Could not find an ngmodule. use the skip-import option to skip importing in ngmodule.

Question

Problem :

I am facing following error when I try to use the CLI to create a new component :

Could not find an ngmodule. use the skip-import option to skip importing in ngmodule.    

using below command : 

ng g c my-component --project=my-project 

But no component is created.

I also tried by dropping the --project flag entirely so just used ng g c my-component but still I am facing the same issue. Not sure how to get rid of it.

Any pointers regarding how to fix this issue?

My Environment is as follows :

1.      Angular CLI:-  6.0.8

2.      Node:-  8.9.4

3.      OS:-  win32 x64

4.      Angular:-  6.0.6

5.      Rxjs:-  6.2.1

6.      Typescript:-  2.7.2

7.      Webpack :-  4.8.3

8.      nrwl/nx:-  6.1.0

Answer 1

Generate components command aims to do two things as follows :

·    To create the source code for the component

·    To registers the component in the module by default it will be present in the app.module.ts

The most important issue is, that you don't have the app.module.ts.

In that case there are 2 possible solutions:

1.  By doing the registration of the component in manual manner using following command. It is the easiest way.

ng g component mycomponent --skip-import

2.   By specifying the module with the -m switch. Please refer  link for long thread on it here: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/526