ng-mediacheck

ng-mediacheck provides a service that adds media query event listeners to your Angular application. It can be used to manipulate component properties, templates, and behavior when matching different media queries. It is a spiritual successor to Angular v1.x angularjs-mediaCheck, but has been revamped and greatly simplified for a more modern Angular implementation.

Installation

npm install ng-mediacheck --save

Setup

Add the module and service to your Angular app:

// src/app/app.module.ts
import { NgMediacheckModule } from 'ng-mediacheck';
import { MediacheckService } from 'ng-mediacheck';
 
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 
@NgModule({
  imports: [
    NgMediacheckModule.forRoot()
  ],
  providers: [
    MediacheckService
  ],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

How it Works

Check out the service source code here: mediacheck.service.ts.

Methods

The following methods are provided by MediacheckService:

setQueries(customMqs)

Out of the box, the service currently provides two simple media queries. They are defined in the service like so:

mqueries = {
  small: '(max-width: 767px)',
  large: '(min-width: 768px)'
};

You may, of course, provide your own different breakpoints in your app that the service will then use. You can do so by passing them to the setQueries(customMqsObj) method like so:

  customMqs = {
    mobile: '(max-width: 480px)',
    tablet: '(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 768px)',
    desktop: '(min-width: 769px)'
  };

  constructor(private mediacheck: MediacheckService) {
    this.mediacheck.setQueries(this.customMqs);
  }

initSubject()

This method initializes a subject: mq$. This subject provides a stream that emits a value whenever the browser's media query changes. If you wish to use subscriptions to execute functionality when the breakpoint changes, then run the initSubject() method in your component's constructor and then subscribe to the mq$ subject that is subsequently created.

This can be done like so:

  constructor(private mediacheck: MediacheckService) {
    this.mediacheck.initSubject();
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.mediacheck.mq$.subscribe(mq => {
      console.log('current mq:', mq);
    });
  }

Note: If you want to use your own custom media queries, you must pass them to the setQueries(customMqsObj) method before calling initSubject(). If you do not, the subject will initialize using the default media queries defined in MediacheckService.

check(mqName)

check(mqName) expects a string parameter with the name of the media query you'd like to match, e.g., small, large, etc.

• This is a shortcut for window.matchMedia('mediaquerystring').matches.
• It will return true if the media query currently matches and false if it doesn't.
• It will output a warning if it can't find a media query registered with the mqName provided.

getMqName()

getMqName() returns the string key for the currently active media query, e.g., small, large, etc.

onMqChange(mqName, callback)

onMqChange(mqName, callback) expects a string parameter with the name of the media query you'd like to match, e.g., small, large, etc. It also expects a callback function. This function will execute when the media query activates.

• This method adds a MediaQueryList listener with the callback parameter.
• On media query change, it executes the callback function and passes the MediaQueryList parameter so your components can utilize it.
• It implements zones for Angular change detection.