Angular matSort does not sort

I've found solution for this problem.

The main problem was that table was rendered before data arrived. I've loaded data first and sent it like source to dataSource constructor. After it, problem disappeared. That's the thing with async http.get and services.

Thanks for you help.

fetchData(id){
  this.fetch.getProcesses(id).subscribe(result => {
    this.processes = result;
    this.dataSource = new TableDataSource(this.processes);
    Observable.fromEvent(this.filter.nativeElement, 'keyup')
      .debounceTime(150)
      .distinctUntilChanged()
      .subscribe(() => {
        if (!this.dataSource) {
          return;
        }
        this.dataSource.filter = this.filter.nativeElement.value;
      });
  });
}




export class TableDataSource extends DataSource<Proces>{
  _filterChange = new BehaviorSubject('');
  get filter(): string {
    return this._filterChange.value;
  }
  set filter(filter: string) {
    this._filterChange.next(filter);
  }
  filteredData: any =[];

  constructor(private processes:Proces[]){
    super();
  }
  connect(): Observable<Proces[]>{
    const displayDataChanges = [
      this.processes,
      this._filterChange,
    ];
    return Observable.merge(...displayDataChanges).map(() => {
      this.filteredData = this.processes.slice().filter((item: Proces) => {
        const searchStr = (item.name).toLowerCase();
        return searchStr.indexOf(this.filter.toLowerCase()) !== -1;

      });
      return this.filteredData;
    })
  }
  disconnect(){}
}



      <div class="header">
    <mat-form-field floatPlaceholder="never">
      <input matInput #filter placeholder="Pretraži procese">
    </mat-form-field>
  </div>
  <mat-table #table [dataSource]="dataSource" class="table-mantis" matSort>

    <ng-container matColumnDef="col1">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef class="table-header-cell" mat-sort-header> Name</mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let row" class="example-cell" > {{row.nazivProcesa}} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <ng-container matColumnDef="col2">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef class="table-header-cell" mat-sort-header> Cell 2</mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let row" class="example-cell" > {{row.nazivVlasnika
        }} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <ng-container matColumnDef="col3">
      <mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef class="table-header-cell" mat-sort-header> Cell 3</mat-header-cell>
      <mat-cell *matCellDef="let row" class="example-cell" > {{row.interniAkt}} </mat-cell>
    </ng-container>

    <mat-header-row *matHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns" class="example-header-row"></mat-header-row>
    <mat-row class="example-row" *matRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></mat-row>
  </mat-table>

If you use "*ngIf" to initialy hide the table container in your template, the viewchield will be undefined.

I just had this problem, and all I had to do was making sure you're referencing your matSort viewChild correctly and make sure you have added the MatSortModule in your module.ts file in the imports area.

Like the following:

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    MatSortModule,
    MatTableModule,
  ]
)}

I had the same issue and fixed it by adding below:

@ViewChild(MatSort) set matSort(ms: MatSort) {
this.sort = ms;
this.setDataSourceAttributes();
 }

@ViewChild(MatPaginator) set matPaginator(mp: MatPaginator) {
 this.paginator = mp;
this.setDataSourceAttributes();
 }

setDataSourceAttributes() {
  this.dataSource.paginator = this.paginator;
  this.dataSource.sort = this.sort;
  }