ng-lazyload-image

Lazy image loader for Angular ≥ v2

About 150 loc and no dependencies (except for angular and rxjs of course)

Demo: http://tjoskar.github.io/ng-lazyload-image/

Requirement

The browser you targeting need to have support of WeakMap. If you need to support an older browser (like IE or Safari) you will need to include polyfill for WeakMap (see https://github.com/zloirock/core-js for example).

Installation

$ npm install ng-lazyload-image --save

And then include it in your module (see app.module.ts):

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { LazyLoadImageModule } from 'ng-lazyload-image';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    imports: [ BrowserModule, LazyLoadImageModule ],
    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
export class MyAppModule {}

Usages

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'image',
    template: `
        <img [defaultImage]="defaultImage" [lazyLoad]="image" [offset]="offset">
    `
})
class ImageComponent {
    defaultImage = 'https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000';
    image = 'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1443890923422-7819ed4101c0?fm=jpg';
    offset = 100;
}

It also supports background images, by using backgroundImage:

@Component({
    selector: 'image',
    template: `
        <div [defaultImage]="defaultImage" [lazyLoad]="image" [offset]="offset"></div>
        <!--
        After it has been loaded the div will transform into:
        <div class="ng-lazyloaded" style="background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1443890923422-7819ed4101c0?fm=jpg');"></div>
        -->
    `
})
class ImageComponent {
    defaultImage = 'https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000';
    image = 'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1443890923422-7819ed4101c0?fm=jpg';
    offset = 100;
}

If you are using Ionic 2 you may need to include your own scroll observable or change the scroll target.

@Component({
    selector: 'page-image',
    template: `
      <ion-content #container padding>
        <img [defaultImage]="https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000" [lazyLoad]="lazyLoadImage" [scrollObservable]="container.ionScroll" />
      </ion-content>
    `
})
export class AboutPage {
    lazyLoadImage = 'https://hd.unsplash.com/photo-1431400445088-1750c997c6b5';
}

See example folder for more usages.

API

lazyLoad

Type: string

Example: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1443890923422-7819ed4101c0?fm=jpg

The image to be lazy loaded. This image will replace the default image (defaultImage).

defaultImage (optional)

Type: string

Example: https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000

Path to default image. This image will be loaded right away.

You can also use src attribute for img tag to define default image:
<img src="https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000" [lazyLoad]="lazyLoadImage" />

or background-image property for non-image tags:
<div style="background-image: url('https://www.placecage.com/1000/1000');" [lazyLoad]="lazyLoadImage"></div>

errorImage (optional)

Type: string

Example: https://i.imgur.com/XkU4Ajf.png

An image to be loaded if failing to load lazyLoad. Will load the default image (defaultImage) if absent.

offset (optional)

Type: number

Example: 100

Default: 0

Number of px a image should be loaded before it is in view port

scrollTarget (optional)

Type: Element

Example: document.getElementById('my-scroll-container')

Default: window

You will need to set this property if you are using a scroll container and do not propagate the scroll event to window.

scrollObservable (optional)

Type: Observable

Example: Observable.fromEvent(myScrollContainer, 'scroll')

You can pass your own observable if you need more control over the flow. Can be useful if integrating with other frameworks like ionic.

Develop

Run unit tests:

$ npm test

Run e2e tests:

$ npm run webdriver:update
$ npm run e2e