Step 1: Install Angular Material and Angular CDK
npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk
npm install --save angular/material2-builds angular/cdk-builds
Step 2: Animations
Some Material components depend on the Angular animations module in order to be able to do more advanced transitions. If you want these animations to work in your app, you have to install the @angular/animations
module and include the BrowserAnimationsModule
in your app.
npm install --save @angular/animations
import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
@NgModule({
...
imports: [BrowserAnimationsModule],
...
})
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }
If you don't want to add another dependency to your project, you can use the NoopAnimationsModule
.
import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
@NgModule({
...
imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
...
})
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }
Step 3: Import the component modules
Import the NgModule for each component you want to use:
import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material';
@NgModule({
...
imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
...
})
export class PizzaPartyAppModule { }
Alternatively, you can create a separate NgModule that imports all of the Angular Material components that you will use in your application. You can then include this module wherever you'd like to use the components.
import {MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule} from '@angular/material';
@NgModule({
imports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
exports: [MdButtonModule, MdCheckboxModule],
})
export class MyOwnCustomMaterialModule { }
Whichever approach you use, be sure to import the Angular Material modules after Angular's BrowserModule
, as the import order matters for NgModules.
Step 4: Include a theme
Including a theme is required to apply all of the core and theme styles to your application.
To get started with a prebuilt theme, include one of Angular Material's prebuilt themes globally in your application. If you're using the Angular CLI, you can add this to your styles.css
:
@import "~@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css";
If you are not using the Angular CLI, you can include a prebuilt theme via a <link>
element in your index.html
.
For more information on theming and instructions on how to create a custom theme, see the theming guide.
Step 5: Gesture Support
Some components (md-slide-toggle
, md-slider
, mdTooltip
) rely on HammerJS for gestures. In order to get the full feature-set of these components, HammerJS must be loaded into the application.
You can add HammerJS to your application via npm, a CDN (such as the Google CDN), or served directly from your app.
To install via npm, use the following command:
npm install --save hammerjs
After installing, import it on your app's entry point (e.g. src/main.ts
).
import 'hammerjs';
Step 6 (Optional): Add Material Icons
If you want to use the md-icon
component with the official Material Design Icons, load the icon font in your index.html
.
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
For more information on using Material Icons, check out the Material Icons Guide.
Note that md-icon
supports any font or svg icons; using Material Icons is one of many options.
Appendix: Configuring SystemJS
If your project is using SystemJS for module loading, you will need to add @angular/material
and @angular/cdk
to the SystemJS configuration.
The @angular/cdk
package is organized of multiple entry-points. Each of these entry-points must be registered individually with SystemJS.
Here is a example configuration where @angular/material
, @angular/cdk/platform
and @angular/cdk/a11y
are used:
System.config({
// Existing configuration options
map: {
// ...
'@angular/material': 'npm:@angular/material/bundles/material.umd.js',
// CDK individual packages
'@angular/cdk/platform': 'npm:@angular/cdk/bundles/cdk-platform.umd.js',
'@angular/cdk/a11y': 'npm:@angular/cdk/bundles/cdk-a11y.umd.js',
// ...
}
});
Example Angular Material projects
- material.angular.io - We build our own documentation with Angular Material!