angular 2 remove all items from a formarray

Question

I have a form array inside a formbuilder and i am dynamically changing forms, i.e. on click load data from application 1 etc.

The issue i am having is that all the

Answer 1

I am very late but I found some other way where you don't need to have loops. you can reset array by setting array control to empty.

Below code will reset your array.

this.form.setControl('name', this.fb.array([]))

Answer 2

Or you can simply clear the controls

this.myForm= {
     name: new FormControl(""),
     desc: new FormControl(""),
     arr: new FormArray([])
}

Add something array

const arr = <FormArray>this.myForm.controls.arr;
arr.push(new FormControl("X"));

Clear the array

const arr = <FormArray>this.myForm.controls.arr;
arr.controls = [];

When you have multiple choices selected and clear, sometimes it doesn't update the view. A workaround is to add

arr.removeAt(0)

UPDATE

A more elegant solution to use form arrays is using a getter at the top of your class and then you can access it.

get inFormArray(): FormArray {
    this.myForm.get('inFormArray') as FormArray;
}

And to use it in a template

<div *ngFor="let c of inFormArray; let i = index;" [formGroup]="i">
other tags...
</div>

Reset:

inFormArray.reset();

Push:

inFormArray.push(new FormGroup({}));

Remove value at index: 1

inFormArray.removeAt(1);

UPDATE 2:

Get partial object, get all errors as JSON and many other features, use the NaoFormsModule

Answer 3

Angular 8

simply use clear() method on formArrays :

(this.invoiceForm.controls['other_Partners'] as FormArray).clear();