In Ionic 2, how do I create a custom component that uses Ionic components? - ionic-framework

Question

Creating a basic directive is simple:
import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
#Component({
selector: 'my-component',
template: '<div>Hello!</div>'
})
export class MyComponent {
constructor() {
}
}
This works as expected. However, if I want to use Ionic components in my directive things blow up.
#Component({
selector: 'nl-navbar',
template: `
<ion-header>
<ion-navbar color="primary">
<button ion-button menuToggle>
<ion-icon name="menu"></ion-icon>
</button>
<ion-title >
<span>Complaints</span>
</ion-title>
<ion-buttons *ngIf="!hideCreateButton" end>
<button ion-button class="navBtnRight" (click)="openPopover($event)">
<ion-icon name="md-more"></ion-icon>
</button>
</ion-buttons>
</ion-navbar>
</ion-header>
`,
inputs: ['hideCreateButton']
})
export class CustomNavbar {
public hideCreateButton: string;
constructor(public popoverCtrl: PopoverController) {
}
createNew(): void {
// this.nav.setRoot(CreateNewPage, {}, { animate: true, direction: 'forward' });
}
openPopover(myEvent) {
let popover = this.popoverCtrl.create(PopoverPage);
popover.present({
ev: myEvent
});
}
}
using custom navbar like this:
<nl-navbar [hideCreateButton]="hidebutton()"></nl-navbar>
and my ts file looks like this:
private hideCreateButton: boolean = false;
public hidebutton(): boolean {
return this.hideCreateButton;
}
The directive is rendered, but Ionic components are not transformed, and so wont look/work properly. Sometimes it works in android device only.
I can't find any examples on this. How should I do this?

Answer 1

Make sure that the module that contains your custom component has: imports: [IonicModule]