ng-image-lazy-load

Introduction

Angular directive to load images lazily. Supports Universal SSR.

It is using Intersection Observer API and falls back to scroll detection for unsuppoted browsers.

Installation

npm install ng-image-lazy-load

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { LazyLoadModule } from 'ng-image-lazy-load';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 
@NgModule({
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    imports: [ BrowserModule, LazyLoadModule ],
    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
export class MyAppModule {}

Usage

Add appLazyLoad directive to the image and set the source url: [src]=<path to image>

<figure>
  <img appLazyLoad [src]="'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1517867134921-7623876aaaa9?ixlib=rb-0.3.5&s=b5cc7c86ffff07028b46ba92ca7c5897&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2468&q=80'">
  <div>Image by Sebastián León Prado, unsplash</div>
</figure>

Demo

demo on stackblitz.io