Angular 5 - instantiate a component from its name as a string

Question

I know how to init components using ComponentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(AComponentType)

but the method expects a Type, while i

Answer 1

You can do the following:

const classesMap = {
  AComponentType: AComponentType,
  BComponentType: BComponentType
}

And then:

CreateDynamicComponent(typeName: string) {
    ...
    const componentFactory = ComponentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(classesMap[typeName].prototype.constructor)
    ...
}