How do I set default value on md-select component from angular 2 material design?

Question

I have the following select component that gets populated from a data coming from a rest api. How Can I set default selected value on md-select?

Answer 1

When you use Objects in md-option value, the object reference of the default value and the correponding option in the options list are not equal.

To fix this, you need to override the default value using the correponding option in the options list before setting the FormGroup.

Check this example