build-for-ivy.md

Steps for testing:

• cd nativescript-angular and run npm run pack
• cd yourProj and install the tgz : npm i <your nativescript-angular tgz> (NOTE: tgz is in the dist folder)
• install next versions of all Angular deps
• edit node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/packages/dependency_resolver.js in order to comment out the following code:

    // This entry point has dependencies that are missing
    // so remove it from the graph.
    // removeNodes(entryPoint, Array.from(missing)); <--- this line

• enable Ivy in the tsconfig with:

    "angularCompilerOptions": {
        "enableIvy": true,
        "allowEmptyCodegenFiles": true,
    },

• run ./node_modules/.bin/ivy-ngcc

• configure webpack to read fesm2015 entry-points whem loading package.json:

resolve: {
    extensions: ....
    // ....
    mainFields: ['fesm2015', 'module', 'main']
},

• edit fesm2015/nativescript-angular.js in order to remove the duplicate _0_Template

• edit fesm2015/nativescript-angular.js in order to move import 'tns-core-modules/globals' on the first line (before import * as ɵngcc0 from '@angular/core';)

• fix the nativescript-angular imports in your app and the AOT transformer:

  • edit /Users/tachev/Work/Test/ngIvy/node_modules/nativescript-dev-webpack/transformers/ns-replace-bootstrap.js and set ...transformers_1.insertStarImport(sourceFile, idPlatformNativeScript, 'nativescript-angular', firstNode, true),
  • edit your main.ts, app.module.ts and everywhere else in your app in order to import from nativescript-angular' instead of the deep imports

• tns run android/ios --bundle --env.aot

Known Issues:

• Currently the ./bin scripts are not packed in the npm package
• Zone.js distribution is modified to be TS compilable
• There are no secondary (ex. nativescript-angular/router) entry points for nativescript-angular, which is a breaking change