docs: @defer requires the parent component also be standalone

[andy-bond]

Describe the problem that you experienced

When attempting to use @defer I found myself confused after reading the documentation: https://angular.dev/guide/defer#which-dependencies-are-defer-loadable

I had made my "target" component standalone: true and the only reference to it was inside that @defer block in the "parent" component.

I was confused as to why I wasn't seeing a bundle being generated for the component I deferred. I was given a hint by someone on my team that the parent also has to be standalone for it to @defer correctly!

I don't think the documentation is very clear that not only does the "target" component need to be standalone, but also the parent must be standalone.

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• https://angular.dev/guide/defer#which-dependencies-are-defer-loadable
• https://angular.dev/guide/defer#behavior-with-ngmodule

Describe what you were looking for in the documentation

Clear reasons why a chunk I expected to be @defered wasn't being split off.

Describe the actions that led you to experience the problem

• I created a standalone: true component
• I put it in an @defer block in a parent (that was declared in NgModule)
• My deferred block wasn't split into a separate chunk

Describe what you want to experience that would fix the problem

I would definitely like more clear documentation on what the requirements are to @defer a component.

Additionally, I think it would be helpful to potentially have a console warning (in dev mode) to indicate why something in an @defer block is not being split. This would be nice, but not a requirement :)

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[mposeir]

The documentation found here https://angular.dev/guide/defer#behavior-with-ngmodule is also very confusing as the sub-standalone-component will not be split into separate bundle if the parent is declared in a @NgModule.

[rubencfu]

Bumping this... I had a standalone component with deferrable views that stoped working when I switched to NgModule.

The reason I switched to NgModule is because I have child routes pointing to the same component (example -> game-jam/:url and game-jam/:url/submissions) and with standalone component, route reusing has some issues and normal routing is refreshing the whole component creating a flicker (This only happens if you are using same component for child routes and with modules does not happen)

It would be nice for NgModule parent to hold deferrable views!