Getting started with Angular Avatar component

12 Aug 2022 / 2 minutes to read

The following section explains the steps required to create a simple avatar component using styles and its basic usage.

Dependencies

The Avatar component is pure CSS component which doesn’t need specific dependencies to render.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-layouts

Installation and configuration

To setup basic Angular sample use the following commands.

git clone https://github.com/angular/quickstart.git quickstart
cd quickstart
npm install

For more information, refer to Angular sample setup.

The Avatar component CSS files are available in the ej2-layouts package folder. This can be referenced in your application using the following code.

[src/styles.css]

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-layouts/styles/material.css';

We can also use CRG to generate combined component styles.

Installing Syncfusion Layout package

Syncfusion packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion package from npm link.

Currently, Syncfusion provides two types of package structures for Angular components,

Ivy library distribution package format
Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion Angular packages(>=20.2.36) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts --save

Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)

For Angular version below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion Angular components. To download the ngcc package use the below.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts@ngcc --save

To mention the ngcc package in the package.json file, add the suffix -ngcc with the package version as below.

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-layouts:"20.2.38-ngcc"

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.

Add avatar into application

Modify the template in app.component.ts file to render avatar component.

[src/app/app.component.ts]

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
selector: 'my-app',
template: `<div id='element'><span class="e-avatar">GR</span></div>`
})

export class AppComponent {}

Run the application

Run the application in the browser using the following command.

npm start

The following example shows a basic avatar component.

Source

Preview

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

index.css

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    template: `
    <div id='element'>
            <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-xlarge"></span>
            <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-large"></span>
            <span class="e-avatar"></span>
            <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-small"></span>
            <span class="e-avatar e-avatar-xsmall"></span>
    </div>
    `
})

export class AppComponent { }

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

#element {
    display: block;
    width: 300px;
    margin: 130px auto;
    border-radius: 3px;
    justify-content: center;
}

.e-avatar {
    background-image: url(./pic01.png);
    margin: 2px;
}