How to add data dynamically to mat-table dataSource?

Question

I have found a solution for this problem, basically if you do:

this.dataSource.data.push(newElement); //Doesn't work

But if you replace the complete array then it works fine. So your final code must be :

this.socket.on('newMessage', function(event) {
    const data = this.dataSource.data;
    data.push(event);
    this.dataSource.data = data;
});

You can see the issue here -> https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/8381