Aura event namespace lightning component package

Question

I went through an example showing contact list search etc. In the SearchBarController.JS we have this line:

var myEvent = $A.get("e.**namespace**:SearchKeyChange");

And this works fine where implemented. Dropping the namespace causes an error.

1. Is it a must to have the namespace when doing Get for an event?

When I try to pack it as un-managed and use it in another org this failed. In debug its null.

2. Do I need to change manually all references from one namespace to another?

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I tried to pack it as managed and got this error:

(xxx) Validation Errors While Saving Record(s) There were custom validation error(s) encountered while saving the affected record(s). The first validation error encountered was "{0}".

3. Any idea what can be done?

4. Did anyone try installing managed lightning component/app that has namespace reference?

PS. Saw this: Deploy Lightning components without namespace

Many thanks.

Answer 1

1. Absolutely

   • e.searchkeychange would be a component event, but since $A.get() is global it doesn't have a context of a component to resolve against, so you must specify the namespace for the event you are trying to access.

2. Yes. Can't map one to another.

3. :( Not sure, that's annoying.

4. Sounds like you're good here.