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
Solution 1:
There are a few issues in your code
-
<div [formGroup]="form">
outside of a<form>
tag -
<form [formGroup]="form">
but the name of the property containing theFormGroup
isloginForm
therefore it should be<form [formGroup]="loginForm">
-
[formControlName]="dob"
which passes the value of the propertydob
which doesn't exist. What you need is to pass the stringdob
like[formControlName]="'dob'"
or simplerformControlName="dob"
Plunker example
Solution 2:
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.