Angular language service in VSCode does not work because it is not an Angular project ('@angular/core/core.d.ts' could not be found)

Question

Somehow the Angular (v11.0.4) language service in VSCode does not work anymore. I get the following error message.:

[Info  - 17:52:04] Angular language server process ID: 147359 [Info  - 17:52:04] Using typescript/lib/tsserverlibrary v4.0.5 from ~/.vscode-oss/extensions/angular.ng-template-0.1100.2/node_modules/typescript/lib/tsserverlibrary.js [Info  - 17:52:04] Using @angular/language-service v11.0.3 from ~/.vscode-oss/extensions/angular.ng-template-0.1100.2/server/node_modules/@angular/language-service/bundles/language-service.js [Info  - 17:52:04] Log file: ~/.config/Code - OSS/logs/20210112T090839/exthost2/Angular.ng-template/nglangsvc.log [Info  - 17:52:06] Disabling language service for ~/Workspace/NG_PROJECT/tsconfig.json because it is not an Angular project ('@angular/core/core.d.ts' could not be found). If you believe you are seeing this message in error, please reinstall the packages in your package.json. [Error - 17:52:06] Failed to find project for ~/Workspace/NG_PROJECT/projects/apps/app1/src/app/*.html [Error - 17:52:53] No config file for ~/Workspace/NG_PROJECT/projects/apps/app1/src/app/*.html [Error - 17:52:54] No config file for ~/Workspace/NG_PROJECT/projects/apps/app1/src/app/*.html 

I already tried:

rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json npm cache clean --force npm install 

but it does not solve the problem.

What can I do to solve that issue?

Answer 1

Update to @Begandroide's answer. "Ivy" is no longer considered experimental, and so the Enable-experimental-ivy-prompt is no longer an option. With the latest major version (12.x...) of the Angular Language Service VSCode extension, you must enable the Use legacy View Engine language service option.