[angular] formGroup expects a FormGroup instance

I have an Angular 2 RC4 basic form example on Plunkr that appears to throw the following error (In Chrome DEV console)

Here's the plunkr

https://plnkr.co/edit/GtPDxw?p=preview

Error:

browser_adapter.ts:82 EXCEPTION: Error: Uncaught (in promise): EXCEPTION: Error in ./App class App - inline template:1:7
ORIGINAL EXCEPTION: formGroup expects a FormGroup instance. Please pass one in.
           Example: <form [formGroup]="myFormGroup">

ORIGINAL STACKTRACE:
Error: formGroup expects a FormGroup instance. Please pass one in.
           Example: <form [formGroup]="myFormGroup">

    at new BaseException (https://npmcdn.com/@angular/[email protected]/src/facade/exceptions.js:27:23)
    at FormGroupDirective._checkFormPresent (https://npmcdn.com/@angular/[email protected]/src/directives/reactive_directives/form_group_directive.js:110:19)
    at FormGroupDirective.ngOnChanges (https://npmcdn.com/@angular/[email protected]/src/directives/reactive_directives/form_group_directive.js:39:14)
    at DebugAppView._View_App0.detectChangesInter

I had a the same error and solved it after moving initialization of formBuilder from ngOnInit to constructor.

I had this error when I had specified fromGroupName instead of formArrayName.

Make sure you correctly specify if it is a form array or form group.

<div formGroupName="formInfo"/>

<div formArrayName="formInfo"/>

I was using reactive forms and ran into similar problems. What helped me was to make sure that I set up a corresponding FormGroup in the class. Something like this:

myFormGroup: FormGroup = this.builder.group({
    dob: ['', Validators.required]
});

I was facing this issue and fixed by putting a check in form attribute. This issue can happen when the FormGroup is not initialized.

<form [formGroup]="loginForm" *ngIf="loginForm">
OR
<form [formGroup]="loginForm" *ngIf="this.loginForm">

This will not render the form until it is initialized.