Can"t bind to "formGroup" since it isn"t a known property of "form"

🚀 Angular FormGroup Error: Can't bind to 'formGroup' since it isn't a known property of 'form' 🚀

The Situation

So you're trying to create a simple form in your Angular application, but no matter what you do, it never works. 😩

The Angular Version

Angular 2.0.0 RC5 🎯

The Error

You encounter the following error message:

Can't bind to 'formGroup' since it isn't a known property of 'form'

The Code

Let's take a look at the view, controller, and ngModule code that you provided:

The View

<form [formGroup]="newTaskForm" (submit)="createNewTask()">
   <div class="form-group">
      <label for="name">Name</label>
      <input type="text" name="name" required>
   </div>
   <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>

The Controller

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FormGroup, FormControl, Validators, FormBuilder }  from '@angular/forms';

@Component({
    selector: 'task-add',
    templateUrl: 'app/task-add.component.html'
})
export class TaskAddComponent {

    newTaskForm: FormGroup;

    constructor(fb: FormBuilder)
    {
        this.newTaskForm = fb.group({
            name: ["", Validators.required]
        });
    }

    createNewTask()
    {
        console.log(this.newTaskForm.value)
    }
}

The ngModule

import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule }   from '@angular/forms';

import { routing }        from './app.routing';
import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';
import { TaskService } from './task.service'

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        routing,
        FormsModule,
        ReactiveFormsModule
    ],
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    providers: [
        TaskService
    ],
    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

The Problem

The error is happening because the ReactiveFormsModule is not imported in your AppModule. The formGroup directive is part of Angular's ReactiveFormsModule and not the FormsModule.

The Solution

To fix the error, follow these steps:

1. In your AppModule, import ReactiveFormsModule from @angular/forms:

   import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

2. Add ReactiveFormsModule to the imports array in @NgModule:

   imports: [ BrowserModule, routing, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule ],

3. Save the changes and run your application again. 🏃

The Explanation

The ReactiveFormsModule provides Angular with reactive forms capabilities, which include the formGroup directive. By importing and including ReactiveFormsModule in your AppModule, you make those capabilities available in your application.

The Call-to-Action

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