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new library public-api.ts file not using component type declared on angular.json's schematics #26981

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@johalternate

Which @angular/* package(s) are the source of the bug?

Don't known / other

Is this a regression?

No

Description

When I create a new library the default component inside of the lib folder takes its type from the component schematic declared on angular.json. If for example my angular.json looks like this:

{
    //...
    "newProjectRoot": "projects",
    //...
    "schematics": {
        "@schematics/angular:application": {
          "style": "scss",
          "inlineTemplate": true,
          "inlineStyle": true,
          "ssr": false
        },
        "@schematics/angular:component": {
          "changeDetection": "OnPush",
          "type": "Cmp",
          "inlineStyle": true,
          "inlineTemplate": true,
          "style": "scss"
        }
    }
}

After creating a library using ng generate library foo-library, the new library includes an empty dummy FooLibraryCmp inside the projects/foo-library/src/lib/foo-library.cmp.ts. However, the contents of projects/foo-library/src/public-api.ts look like this:

/*
 * Public API Surface of foo-library
 */

export * from './lib/foo-library.service';
export * from './lib/foo-library.component'; // uses .component instead of .cmp

Please provide a link to a minimal reproduction of the bug

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Please provide the exception or error you saw

No response

Please provide the environment you discovered this bug in (run ng version)

Angular CLI: 17.1.1
Node: 18.18.0
Package Manager: npm 9.6.6
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 17.1.1
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server
... router, ssr

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1701.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular   17.1.1
@angular-devkit/core            17.1.1
@angular-devkit/schematics      17.1.1
@schematics/angular             17.1.1
ng-packagr                      17.1.2
rxjs                            7.8.1
typescript                      5.2.2
zone.js                         0.14.3

Anything else?

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  1. transferred this issue fromangular/angularon Jan 28, 2024
  2. johalternate commented on Jan 25, 2025

    @johalternate
    Author

    I would love to take a shot at this issue for my first contribution to angular, in fact, I already have a somewhat working solution on my fork (johalternate@ee48a80).

    But Im unable to write a test for it because I cant find a way of providing default schematics config to a workspace tree created using SchematicTestRunner.runSchematic('workspace', <some-options>).

    Any idea about how can I test my solution?

  3. MeAkib commented on Oct 18, 2026

    @MeAkib
    Contributor

    @alan-agius4 This looks fixed on main by 661609e: the library schematic now passes type: '' to the component schematic, so a workspace-level type no longer leaks into the generated file or public-api.ts.

    Can this be closed?

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