[4.x Cleanup] Remove Renderer.invokeElementMethod, as Angular does not use it!

[vicb]

The invokeElementMethod of the renderer is not used in Angular.

It should be removed in the 4.x branch

[ericmartinezr]

Wouldn't this break people apps (I know the 4.x is for the breaking changes, but this may be too much imo)? I mean, if you google "renderer invokeElementMethod" you'll get a lot of results. It's even recommended in @kara's Angular 5 rookie mistakes under Solution: ViewChild + local template variable. It may not be used internally by angular, but people use it to not access the DOM directly. If the method gets removed, what would be the alternative?

[mgechev]

I'm using it frequently for developing Web Worker compatible libraries as well. Now after #12771 is merged, I suppose this issue should be closed?

[DzmitryShylovich]

@vicb invokeElementMethod was removed in RendererV2 so I think it can be closed

[ericmartinezr]

@DzmitryShylovich @vicb has to tell us what's the proper way to do it without accesing nativeElement :D

[exequiel09]

@ericmartinezr i agree with you. @vicb @DzmitryShylovich please tell us the proper way since i too also use this Renderer.invokeElementMethod().

[DzmitryShylovich]

@exequiel09 create your own mini renderer #15008 (comment)

[tbosch]

yes, this has been removed in the new RendererV2. The deprecated Renderer interface still has the method, but it does not work with web workers any more.

[ipassynk]

Should the documentation be updated to give people a clear direction upgrading from v2 to v4 who use invokeElementMethod?

 this.renderer.invokeElementMethod(this.inputElement.nativeElement, 'focus');