angular - *ngIf with multiple async pipe variables

Question

Been trying to combine two observables into one *ngIf and show the user interface when both have emitted.

Take:

<div *ngIf="{ language: language$ | async, user: user$ | async } as userLanguage">
    <b>{{userLanguage.language}}</b> and <b>{{userLanguage.user}}</b>
</div>

From: Putting two async subscriptions in one Angular *ngIf statement

This works as far as it compiles however in my case language$ and user$ would be from two HTTP requests and it seems user$ throws runtime errors like TypeError: _v.context.ngIf.user is undefined.

Essentially what I really want is (this doesn't work):

<div *ngIf="language$ | async as language && user$ | async as user">
    <b>{{language}}</b> and <b>{{user}}</b>
</div>

Is the best solution:

• Subscribe inside the component and write to variables
• To combine the two observables inside the component with say withLatestFrom
• Add null checks {{userLanguage?.user}}

Answer 1

This condition should be handled with nested ngIf directives:

<ng-container *ngIf="language$ | async as language">
  <div *ngIf="user$ | async as user">
    <b>{{language}}</b> and <b>{{user}}</b>
  </div>
<ng-container>

The downside is that HTTP requests will be performed in series.

In order to perform them concurrently and still have language and user variables, more nesting is required:

<ng-container *ngIf="{ language: language$ | async, user: user$ | async } as userLanguage">
  <ng-container *ngIf="userLanguage.language as language">
    <ng-container *ngIf="userLanguage.user as user">
      <div><b>{{language}}</b> and <b>{{user}}</b></div>
    </ng-container>
  </ng-container>
</ng-container>

More efficient way way to do this is to move logic from template to component class at this point and create a single observable, e.g. with withLatestFrom