Cannot read property "nativeElement" from undefined - ngAfterViewInit

I am trying to add a clipboard directive using this example . The example is now deprecated, so I had to update how it gets the nativeElement.

I am getting the error

Cannot read property "nativeElement" from undefined

I noted the error in the code with the error <===== here:

clipboard.directive.js

import {Directive,ElementRef,Input,Output,EventEmitter, ViewChild, AfterViewInit} from "@angular/core";
import Clipboard from "clipboard";

@Directive({
  selector: "[clipboard]"
})
export class ClipboardDirective implements AfterViewInit {
  clipboard: Clipboard;

   @Input("clipboard")
   elt:ElementRef;

  @ViewChild("bar") el;

  @Output()
  clipboardSuccess:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();

  @Output()
  clipboardError:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();

  constructor(private eltRef:ElementRef) {
  }

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.clipboard = new Clipboard(this.el.nativeElement, {   <======error here
      target: () => {
        return this.elt;
      }
    } as any);

    this.clipboard.on("success", (e) => {
      this.clipboardSuccess.emit();
    });

    this.clipboard.on("error", (e) => {
      this.clipboardError.emit();
    });
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    if (this.clipboard) {
      this.clipboard.destroy();
    }
  }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Html

<div  class="website" *ngIf="xxx.website !== undefined"><a #foo href="{{formatUrl(xxx.website)}}" target="_blank" (click)="someclickmethod()">{{xxx.website}}</a></div>
                                        <button #bar [clipboard]="foo" (clipboardSuccess)="onSuccess()">Copy</button>

      

        
        
        
      

    

How do I get rid of this error?

Updated not to use AfterViewInit because it is not a view ... same error:

@Directive({
  selector: "[clipboard]"
})
export class ClipboardDirective implements OnInit {
  clipboard: Clipboard;

   @Input("clipboard")
   elt:ElementRef;

  @ViewChild("bar") el;

  @Output()
  clipboardSuccess:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();

  @Output()
  clipboardError:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();

  constructor(private eltRef:ElementRef) {
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.clipboard = new Clipboard(this.el.nativeElement, {
      target: () => {
        return this.elt;
      }
    } as any);

      

        
        
        
      

    

I guess I don't need to use @viewChild because it's not a component, but I'm not sure how to fill el

or eltRef

. el

only exists there to be replaced eltRef

because I could not fill eltRef

.