Ngx-datatable: Build Failures with 16.1.0, fixed with revert to 16.0.3

[JKomoroski]

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Current behavior
Snippet of Build Error, this list goes on for a long time.

ERROR in ../node_modules/@swimlane/ngx-datatable/lib/components/body/body-group-header.directive.d.ts:9:9 - error TS1086: An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.

9     get template(): TemplateRef<any>;
          ~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/@swimlane/ngx-datatable/lib/services/column-changes.service.d.ts:8:9 - error TS1086: An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.

8     get columnInputChanges$(): Observable<undefined>;
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Expected behavior
Successful build using 16.1.0 after an update (no breaking changes in a minor version bump).

Reproduction of the problem
Updating from 16.0.3 to 16.1.0.

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

Please tell us about your environment:

Angular CLI: 8.3.26
Node: 13.6.0
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 8.2.14
Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.802.2
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.802.2
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.802.2
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.802.2
@angular-devkit/core              8.2.2
@angular-devkit/schematics        8.3.26
@angular/cli                      8.3.26
@ngtools/webpack                  8.2.2
@schematics/angular               8.3.26
@schematics/update                0.803.26
rxjs                              6.5.2
typescript                        3.5.3
webpack                           4.38.0

• Table version:
  Issue occurs with 16.1.0.
  Issue fixed by locking to version 16.0.3

• Angular version:
  8.3.26

• Browser:
  N/A

• Language:
  TS 3.5.3

[btmurrell]

we are facing another manifestation, starting today, getting @swimlane/[email protected] on typedoc:

Error while generating typedoc file: Error: Command failed: /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/node_modules/.bin/typedoc --json /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/src/docs-tmp/all.json --tsconfig /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/src/app/components/tsconfig.documentation.json /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/node_modules/@skope

[TS] stdout: 
Using TypeScript 3.1.6 from /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/node_modules/typescript/lib
Error: /Users/schme/dev/jones/fubar/node_modules/@swimlane/ngx-datatable/lib/components/body/body-cell.component.d.ts(7)
 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.

Unfortunately for us, we recently published a component, depending on "@swimlane/ngx-datatable": "^16.0.2" -- so for us to fix, we will need to release another version to our customers without the caret.

This is clearly a breaking change in ngx-datatable; should have gone into 17.0.0

$ ./node_modules/.bin/ng --version

Angular CLI: 7.3.10
Node: 12.13.0
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 7.2.16
... common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, elements, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.13.10
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.13.10
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.13.10
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.13.10
@angular-devkit/core              7.3.10
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.3.10
@angular/cli                      7.3.10
@ngtools/webpack                  7.3.10
@schematics/angular               7.3.10
@schematics/update                0.13.10
rxjs                              6.3.3
typescript                        3.2.4
webpack                           4.29.0


$ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc --version
Version 3.2.4

[Siedlerchr]

Works fine with angular 9. Your Typescript version is too old.
You probably need to add "skilibcheck": true https://stackoverflow.com/a/60294898

[bacmanni]

Setting skipLibCheck to true didn't work for us. However as @btmurrell said, removing caret from version number ^16.0.2 and forcing version to be 16.0.2 did the trick.

[Hypercubed]

I just republished 16.0.3 as 16.1.1. Please "upgrade" to 16.1.1 for angular versions <9. Otherwise please use 17.0.0.

[ionic4themes]

I just republished 16.0.3 as 16.1.1. Please "upgrade" to 16.1.1 for angular versions <9. Otherwise please use 17.0.0.

many thanks, this worked for me. We use Ionic 4 with the following packages versions:

    "@angular/core": "^7.2.2",
    "@ionic/angular": "^4.6.2",
    "@swimlane/ngx-datatable": "16.1.1"