angular - inject() must be called from an injection context

Question

I am trying to export my Angular app as an npm module to be consumed by other applications, but am running into some difficulties. I have not been able to find this error anywhere else on the internet, and am at my wit's end.

I followed this tutorial: https://medium.com/@nikolasleblanc/building-an-angular-4-component-library-with-the-angular-cli-and-ng-packagr-53b2ade0701e

I used ng-packagr to export my app as an npm module. I can successfully install it from a local folder on a barebones test app, but cannot get it to display my app.

Error:

    AppComponent.html:1 ERROR Error: inject() must be called from an injection context
    at inject (core.js:1362)
    at ChangeStackService_Factory (template-wiz.js:2074)
    at _callFactory (core.js:8223)
    at _createProviderInstance (core.js:8181)
    at resolveNgModuleDep (core.js:8156)
    at NgModuleRef_.push../node_modules/@angular/core/fesm5/core.js.NgModuleRef_.get (core.js:8849)
    at resolveDep (core.js:9214)
    at createClass (core.js:9094)
    at createDirectiveInstance (core.js:8971)
    at createViewNodes (core.js:10191)

template-wiz.module.ts (Module being exported)

    import { NgModule, ChangeDetectorRef, ComponentFactoryResolver } from '@angular/core';
    import { TemplateWizComponent } from './template-wiz.component';
    import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
    import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
    import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
    import { BlockListDirective } from './Directives/block-list.directive';
    import { TemplateItemsDirective } from './Directives/template-items.directive';
    import { ContextMenuComponent, SeperatorComponent, DragBoxComponent, SnapLineComponent, PropertiesComponent, ToolboxComponent } from './Components'
    import { AddressBlockComponent, TextBlockComponent, ImageBlockComponent, DataBlockComponent } from './Data-Blocks';
    import { BlockFactoryService, BlockRegistryService, DisplayInfoService, MouseClickService, SavingService, SnapService, TextHelperService, UserModeService } from './Services';
    import { PageContextMenuComponent } from './Components/page-context-menu/page-context-menu.component';
    import { CamelToWordsPipe } from './Pipes/camel-to-words.pipe';
    import { PdfPublisherService } from './Services/pdf-publisher/pdf-publisher.service';
    import { GradientBlockComponent } from './Data-Blocks/gradient-block/gradient-block.component';
    import { PropToTypePipe } from './Pipes/prop-to-type.pipe';
    import { ShapeBlockComponent } from './Data-Blocks/shape-block/shape-block.component';
    import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
    import { ModuleWithProviders } from '@angular/compiler/src/core';


    @NgModule({
      imports: [
        CommonModule,
        FormsModule,
        HttpClientModule
      ],
      entryComponents: [
        AddressBlockComponent,
        ContextMenuComponent,
        DragBoxComponent,
        GradientBlockComponent,
        ImageBlockComponent,
        PageContextMenuComponent,
        SeperatorComponent,
        ShapeBlockComponent,
        SnapLineComponent,
        TextBlockComponent
      ],
      declarations: [
        TemplateWizComponent,
        DataBlockComponent,
        AddressBlockComponent,
        SeperatorComponent,
        BlockListDirective,
        TemplateItemsDirective,
        ImageBlockComponent,
        TextBlockComponent, DragBoxComponent,
        SnapLineComponent,
        ToolboxComponent,
        PropertiesComponent,
        ContextMenuComponent,
        PageContextMenuComponent,
        GradientBlockComponent,
        CamelToWordsPipe,
        PropToTypePipe,
        ShapeBlockComponent
      ],
      providers: [
        BlockFactoryService,
        BlockRegistryService,
        DisplayInfoService,
        MouseClickService,
        SavingService,
        SnapService,
        TextHelperService,
        UserModeService,
        PdfPublisherService
      ],
      //bootstrap: [TemplateWizComponent],
      exports: [
        TemplateWizComponent
      ]
    })
    export class TemplateWizModule {
      static forRoot(): ModuleWithProviders {
        return {
          ngModule: TemplateWizModule,
          providers: [
            ComponentFactoryResolver
          ]
        }
      }
    }

app.module.ts (Bare bones test app using my module)

    import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
    import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
    import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
    import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
    import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
    import { TemplateWizModule } from 'template-wiz';

    @NgModule({
      declarations: [
        AppComponent,
      ],
      imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        FormsModule,
        TemplateWizModule.forRoot(),
        HttpClientModule
      ],
      providers: [],
      bootstrap: [AppComponent]
    })
    export class AppModule { }

Any help or pointers at all would be appreciated, thank you.

Answer 1

There seems to be an issue when using npm link when consuming the library.

Solution: use projects.$name.architect.build.options.preserveSymlinks: true in the angular.json file of the client project, not the library.

Further information: https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/25813