Angular - Wait until I receive data before loading template

You could use a resolver to ensure those data are loaded (or your filters have been initialized) before the route is activated.

https://blog.thoughtram.io/angular/2016/10/10/resolving-route-data-in-angular-2.html

https://angular.io/api/router/Resolve

After studying the different approaches that people gave me, I found the solution on the async pipe. But, it took me a while to understand how to implement it.

Solution:

// Declaring the Promise, yes! Promise!
filtersLoaded: Promise<boolean>;

// Later in the Component, where I gather the data, I set the resolve() of the Promise
this.getFiltersSubscription = this.getFilters().subscribe(
    (filters) => {
        this.filters = filters;
        log.info('API CALL. getting filters');

        this.filtersLoaded = Promise.resolve(true); // Setting the Promise as resolved after I have the needed data
    }
);

// In this listener triggered by the dynamic components when instanced,
// I pass the data, knowing that is defined because of the template change

// Listens to field's init and creates the fieldset triggering a service call
// that will be listened by the field component
this.iboService.initIBOsFilters$.subscribe(
    (fieldName) => {
        if (fieldName === 'IBOsRankSelectorFieldComponent') {
            log.data('inside initIBOsFilters$ subscription, calling updateIBOsFilters()', fieldName);
            this.iboService.updateIBOsRankList(this.filters['iboRank'].data);
        }
    }
);

In the template, I use the async pipe that needs an Observable or a Promise

<div *ngIf="filtersLoaded | async">
    <div [saJquiAccordion]="{active: group.value['collapsed']}" *ngFor="let group of filterGroupsTemplate | keysCheckDisplay;">
        <div>
            <h4>{{group.key | i18n}}</h4>
            <form id="ibo-{{group.key}}" class="form-horizontal" autocomplete="off" style="overflow: initial">
                <fieldset *ngFor="let field of group.value | keys">
                    <ng-container *ngComponentOutlet="fieldSets[field.value.template];
                                    ngModuleFactory: smartadminFormsModule;"></ng-container>
                </fieldset>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

NOTE:

• async pipe need an Observable or a Promise from what I understood, that's why the only way to make it work was by creating a Promise
• I didn't use the resolver approach because it's used when you arrive to the component through Angular's routing. This component is part of a larger component and it's not instanced through routing like any other normal component. (Tried that approach though, worked a bit with it, didn't do the job)