`Cannot read property 'nativeElement' of undefined` when using with Ivy

[sebastiangug]

I've looked around here about ivy-related issues but I haven't found much.

Is there any desire to make this library compatible with Ivy?

[bcolin]

I would also love to keep using this library with Ivy!

[ErikHDev]

Just upgraded to Angular 9 and I get the same error. I turned off Ivy and I was still getting the error, so I'm not sure if it's an Ivy issue or not...

[ramtinsoltani]

Same with me, just upgraded to Angular 9 and got this error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'nativeElement' of undefined
    at LottieAnimationViewComponent.push../node_modules/ng-lottie/__ivy_ngcc__/dist/esm/src/lottieAnimationView.component.js.LottieAnimationViewComponent.ngOnInit

[Jrbebel]

Hello
I had the same problem with angular 9, we must replace ngOnInit by ngAfterViewInit to solve the problem

https://github.com/Jrbebel/ng-lottie/blob/master/src/lottieAnimationView.component.ts

[ErikHDev]

I think this project is on life support, it hasn't had a commit in almost year and a half, and the issues are piling up. Thanks @Jrbebel , I'll have to fork the project and try it myself.

[MarcARoberge]

@ErikHDev any news ?

[ramtinsoltani]

@ErikHDev I would suggest taking a look at ngx-lottie before you attempt fork to this project.

ngx-lottie seems maintained and works with ivy, and most importantly, it's highly compatible with this project, API-wise.

It literally took me only a few minutes to switch since almost all events and APIs had equivalents either in the same name (so no change is required) or with a similar one (event animCreated is animationCreated in ngx-lottie).

Also, ngx-lottie has better TypeScript typings as opposed to this project where the emitted event data is any.

I hope this helps someone.