How to access host component from directive?

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You can just inject it

class MyDirective {
  constructor(private host:MyComponent) {}

A severe limitation is, that you need to know the type of the component in advance.

See also https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/8277
It also provides some workarounds for when you don’t know the type in advance.

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