help(matBadge): Getting error Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string' with strictTemplates flag

[gauravsoni119]

What are you trying to do?

I am using the matBadge directive and I need to pass some default value to the matBadge(for example 0, 7, etc). But as I enabled the strictTemplates flag in my tsconfig.json, I am getting an error
Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'
since the @Input matBadge is expecting a string.

I can fix it by doing something like:-
@Input() badgeValue = '7';
and then pass it to matBadge directive, but I feel like this is annoying.

Can anyone help me with this?

Environment

• Angular: 9.0.2
• Material: 9.2.0
• Browser(s): Chrome
• Operating System: Ubuntu