private componentFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver, private viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {}

Step 3:- Create a reference to the component you want to load dynamically:

const componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(MyComponent);

Step 4:- Use the ViewContainerRef to create a component instance and insert it into the DOM:

You can also pass data to the dynamically loaded component using the componentRef instance:

Step 5:- To remove the dynamically loaded component from the DOM, call the destroy() method on the componentRef:

Note that in step 3, you need to replace MyComponent with the name of the component you want to load dynamically. Also, make sure that the component you want to load dynamically is declared in the module where you are using the ComponentFactoryResolver.

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Priti Jha

Senior front-end developer writing about Angular 8 , Ionic Framework ,Javascript, HTML, Css and all front end technology.