Could not find an NgModule. Use the skip-import option to skip importing in NgModule
I get the error in the subject of this post when I use the CLI to create a new component: ng g c my-component --project=my-project (No component is created)
I've seen other posts with the same error message, but none of them also include Nrwl/Nx, which I believe is somehow involved. Project started as Ng4 and was upgraded to Ng6.
Environment:
- Angular CLI: 6.0.8
- Node: 8.9.4
- OS: win32 x64
- Angular: 6.0.6
- @angular-devkit/architect 0.6.8
- @angular-devkit/build-angular 0.6.8
- @angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.6.8
- @angular-devkit/core 0.6.8
- @angular-devkit/schematics 0.6.8
- @angular/cdk 6.3.1
- @angular/cli 6.0.8
- @angular/material 6.3.1
- @ngtools/webpack 6.0.8
- @schematics/angular 0.6.1
- @schematics/update 0.6.8
- rxjs 6.2.1
- typescript 2.7.2
- webpack 4.8.3
- nrwl/nx 6.1.0
UPDATE #1
I tried dropping the --project flag entirely ( so just ng g c my-component) and still get the same problem. Not sure what that means, yet.
Quick fix
1) Change current directory in cmd/terminal to src/app
cd src/app (linux)
cd .\src\app\ (windows)
2) Run commands now
ng g c myComponent
The generate of components aims to do 2 things:
- create source code for the component
- registers the component in a module (by default, in the
app.module.ts)
The problem is, that you don't have an app.module.ts. You renamed it to something else, or perhaps even have multiple of them. In that case there are 2 possible solutions:
-
you do the registration of the component manually. (easiest)
ng g component mycomponent --skip-import
you specify the module with the
-mswitch. (might be broken) There is a long thread about it here: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/526
Run component generation command(ng g c component-name) from where the app.module.ts file is located.