How to detect when an @Input() value changes in Angular?

Actually, there are two ways of detecting and acting upon when an input changes in the child component in angular2+ : You can use the ngOnChanges() lifecycle method as also mentioned in older answers: @Input() categoryId: string; ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) { this.doSomething(changes.categoryId.currentValue); // You can also use categoryId.previousValue and // categoryId.firstChange for comparing old and new … Read more