ERROR in Error encountered resolving symbol values statically. Calling function 'ɵmakeDecorator'

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I am currently building a TypeScript library for Angular (using Angular 4). After enabling AOT, I am getting this error.

ERROR in Error encountered resolving symbol values statically. Calling function 'ɵmakeDecorator', function calls are not supported. Consider replacing the function or lambda with a reference to an exported function, resolving symbol NgModule in /home/.../node_modules/@angular/core/core.d.ts, resolving symbol MyModule in /home/.../dist/contents.module.d.ts, resolving symbol MyModule in /home/.../dist/contents.module.d.ts

Depending on the Angular version I get this other error instead:

ERROR in Error encountered resolving symbol values statically. Calling function 'makeDecorator', function calls are not supported[...]

Enabling AOT on the Angular project prevented this:

ERROR in MyModule is not an NgModule

Answer 1

A better solution:

Force your Angular project (or angular-cli) to load your @angular dependencies from your main project, not the library's one.

tsconfig.json (remember that angular-cli main tsconfig files remain in src/tsconfig.app.json and tsconfig.spec.json)

"compilerOptions": {
  ...
  "paths": { "@angular/*": ["../node_modules/@angular/*"] }
}

Credits to SebastianSchenk and drew-moore.

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Previous attempt:

After a few hours testing and digging through GitHub issue responses...

I found out it was as simple as not having a node_modules/ folder inside the client's installation. That is the library I was working on (click here to go up until the commit it was working OK).

Hence, you might have node_modules whilst working in your development setup, but as soon as you integrate your project into another one remove that folder.

In my case, the reason we I was having a node_modules folder inside the client's folder was due to a previous npm link -> npm link my-package. Since I was working with node_modules on my development setup they were on the linked folder as well.

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Note that your issue might as well come from somewhere else:

For example: beware of lambdas, use function instead.

and a lot more:

• const lambda => export function
• default export => named export *private, protected accessors should be changed to public for any members accessed from template
• dynamic component template => static template
• moduleId should be set on components with templateUrl

make sure to check the full description of each of these — credits to Isaac Mann.