google maps - Angular GoogleMaps error when using it in test

Question

I'm using the Angular Material google maps component for integrating Maps in to an Ionic/Capacitor application.

https://github.com/angular/components/tree/master/src/google-maps

The map functionality works perfectly fine when I'm developing the application. When I try to run the test file for the component that implements the Google Map, I get this error:

Failed: Namespace google not found, cannot construct embedded google map. Please install the Google Maps JavaScript API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#Loading_the_Maps_API
Error: Namespace google not found, cannot construct embedded google map. Please install the Google Maps JavaScript API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#Loading_the_Maps_API
    at new GoogleMap (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/google-maps/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/google-maps.js:202:1)
    at NodeInjectorFactory.GoogleMap_Factory [as factory] (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/google-maps/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/google-maps.js:441:49)
    at getNodeInjectable (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:4029:1)
    at instantiateAllDirectives (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:7964:1)
    at createDirectivesInstances (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:7330:1)
    at ??elementStart (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:13902:1)
    at HomePage_Template (ng:///HomePage.js:79:9)
    at executeTemplate (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:7303:1)
    at renderView (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:7112:1)
    at renderComponent (http://localhost:9876/_karma_webpack_/node_modules/@angular/core/__ivy_ngcc__/fesm2015/core.js:8373:1)

karma.conf.js (this was kinda a last ditch effort, no luck tho.):

config.set({
  ...
  plugins: [
    ...
    require('@angular/google-maps')
  ],
  ...
});

HTML:

<google-map>
    <map-rectangle
      *ngIf="showSelectionUI"
      [bounds]="bounds"
      [options]="options"
    ></map-rectangle>
    <map-marker
      #marker="mapMarker"
      *ngFor="let position of markerPositions"
      [position]="position"
     ></map-marker>
</google-map>

Typescript:

@ViewChild(GoogleMap) map: GoogleMap;

@ViewChild(MapRectangle) rectangle: MapRectangle;

And here's the entire spec file:

import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { IonicModule } from '@ionic/angular';

import { HomePage } from './home.page';
import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';

import {
  HttpClientTestingModule,
  HttpTestingController
} from '@angular/common/http/testing';
import { GoogleMapsModule, GoogleMap } from '@angular/google-maps';
import { GooglePlaceModule } from 'ngx-google-places-autocomplete';

describe('HomePage', () => {
  let component: HomePage;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<HomePage>;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [HomePage],
      imports: [
        IonicModule.forRoot(),
        HttpClientTestingModule,
        GoogleMapsModule,
        GooglePlaceModule
      ],
      providers: [
        {
          provide: Storage,
          useValue: {
            get: () => 'manual'
          }
        }
      ]
    }).compileComponents();

    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(HomePage);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  }));

  it('should create', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65839038/angular-googlemaps-error-when-using-it-in-test

Answer 1

I can at least show you how I do this using Angular Google Maps. I have an archived repository and website that used to use a Google map with a marker on it here.

app.module.ts

import { AgmCoreModule } from '@agm/core';

HTML Template of component

<agm-map [latitude]="lat" [zoom]="zoom" [longitude]="lng" [mapTypeId]="'hybrid'" style="height: 600px;">
    <agm-marker  [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng" ></agm-marker>
</agm-map>

Typescript Template of component

lat: number = 41.6600203;
lng: number = -88.7526228;
zoom: number = 15;