Image not found using angular material

Issue

I get this error when trying to display an image:

http://localhost:4200/daily-process/src/WebUI/Angular/src/images/DailyProcessBlack.png 404 (Not Found)

I put the image in a mat-card and I can see the image when I navigate to the folder path but it doesn't show on the site:

<mat-card class="example-card">
 <mat-card-header>
<div mat-card-avatar class="example-header-image"></div>
 </mat-card-header>
<img mat-card-image src="/daily-process/src/WebUI/Angular/src/images/DailyProcessBlack.png" 
alt="Image">  
</mat-card>

angular.json

 {
 "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
 "version": 1,
 "newProjectRoot": "projects",
 "projects": {
  "daily-process": {
  "projectType": "application",
  "schematics": {},
  "root": "",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "prefix": "app",
  "architect": {
    "build": {
      "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
      "options": {
        "outputPath": "dist/daily-process",
        "index": "src/index.html",
        "main": "src/main.ts",
        "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
        "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
        "assets": [
          "src/favicon.ico",
          "src/assets"
        ],
        // "styles": [
        //   "src/styles.css"
        // ],
        "scripts": []
      },
      "configurations": {
        "production": {
          "budgets": [
            {
              "type": "initial",
              "maximumWarning": "2mb",
              "maximumError": "5mb"
            },
            {
              "type": "anyComponentStyle",
              "maximumWarning": "6kb",
              "maximumError": "10kb"
            }
          ],
          "fileReplacements": [
            {
              "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
              "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
            }
          ],
          "outputHashing": "all"
        },
        "development": {
          "buildOptimizer": false,
          "optimization": false,
          "vendorChunk": true,
          "extractLicenses": false,
          "sourceMap": true,
          "namedChunks": true
        }
      },
      "defaultConfiguration": "production"
    },
    "serve": {
      "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
      "configurations": {
        "production": {
          "browserTarget": "daily-process:build:production"
        },
        "development": {
          "browserTarget": "daily-process:build:development"
        }
      },
      "defaultConfiguration": "development"
    },
    "extract-i18n": {
      "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
      "options": {
        "browserTarget": "daily-process:build"
      }
    },
    "test": {
      "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
      "options": {
        "main": "src/test.ts",
        "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
        "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
        "karmaConfig": "karma.conf.js",
        "assets": [
          "src/favicon.ico",
          "src/assets"
        ],
        // "styles": [
        //   "src/styles.css"
        // ],
         "scripts": []
        }
      }
    }
  }
 },
 "defaultProject": "daily-process"
}

Image of folder structure

Can someone please provide a reason why and a solution to what I need to do to get this to work properly.

Solution

In angular.json there is an array called assets

These are the default values

"assets": ["src/favicon.ico", "src/assets"],

This is where angular will host files / images. You can put your assets in src/assets, or you can add your own paths.

There are two copies of the assets array - one for the build command and one for the test command, so make sure to keep them synchronized.

Answered By - Chris Hamilton