fontawesome in angular code example

Example 1: font awesome angular

//install in your project directory
npm install --save @fortawesome/fontawesome-free

// in angular.json add in the 'build' section the following lines in 'styles' and 'scripts'
"styles": [
           "node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.css"
        ]

"scripts": [
          "node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/js/all.js"
        ]

//from now on, you can use fontawesome icons through the <i>
    <i class='fab fa-facebook'></i>

Example 2: font awesome install in angular

npm install --save font-awesome angular-font-awesome
//once installed you will to import font awesome to your app.module.ts
import { AngularFontAwesomeModule} from 'angular-font-awesome';
//on your app.module.ts add AngularFontAwesomeModule under imports
imorts[
.../
AngularFontAwesomeModule,
],

Example 3: angular font awesome

ng add @fortawesome/angular-fontawesome@<version>

// 0.1.x	        angular 5.x	not supported
// 0.2.x	        angular 6.x	not supported
// 0.3.x	        angular 6.x && 7.x	not supported
// 0.4.x, 0.5.x	angular 8.x	not supported
// 0.6.x	        angular 9.x	supported
// 0.7.x	        angular 10.x	supported

// Usage
// Typescript
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { faCoffee } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
})
export class AppComponent {
  title = 'font awesome usage';
  faCoffee = faCoffee;
}

// In html 
<fa-icon [icon]="faCoffee"></fa-icon>

Example 4: how to use the downloaded fontawsoem icons in angula

"apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "dist",
      ....
      "styles": [
          "styles.css",
          "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css",
          "../node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css" // -here webpack will automatically build a link css element out of this!?
      ],
      ...
  }
  ]
],

Example 5: npm font awesome 5 angular 7

# See Compatibility table below to choose a correct version
$ ng add @fortawesome/angular-fontawesome@<version>

Example 6: how to get fas icons in angualr

import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
import { fas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
import { far } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
library.add(fas, far);