[SOLVED] Critical dependency: require function is used in a way in which dependencies cannot be statically extracted

Issue

Has anyone faced below warning in “ng serve”?

WARNING in ./node_modules/@angular/compiler/src/util.js
10:24-31 Critical dependency: require function is used in a way in which dependencies cannot be statically extracted
ℹ ｢wdm｣: Compiled with warnings.

Angular versioning:

Angular CLI: 6.0.8
Node: 8.11.3
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 6.0.9
… animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
… http, language-service, platform-browser
… platform-browser-dynamic, router, upgrade

I tried updating CLI and Angular but no success. Code inside util.js looks like:

function (factory) {
    if (typeof module === "object" && typeof module.exports === "object") {
        var v = factory(require, exports);
        if (v !== undefined) module.exports = v;
    }
    else if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd) {
        define("@angular/compiler/src/util", ["require", "exports"], factory);
    }
}

Solution

I got this error and found this:
https://fluin.io/blog/critical-dependency-cannot-be-statically-extracted, where the author shows he was getting the same warning. However, I wasn’t using Angular Elements, but I got the idea it might be related to the same problem, so I went ahead and checked whether I was using @angular/compiler/src/core in any of my imports.

And I was indeed doing so.
The fix was as simple as removing the import line, which in my case was:

import { ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/compiler/src/core';

And then the editor autoimported it as follows:

import { Component, OnInit, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';

I hope it helps.

Answered By – Jorge Solis

Answer Checked By – Mary Flores (BugsFixing Volunteer)