Setting value no longer works.

[wch94]

Doing setValue() with a reference to the component doesn't work.
Doing someFormGroup.controls.someValue = "anything" doesn't work.
Using ngModel and setting it's value also doesn't work.

[jrquick17]

Checkout ionic4-auto-complete for a comparable and currently maintained version of this project which still maintains the setValue function along with supporting Angular 2+ and Ionic 2+.