Sticky footer in Angular 2 Material

An approach that uses Flexbox:

When we utilize Flexbox we can get a cleaner solution. Also my solution will cover that the first component of your page should take 100% of the height. This is often needed to position elements appropriately or to work with backgrounds. The code matches the current version of Material 2 - at the time of writing this is 2.0.0-beta.12.

Markup:

<mat-sidenav-container class="all-wrap" fullscreen>
  <mat-sidenav #sidenav>
    <mat-list>
      <mat-list-item [routerLink]="['/']"> Foo</mat-list-item>
      <mat-list-item [routerLink]="['/bar']"> Bar</mat-list-item>
    </mat-list>
  </mat-sidenav>

  <div class="page-wrap">
    <header role="banner">
      <mat-toolbar color="primary">
        <button
          type="button"
          mat-icon-button
          (click)="sidenav.open()"
          title="Open sidenav">
          <mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>
        </button>
        Your Toolbar
      </mat-toolbar>
    </header>
    <main class="content">
      <router-outlet></router-outlet>
    </main>
    <footer>
      Your sticky footer with a variable height.
    </footer>
  </div>
</mat-sidenav-container>

Styles:

/*
 * Actual Sticky Footer Styles
 */
.all-wrap {
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.page-wrap {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.content {
  flex: 1;
}


/*
 * Make the Component injected by Router Outlet full height:
 */
main {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  > *:not(router-outlet) {
    flex: 1;
    display: block;
  }
}

You can find a more detailed description in a Blogpost that I wrote since I was unhappy with the solution I found here. There is also a demo.

Here is a solution in few lines:

app.component.html:

<div fxLayout="column" fxFlexFill>
    <app-header></app-header> // your header
    <div fxFlex>
        <router-outlet></router-outlet> // your content
    </div>
    <app-footer></app-footer> // your footer
</div>

styles.css:

html, body {
    height: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0;
}

Another alternative if you prefer to fill the footer instead of your content:

app.component.html:

<div fxLayout="column" style="height: 100%;">
    <app-header></app-header> // your header
    <router-outlet></router-outlet> // your content
    <app-footer fxFlexOffset="auto"></app-footer> // your footer
</div>

styles.css:

html, body {
    height: 100%;
}