[angular] How to import Angular Material in project?

I have installed Angular Material Design. Now I try to add this in app.module.ts file:

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

What I should decify in section: imports: []? that to load all material entities.

I tried: imports: ['MaterialModule'] but it is deprecated

Import all Angular Material modules in Angular 9.

Create material.module.ts file in your_project/src/app/ directory and paste this code.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';


import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatCheckboxModule } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
import { MatAutocompleteModule } from '@angular/material/autocomplete';
import { MatDatepickerModule } from '@angular/material/datepicker';
import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
import { MatRadioModule } from '@angular/material/radio';
import { MatSelectModule } from '@angular/material/select';
import { MatSliderModule } from '@angular/material/slider';
import { MatSlideToggleModule } from '@angular/material/slide-toggle';
import { MatMenuModule } from '@angular/material/menu';
import { MatSidenavModule } from '@angular/material/sidenav';
import { MatBadgeModule } from '@angular/material/badge';
import { MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material/toolbar';
import { MatListModule } from '@angular/material/list';
import { MatGridListModule } from '@angular/material/grid-list';
import { MatCardModule } from '@angular/material/card';
import { MatStepperModule } from '@angular/material/stepper';
import { MatTabsModule } from '@angular/material/tabs';
import { MatExpansionModule } from '@angular/material/expansion';
import { MatButtonToggleModule } from '@angular/material/button-toggle';
import { MatChipsModule } from '@angular/material/chips';
import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
import { MatProgressSpinnerModule } from '@angular/material/progress-spinner';
import { MatProgressBarModule } from '@angular/material/progress-bar';
import { MatDialogModule } from '@angular/material/dialog';
import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
import { MatSnackBarModule } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
import { MatTableModule } from '@angular/material/table';
import { MatSortModule } from '@angular/material/sort';
import { MatPaginatorModule } from '@angular/material/paginator';


@NgModule( {
    imports: [
        CommonModule,
        BrowserAnimationsModule,
        MatCheckboxModule,
        MatCheckboxModule,
        MatButtonModule,
        MatInputModule,
        MatAutocompleteModule,
        MatDatepickerModule,
        MatFormFieldModule,
        MatRadioModule,
        MatSelectModule,
        MatSliderModule,
        MatSlideToggleModule,
        MatMenuModule,
        MatSidenavModule,
        MatBadgeModule,
        MatToolbarModule,
        MatListModule,
        MatGridListModule,
        MatCardModule,
        MatStepperModule,
        MatTabsModule,
        MatExpansionModule,
        MatButtonToggleModule,
        MatChipsModule,
        MatIconModule,
        MatProgressSpinnerModule,
        MatProgressBarModule,
        MatDialogModule,
        MatTooltipModule,
        MatSnackBarModule,
        MatTableModule,
        MatSortModule,
        MatPaginatorModule

    ],
    exports: [
        MatButtonModule,
        MatToolbarModule,
        MatIconModule,
        MatSidenavModule,
        MatBadgeModule,
        MatListModule,
        MatGridListModule,
        MatInputModule,
        MatFormFieldModule,
        MatSelectModule,
        MatRadioModule,
        MatDatepickerModule,
        MatChipsModule,
        MatTooltipModule,
        MatTableModule,
        MatPaginatorModule
    ],
    providers: [
        MatDatepickerModule,
    ]
} )

export class AngularMaterialModule { }

Click here to see Error message screenshot

If you people are getting this error "compiler.js:2430 Uncaught Error: Unexpected directive 'MatIcon' imported by the module 'AppModule'. Please add a @NgModule annotation"

Please do not import MatIcon from @angular/material.

Just Import below: import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material';

How to import Angular Material?

You can run below command. ng add @angular/material

Step 1

yarn add @angular/material @angular/cdk @angular/animations

Step 2 - Create a new file( /myApp/src/app/material.module.ts ) that includes all the material UI modules (there is no shortcut, you have to include individual modules one by one)

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

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

    @NgModule({
      imports: [
        MatButtonModule,
        MatMenuModule,
        MatToolbarModule,
        MatIconModule,
        MatCardModule
      ],
      exports: [
        MatButtonModule,
        MatMenuModule,
        MatToolbarModule,
        MatIconModule,
        MatCardModule
      ]
    })
    export class MaterialModule {}

Step 3 - Import and add that newly created module to your app.module.ts

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MaterialModule } from './material.module'; // material module imported

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    MaterialModule // MAteria module added
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

You should consider using a SharedModule for the essential material components of your app, and then import every single module you need to use into your feature modules. I wrote an article on medium explaining how to import Angular material, check it out:

https://medium.com/@benmohamehdi/how-to-import-angular-material-angular-best-practices-80d3023118de

I am using Angular CLI 9.1.4 and all i did was just run:

ng add @angular/material

And all the angular material packages were installed and my package.json file was updated.

This is the easiest way to get that done.

Starting from Angular version 9:

Breaking changes:

Components can no longer be imported through "@angular/material". Use the individual secondary entry-points, such as @angular/material/button.

This means that:

import { MatInputModule, MatCardModule } from "@angular/material";

becomes:

import { MatInputModule } from "@angular/material/input";
import { MatCardModule } from "@angular/material/card";

Install & Add Material to Angular Projects

There is an automatic/easy way of adding Material to Angular Projects. Use the Angular CLI's install schematic to set up your Angular Material project by running the following command:

ng add @angular/material

The ng add command will additionally perform the following configurations:

• Add project dependencies to package.json
• Add the Roboto font to your index.html
• Add the Material Design icon font to your index.html
• Add a few global CSS styles to:
  • Remove margins from body
  • Set height: 100% on html and body
  • Set Roboto as the default application font

You're done! Angular Material is now configured to be used in your application.

Read more about this here

The MaterialModule was deprecated in the beta3 version with the goal that developers should only import into their applications what they are going to use and thus improve the bundle size.

The developers have now 2 options:

• Create a custom MyMaterialModule which imports/exports the components that your application requires and can be imported by other (feature) modules in your application.
• Import directly the individual material modules that a module requires into it.

Take the following as example (extracted from material page)

First approach:

import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material';

@NgModule({
  imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
  exports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
})
export class MyOwnCustomMaterialModule { }

Then you can import this module into any of yours.

Second approach:

import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material';

@NgModule({
  ...
  imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
  ...
})
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }

Now you can use the respective material components in all the components declared in PizzaPartyAppModule

It is worth mentioning the following:

• With the latest version of material, you need to import BrowserAnimationsModule into your main module if you want the animations to work
• With the latest version developers now need to add @angular/cdk to their package.json (material dependency)
• Import the material modules always after BrowserModule, as stated by the docs:

Whichever approach you use, be sure to import the Angular Material modules after Angular's BrowserModule, as the import order matters for NgModules.

If you want to import all Material modules, create your own module i.e. material.module.ts and do something like the following:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';_x000D_
import * as MATERIAL_MODULES from '@angular/material';_x000D_
_x000D_
export function mapMaterialModules() {_x000D_
  return Object.keys(MATERIAL_MODULES).filter((k) => {_x000D_
    let asset = MATERIAL_MODULES[k];_x000D_
    return typeof asset == 'function'_x000D_
      && asset.name.startsWith('Mat')_x000D_
      && asset.name.includes('Module');_x000D_
  }).map((k) => MATERIAL_MODULES[k]);_x000D_
}_x000D_
const modules = mapMaterialModules();_x000D_
_x000D_
@NgModule({_x000D_
    imports: modules,_x000D_
    exports: modules_x000D_
})_x000D_
export class MaterialModule { }

Then import the module into your app.module.ts