diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
index 82d08ed6e2..98048b7546 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_container_ref_spec.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {Component, Directive, ElementRef, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, QueryList, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef, ɵi18nConfigureLocalize} from '@angular/core';
-import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {CommonModule, DOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
+import {Compiler, Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, Directive, DoCheck, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, ErrorHandler, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModule, OnInit, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, RendererFactory2, Sanitizer, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef, ɵi18nConfigureLocalize} from '@angular/core';
+import {Input} from '@angular/core/src/metadata';
+import {ngDevModeResetPerfCounters} from '@angular/core/src/util/ng_dev_mode';
+import {TestBed, TestComponentRenderer} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 import {ivyEnabled, onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
@@ -21,6 +25,15 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
         '{$startTagDiv}{$closeTagDiv}{$startTagBefore}{$closeTagBefore}'
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the inner HTML of the given element with all HTML comments and Angular internal
+   * reflect attributes omitted. This makes HTML comparisons easier and less verbose.
+   */
+  function getElementHtml(element: Element) {
+    return element.innerHTML.replace(/<!--(\W|\w)*?-->/g, '')
+        .replace(/\sng-reflect-\S*="[^"]*"/g, '');
+  }
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     ɵi18nConfigureLocalize({translations: TRANSLATIONS});
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -269,8 +282,1418 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
             });
   });
 
+  describe('length', () => {
+    it('should return the number of embedded views', () => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.length).toEqual(0);
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.length).toEqual(3);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.detach(1);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.length).toEqual(2);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.clear();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('get and indexOf', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective]});
+    });
+
+    it('should retrieve a ViewRef from its index, and vice versa', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      let viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.get(0);
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(0);
+
+      viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.get(1);
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(1);
+
+      viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.get(2);
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(2);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle out of bounds cases', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.get(-1)).toBeNull();
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.get(42)).toBeNull();
+
+      const viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.get(0);
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove(0);
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(-1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('move', () => {
+    it('should move embedded views and associated DOM nodes without recreating them', () => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABC');
+
+      // The DOM is manually modified here to ensure that the text node is actually moved
+      fixture.nativeElement.childNodes[2].nodeValue = '**A**';
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>**A**BC');
+
+      let viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.get(0);
+      vcRefDir.vcref.move(viewRef !, 2);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BC**A**');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.move(viewRef !, 0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>**A**BC');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.move(viewRef !, 1);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>B**A**C');
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.move(viewRef !, -1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.move(viewRef !, 42)).toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getters', () => {
+    it('should work on templates', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template vcref let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+          <footer></footer>
+        `
+      })
+      class TestComponent {
+        @ViewChild(VCRefDirective, {static: true}) vcRefDir !: VCRefDirective;
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [VCRefDirective, TestComponent]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      const {vcRefDir} = fixture.componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.element.nativeElement.nodeType).toBe(Node.COMMENT_NODE);
+      // In Ivy, the comment for the view container ref has text that implies
+      // that the comment is a placeholder for a container.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(vcRefDir.vcref.element.nativeElement.textContent).toEqual('container');
+
+      expect(vcRefDir.vcref.injector.get(ElementRef).nativeElement.textContent);
+      expect(getElementHtml(vcRefDir.vcref.parentInjector.get(ElementRef).nativeElement))
+          .toBe('<footer></footer>');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('detach', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective]});
+
+      // Tests depend on perf counters when running with Ivy. In order to have
+      // clean perf counters at the beginning of a test, we reset those here.
+      ivyEnabled && ngDevModeResetPerfCounters();
+    });
+
+    it('should detach the right embedded view when an index is specified', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const viewA = vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      const viewD = vcRefDir.createView('D');
+      vcRefDir.createView('E');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.detach(3);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCE');
+      expect(viewD.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.detach(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BCE');
+      expect(viewA.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.detach(-1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.detach(42)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(ngDevMode !.rendererDestroyNode).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should detach the last embedded view when no index is specified', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      vcRefDir.createView('D');
+      const viewE = vcRefDir.createView('E');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.detach();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCD');
+      expect(viewE.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(ngDevMode !.rendererDestroyNode).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('remove', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective]});
+
+      const _origRendererFactory = TestBed.get(RendererFactory2) as RendererFactory2;
+      const _origCreateRenderer = _origRendererFactory.createRenderer;
+
+      _origRendererFactory.createRenderer = function() {
+        const renderer = _origCreateRenderer.apply(_origRendererFactory, arguments);
+        renderer.destroyNode = () => {};
+        return renderer;
+      };
+
+      // Tests depend on perf counters when running with Ivy. In order to have
+      // clean perf counters at the beginning of a test, we reset those here.
+      ivyEnabled && ngDevModeResetPerfCounters();
+    });
+
+    it('should remove the right embedded view when an index is specified', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const viewA = vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      const viewD = vcRefDir.createView('D');
+      vcRefDir.createView('E');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove(3);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCE');
+      expect(viewD.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BCE');
+      expect(viewA.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.remove(-1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.remove(42)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(ngDevMode !.rendererDestroyNode).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove the last embedded view when no index is specified', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      vcRefDir.createView('C');
+      vcRefDir.createView('D');
+      const viewE = vcRefDir.createView('E');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCD');
+      expect(viewE.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(ngDevMode !.rendererDestroyNode).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when trying to insert a removed or destroyed view', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const viewA = vcRefDir.createView('A');
+      const viewB = vcRefDir.createView('B');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.insert(viewB)).toThrow();
+
+      viewA.destroy();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(() => vcRefDir.vcref.insert(viewA)).toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('createEmbeddedView (incl. insert)', () => {
+    it('should work on elements', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+        <ng-template #tplRef let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+        <header vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></header>
+        <footer></footer>
+      `,
+      })
+      class TestComponent {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [TestComponent, VCRefDirective]});
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      const vcRef =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header vcref=""></header><footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('A');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>A<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('B');
+      vcRef.createView('C');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>ABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('Y', 0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>YABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef.createView('Z', -1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef.createView('Z', 5)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should work on components', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'header-cmp', template: ``})
+      class HeaderComponent {
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #tplRef let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+          <header-cmp vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></header-cmp>
+          <footer></footer>
+          `,
+      })
+      class TestComponent {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+          {declarations: [TestComponent, HeaderComponent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      const vcRef =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp><footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('A');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>A<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('B');
+      vcRef.createView('C');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>ABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('Y', 0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>YABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef.createView('Z', -1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef.createView('Z', 5)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should work with multiple instances of view container refs', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #tplRef let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+          <div vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></div>
+          <div vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></div>
+        `,
+      })
+      class TestComponent {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [TestComponent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      const vcRefs = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(VCRefDirective))
+                         .map(debugEl => debugEl.injector.get(VCRefDirective));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<div vcref=""></div><div vcref=""></div>');
+
+      vcRefs[0].createView('A');
+      vcRefs[1].createView('B');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<div vcref=""></div>A<div vcref=""></div>B');
+    });
+
+    it('should work on templates', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template vcref #tplRef [tplRef]="tplRef" let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+          <footer></footer>
+        `
+      })
+      class TestComponent {
+        @ViewChild(VCRefDirective, {static: true}) vcRef !: VCRefDirective;
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [TestComponent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const {vcRef} = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('A');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('A<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('B');
+      vcRef.createView('C');
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('ABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      vcRef.createView('Y', 0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('YABC<footer></footer>');
+
+      // Invalid indices when detaching throws an exception in Ivy: FW-1330.
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef !.createView('Z', -1)).toThrow();
+      ivyEnabled && expect(() => vcRef !.createView('Z', 5)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should apply directives and pipes of the host view to the TemplateRef', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'child', template: `{{name}}`})
+      class Child {
+        @Input() name: string|undefined;
+      }
+
+      @Pipe({name: 'starPipe'})
+      class StarPipe implements PipeTransform {
+        transform(value: any) { return `**${value}**`; }
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+            <ng-template #foo>
+              <child [name]="'C' | starPipe"></child>
+            </ng-template>
+            <child vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="'A' | starPipe"></child>
+            <child [name]="'B' | starPipe"></child>
+          `
+      })
+      class SomeComponent {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+          {declarations: [Child, StarPipe, SomeComponent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SomeComponent);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<child vcref="">**A**</child><child>**C**</child><child>**C**</child><child>**B**</child>');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('createComponent', () => {
+    let templateExecutionCounter = 0;
+
+    beforeEach(() => templateExecutionCounter = 0);
+
+    it('should work without Injector and NgModuleRef', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'embedded-cmp', template: `foo`})
+      class EmbeddedComponent implements DoCheck, OnInit {
+        ngOnInit() { templateExecutionCounter++; }
+
+        ngDoCheck() { templateExecutionCounter++; }
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({entryComponents: [EmbeddedComponent], declarations: [EmbeddedComponent]})
+      class EmbeddedComponentModule {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective],
+        imports: [EmbeddedComponentModule]
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(0);
+
+      const componentRef =
+          vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.detach(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.insert(componentRef.hostView);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(3);
+    });
+
+    it('should work with NgModuleRef and Injector', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'embedded-cmp',
+        template: `foo`,
+      })
+      class EmbeddedComponent implements DoCheck,
+          OnInit {
+        constructor(public s: String) {}
+
+        ngOnInit() { templateExecutionCounter++; }
+
+        ngDoCheck() { templateExecutionCounter++; }
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({entryComponents: [EmbeddedComponent], declarations: [EmbeddedComponent]})
+      class EmbeddedComponentModule {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective],
+        imports: [EmbeddedComponentModule]
+      });
+
+      @NgModule({
+        providers: [
+          {provide: String, useValue: 'root_module'},
+          // We need to provide the following tokens because otherwise view engine
+          // will throw when creating a component factory in debug mode.
+          {provide: Sanitizer, useValue: TestBed.get(Sanitizer)},
+          {provide: ErrorHandler, useValue: TestBed.get(ErrorHandler)},
+          {provide: RendererFactory2, useValue: TestBed.get(RendererFactory2)},
+        ]
+      })
+      class MyAppModule {
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({providers: [{provide: String, useValue: 'some_module'}]})
+      class SomeModule {
+      }
+
+      // Compile test modules in order to be able to pass the NgModuleRef or the
+      // module injector to the ViewContainerRef create component method.
+      const compiler = TestBed.get(Compiler) as Compiler;
+      const appModuleFactory = compiler.compileModuleSync(MyAppModule);
+      const someModuleFactory = compiler.compileModuleSync(SomeModule);
+      const appModuleRef = appModuleFactory.create(null);
+      const someModuleRef = someModuleFactory.create(null);
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(0);
+
+      let componentRef = vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(
+          vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent), 0, someModuleRef.injector);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
+      expect(componentRef.instance.s).toEqual('some_module');
+
+      componentRef = vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(
+          vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent), 0, undefined, undefined,
+          appModuleRef);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
+      expect(componentRef.instance.s).toEqual('root_module');
+      expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(5);
+    });
+
+    it('should support projectable nodes', () => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective],
+        imports: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgZoneModule]
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+
+      const myNode = document.createElement('div');
+      const myText = document.createTextNode('bar');
+      const myText2 = document.createTextNode('baz');
+      myNode.appendChild(myText);
+      myNode.appendChild(myText2);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(
+          vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent), 0, undefined,
+          [[myNode]]);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // With Ivy the projected content is inserted into the last ng-content container,
+      // while with View Engine the content is projected into the first ng-content slot.
+      // View Engine correctly respects the passed index of "projectedNodes". See: FW-1331.
+      if (ivyEnabled) {
+        expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+            .toEqual(
+                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><hr><div>barbaz</div></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
+      } else {
+        expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+            .toEqual(
+                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><div>barbaz</div><hr></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('should support reprojection of projectable nodes', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'reprojector',
+        template:
+            `<embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><ng-content></ng-content></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>`,
+      })
+      class Reprojector {
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({
+        exports: [Reprojector, EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent],
+        declarations: [Reprojector, EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent],
+        entryComponents: [Reprojector]
+      })
+      class ReprojectorModule {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective],
+        imports: [ReprojectorModule]
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+
+      const myNode = document.createElement('div');
+      const myText = document.createTextNode('bar');
+      const myText2 = document.createTextNode('baz');
+      myNode.appendChild(myText);
+      myNode.appendChild(myText2);
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(
+          vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(Reprojector), 0, undefined, [[myNode]]);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<p vcref=""></p><reprojector><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><hr><div>barbaz</div></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent></reprojector>');
+    });
+
+    it('should support many projectable nodes with many slots', () => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [EmbeddedViewInsertionComp, VCRefDirective],
+        imports: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgZoneModule]
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EmbeddedViewInsertionComp);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(
+          vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent), 0, undefined, [
+            [document.createTextNode('1'), document.createTextNode('2')],
+            [document.createTextNode('3'), document.createTextNode('4')]
+          ]);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // With Ivy multi-slot projection is currently not working. This is a bug that
+      // is tracked with FW-1333.
+      if (ivyEnabled) {
+        expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+            .toEqual(
+                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><hr>12</embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
+      } else {
+        expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+            .toEqual(
+                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>12<hr>34</embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('insertion points and declaration points', () => {
+    @Directive({selector: '[tplDir]'})
+    class InsertionDir {
+      @Input()
+      set tplDir(tpl: TemplateRef<any>|null) {
+        tpl ? this.vcr.createEmbeddedView(tpl) : this.vcr.clear();
+      }
+
+      constructor(public vcr: ViewContainerRef) {}
+    }
+
+    // see running stackblitz example: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-w3myy6
+    it('should work with a template declared in a different component view from insertion', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'child', template: `<div [tplDir]="tpl">{{name}}</div>`})
+      class Child {
+        @Input() tpl: TemplateRef<any>|null = null;
+        name = 'Child';
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #foo>
+            <div>{{name}}</div>
+          </ng-template>
+          
+          <child [tpl]="foo"></child>
+        `
+      })
+      class Parent {
+        name = 'Parent';
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Child, Parent, InsertionDir]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+      const child = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(Child)).componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // Context should be inherited from the declaration point, not the
+      // insertion point, so the template should read 'Parent'.
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(`<child><div>Child</div><div>Parent</div></child>`);
+
+      child.tpl = null;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toEqual(`<child><div>Child</div></child>`);
+    });
+
+    // see running stackblitz example: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-3vplec
+    it('should work with nested for loops with different declaration / insertion points', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'loop-comp',
+        template: `
+          <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="rows" [ngForTemplate]="tpl">
+          </ng-template>
+        `,
+      })
+      class LoopComp {
+        @Input() tpl !: TemplateRef<any>;
+        @Input() rows !: any[];
+        name = 'Loop';
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #rowTemplate let-row>
+            <ng-template #cellTemplate let-cell>
+              <div>{{cell}} - {{row.value}} - {{name}}</div>
+            </ng-template>
+            
+            <loop-comp [tpl]="cellTemplate" [rows]="row.data"></loop-comp>
+          </ng-template>
+          
+          <loop-comp [tpl]="rowTemplate" [rows]="rows"></loop-comp>
+        `,
+      })
+      class Parent {
+        name = 'Parent';
+        rows = [{data: ['1', '2'], value: 'one'}, {data: ['3', '4'], value: 'two'}];
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [LoopComp, Parent], imports: [CommonModule]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<loop-comp>' +
+              '<loop-comp><div>1 - one - Parent</div><div>2 - one - Parent</div></loop-comp>' +
+              '<loop-comp><div>3 - two - Parent</div><div>4 - two - Parent</div></loop-comp>' +
+              '</loop-comp>');
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.rows =
+          [{data: ['5', '6'], value: 'three'}, {data: ['7'], value: 'four'}];
+      fixture.componentInstance.name = 'New name!';
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<loop-comp>' +
+              '<loop-comp><div>5 - three - New name!</div><div>6 - three - New name!</div></loop-comp>' +
+              '<loop-comp><div>7 - four - New name!</div></loop-comp>' +
+              '</loop-comp>');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('lifecycle hooks', () => {
+
+    // Angular 5 reference: https://stackblitz.com/edit/lifecycle-hooks-vcref
+    const log: string[] = [];
+
+    @Component({selector: 'hooks', template: `{{name}}`})
+    class ComponentWithHooks {
+      @Input() name: string|undefined;
+
+      private log(msg: string) { log.push(msg); }
+
+      ngOnChanges() { this.log('onChanges-' + this.name); }
+      ngOnInit() { this.log('onInit-' + this.name); }
+      ngDoCheck() { this.log('doCheck-' + this.name); }
+
+      ngAfterContentInit() { this.log('afterContentInit-' + this.name); }
+      ngAfterContentChecked() { this.log('afterContentChecked-' + this.name); }
+
+      ngAfterViewInit() { this.log('afterViewInit-' + this.name); }
+      ngAfterViewChecked() { this.log('afterViewChecked-' + this.name); }
+
+      ngOnDestroy() { this.log('onDestroy-' + this.name); }
+    }
+
+    @NgModule({
+      declarations: [ComponentWithHooks],
+      exports: [ComponentWithHooks],
+      entryComponents: [ComponentWithHooks]
+    })
+    class ComponentWithHooksModule {
+    }
+
+    it('should call all hooks in correct order when creating with createEmbeddedView', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #foo>
+            <hooks [name]="'C'"></hooks>
+          </ng-template>
+          <hooks vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="'A'"></hooks>
+          <hooks [name]="'B'"></hooks>
+        `
+      })
+      class SomeComponent {
+      }
+
+      log.length = 0;
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [SomeComponent, ComponentWithHooks, VCRefDirective],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SomeComponent);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'onChanges-A', 'onInit-A', 'doCheck-A', 'onChanges-B', 'onInit-B', 'doCheck-B',
+        'afterContentInit-A', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentInit-B',
+        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewInit-A', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewInit-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks></hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
+      expect(log).toEqual([]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks>C</hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'onChanges-C', 'onInit-C', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentInit-C',
+        'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewInit-C', 'afterViewChecked-C', 'afterContentChecked-A',
+        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewChecked-C',
+        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      const viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.detach(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      vcRefDir.vcref.insert(viewRef !);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewChecked-C',
+        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'onDestroy-C', 'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should call all hooks in correct order when creating with createComponent', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <hooks vcref [name]="'A'"></hooks>
+          <hooks [name]="'B'"></hooks>
+        `
+      })
+      class SomeComponent {
+      }
+
+      log.length = 0;
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+          {declarations: [SomeComponent, VCRefDirective], imports: [ComponentWithHooksModule]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SomeComponent);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'onChanges-A', 'onInit-A', 'doCheck-A', 'onChanges-B', 'onInit-B', 'doCheck-B',
+        'afterContentInit-A', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentInit-B',
+        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewInit-A', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewInit-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      const componentRef =
+          vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(ComponentWithHooks));
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks></hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
+      expect(log).toEqual([]);
+
+      componentRef.instance.name = 'D';
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks>D</hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'onInit-D', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentInit-D',
+        'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewInit-D', 'afterViewChecked-D', 'afterContentChecked-A',
+        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewChecked-D',
+        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      const viewRef = vcRefDir.vcref.detach(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      vcRefDir.vcref.insert(viewRef !);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewChecked-D',
+        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+
+      log.length = 0;
+      vcRefDir.vcref.remove(0);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(log).toEqual([
+        'onDestroy-D', 'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
+        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('host bindings', () => {
+
+    it('should support host bindings on dynamically created components', () => {
+      @Component(
+          {selector: 'host-bindings', host: {'id': 'attribute', '[title]': 'title'}, template: ``})
+      class HostBindingCmpt {
+        title = 'initial';
+      }
+
+      @Component({template: `<ng-template vcref></ng-template>`})
+      class TestComponent {
+        @ViewChild(VCRefDirective, {static: true}) vcRefDir !: VCRefDirective;
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({declarations: [HostBindingCmpt], entryComponents: [HostBindingCmpt]})
+      class TestModule {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+          {declarations: [TestComponent, VCRefDirective], imports: [TestModule]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      const {vcRefDir} = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement)).toBe('');
+
+      const componentRef =
+          vcRefDir.vcref.createComponent(vcRefDir.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(HostBindingCmpt));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].tagName).toBe('HOST-BINDINGS');
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].getAttribute('id')).toBe('attribute');
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].getAttribute('title')).toBe('initial');
+
+      componentRef.instance.title = 'changed';
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].tagName).toBe('HOST-BINDINGS');
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].getAttribute('id')).toBe('attribute');
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.children[0].getAttribute('title')).toBe('changed');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('projection', () => {
+
+    it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, in an element', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'child', template: '<div><ng-content></ng-content></div>'})
+      class Child {
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'parent',
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #foo>
+            <span>{{name}}</span>
+          </ng-template>
+          
+          <child>
+            <header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header>
+          </child>`
+      })
+      class Parent {
+        name: string = 'bar';
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Child, Parent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<child><div><header vcref="">blah</header></div></child>');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual('<child><div><header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span></div></child>');
+    });
+
+    it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, in a view', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'child-with-view',
+        template: `Before (inside)-<ng-content *ngIf="show"></ng-content>-After (inside)`
+      })
+      class ChildWithView {
+        show: boolean = true;
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'parent',
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #foo>
+            <span>{{name}}</span>
+          </ng-template>
+          <child-with-view>
+            Before projected
+            <header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header>
+            After projected
+          </child-with-view>`
+      })
+      class Parent {
+        name: string = 'bar';
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [ChildWithView, Parent, VCRefDirective]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const vcRefDir =
+          fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective)).injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<child-with-view>Before (inside)- Before projected <header vcref="">blah</header> After projected -After (inside)</child-with-view>');
+
+      vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+          .toEqual(
+              '<child-with-view>Before (inside)- Before projected <header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span> After projected -After (inside)</child-with-view>');
+    });
+
+    describe('with select', () => {
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'child-with-selector',
+        template: `
+          <p class="a"><ng-content select="header"></ng-content></p>
+          <p class="b"><ng-content></ng-content></p>`,
+      })
+      class ChildWithSelector {
+      }
+
+      it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, when the host matches a selector',
+         () => {
+           @Component({
+             selector: 'parent',
+             template: `
+            <ng-template #foo>
+              <span>{{name}}</span>
+            </ng-template>
+            <child-with-selector>
+              <header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header>
+            </child-with-selector>
+          `
+           })
+           class Parent {
+             name: string = 'bar';
+           }
+
+           TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+               {declarations: [Parent, ChildWithSelector, VCRefDirective]});
+           const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+           const vcRefDir = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective))
+                                .injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+
+           expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+               .toEqual(
+                   '<child-with-selector><p class="a"><header vcref="">blah</header></p><p class="b"></p></child-with-selector>');
+
+           vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+
+           expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+               .toEqual(
+                   '<child-with-selector><p class="a"><header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span></p><p class="b"></p></child-with-selector>');
+         });
+
+      it('should not project the ViewContainerRef content, when the host does not match a selector',
+         () => {
+           @Component({
+             selector: 'parent',
+             template: `
+            <ng-template #foo>
+              <span>{{name}}</span>
+            </ng-template>
+            <child-with-selector>
+              <footer vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</footer>
+            </child-with-selector>
+          `
+           })
+           class Parent {
+             name: string = 'bar';
+           }
+
+           TestBed.configureTestingModule(
+               {declarations: [Parent, ChildWithSelector, VCRefDirective]});
+           const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Parent);
+           const vcRefDir = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(VCRefDirective))
+                                .injector.get(VCRefDirective);
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+
+           expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+               .toEqual(
+                   '<child-with-selector><p class="a"></p><p class="b"><footer vcref="">blah</footer></p></child-with-selector>');
+
+           vcRefDir.vcref.createEmbeddedView(vcRefDir.tplRef !);
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+
+           expect(getElementHtml(fixture.nativeElement))
+               .toEqual(
+                   '<child-with-selector><p class="a"></p><p class="b"><footer vcref="">blah</footer><span>bar</span></p></child-with-selector>');
+         });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('root view container ref', () => {
+    let containerEl: HTMLElement|null = null;
+
+    beforeEach(() => containerEl = null);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new test component renderer instance that wraps the root element
+     * in another element. This allows us to test if elements have been inserted into
+     * the parent element of the root component.
+     */
+    function createTestComponentRenderer(document: any): TestComponentRenderer {
+      return {
+        insertRootElement(rootElementId: string) {
+          const rootEl = document.createElement('div');
+          rootEl.id = rootElementId;
+
+          containerEl = document.createElement('div');
+          document.body.appendChild(containerEl);
+          containerEl !.appendChild(rootEl);
+        }
+      };
+    }
+
+    const TEST_COMPONENT_RENDERER = {
+      provide: TestComponentRenderer,
+      useFactory: createTestComponentRenderer,
+      deps: [DOCUMENT]
+    };
+
+    it('should check bindings for components dynamically created by root component', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings',
+        template: `check count: {{checkCount}}`,
+      })
+      class DynamicCompWithBindings implements DoCheck {
+        checkCount = 0;
+
+        ngDoCheck() { this.checkCount++; }
+      }
+
+      @Component({template: ``})
+      class TestComp {
+        constructor(public vcRef: ViewContainerRef, public cfResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver) {}
+      }
+
+      @NgModule(
+          {entryComponents: [DynamicCompWithBindings], declarations: [DynamicCompWithBindings]})
+      class DynamicCompWithBindingsModule {
+      }
+
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [TestComp],
+        imports: [DynamicCompWithBindingsModule],
+        providers: [TEST_COMPONENT_RENDERER]
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComp);
+      const {vcRef, cfResolver} = fixture.componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // Ivy inserts a comment for the root view container ref instance. This is not
+      // the case for view engine and we need to adjust the assertions.
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 2 : 1);
+      ivyEnabled && expect(containerEl !.childNodes[1].nodeType).toBe(Node.COMMENT_NODE);
+
+      expect((containerEl !.childNodes[0] as Element).tagName).toBe('DIV');
+
+      vcRef.createComponent(cfResolver.resolveComponentFactory(DynamicCompWithBindings));
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 3 : 2);
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes[1].textContent).toBe('check count: 1');
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 3 : 2);
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes[1].textContent).toBe('check count: 2');
+    });
+
+    it('should create deep DOM tree immediately for dynamically created components', () => {
+      @Component({template: ``})
+      class TestComp {
+        constructor(public vcRef: ViewContainerRef, public cfResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver) {}
+      }
+
+      @Component({selector: 'child', template: `<div>{{name}}</div>`})
+      class Child {
+        name = 'text';
+      }
+
+      @Component({selector: 'dynamic-cmpt-with-children', template: `<child></child>`})
+      class DynamicCompWithChildren {
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({
+        entryComponents: [DynamicCompWithChildren],
+        declarations: [DynamicCompWithChildren, Child]
+      })
+      class DynamicCompWithChildrenModule {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [TestComp],
+        imports: [DynamicCompWithChildrenModule],
+        providers: [TEST_COMPONENT_RENDERER]
+      });
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComp);
+      const {vcRef, cfResolver} = fixture.componentInstance;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // Ivy inserts a comment for the root view container ref instance. This is not
+      // the case for view engine and we need to adjust the assertions.
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 2 : 1);
+      ivyEnabled && expect(containerEl !.childNodes[1].nodeType).toBe(Node.COMMENT_NODE);
+
+      expect((containerEl !.childNodes[0] as Element).tagName).toBe('DIV');
+
+      vcRef.createComponent(cfResolver.resolveComponentFactory(DynamicCompWithChildren));
+
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 3 : 2);
+      expect(getElementHtml(containerEl !.childNodes[1] as Element))
+          .toBe('<child><div></div></child>');
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(containerEl !.childNodes.length).toBe(ivyEnabled ? 3 : 2);
+      expect(getElementHtml(containerEl !.childNodes[1] as Element))
+          .toBe(`<child><div>text</div></child>`);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
+@Component({
+  template: `
+    <ng-template #tplRef let-name>{{name}}</ng-template>
+    <p vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></p>
+  `,
+})
+class EmbeddedViewInsertionComp {
+}
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[vcref]',
+})
+class VCRefDirective {
+  @Input() tplRef: TemplateRef<any>|undefined;
+  @Input() name: string = '';
+
+  // Injecting the ViewContainerRef to create a dynamic container in which
+  // embedded views will be created
+  constructor(public vcref: ViewContainerRef, public cfr: ComponentFactoryResolver) {}
+
+  createView(s: string, index?: number): EmbeddedViewRef<any> {
+    if (!this.tplRef) {
+      throw new Error('No template reference passed to directive.');
+    }
+
+    return this.vcref.createEmbeddedView(this.tplRef, {$implicit: s}, index);
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: `embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent`,
+  template: `<ng-content></ng-content><hr><ng-content></ng-content>`
+})
+class EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent {
+}
+
+@NgModule({
+  exports: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent],
+  entryComponents: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent],
+  declarations: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent],
+})
+class EmbeddedComponentWithNgZoneModule {
+}
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'view-container-ref-comp',
   template: `
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
index d0c1462cd7..bfdadb8472 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
@@ -6,23 +6,16 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component as _Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ΔdefineInjector, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, NgModuleRef, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, RendererFactory2, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewRef, ɵAPP_ROOT as APP_ROOT, ɵNgModuleDef as NgModuleDef,} from '../../src/core';
-import {createInjector} from '../../src/di/r3_injector';
+import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component as _Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, QueryList, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewRef,} from '../../src/core';
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../src/metadata';
-import {AttributeMarker, ΔdefineComponent, ΔdefineDirective, ΔdefinePipe, injectComponentFactoryResolver, Δlistener, ΔloadViewQuery, ΔNgOnChangesFeature, ΔqueryRefresh, ΔviewQuery,} from '../../src/render3/index';
+import {injectComponentFactoryResolver, ΔdefineComponent, ΔdefineDirective, Δlistener, ΔloadViewQuery, ΔqueryRefresh, ΔviewQuery,} from '../../src/render3/index';
 
-import {ΔallocHostVars, Δbind, Δcontainer, ΔcontainerRefreshEnd, ΔcontainerRefreshStart, ΔdirectiveInject, Δelement, ΔelementEnd, ΔelementHostAttrs, ΔelementProperty, ΔelementStart, ΔembeddedViewEnd, ΔembeddedViewStart, Δinterpolation1, Δinterpolation3, ΔnextContext, Δprojection, ΔprojectionDef, Δreference, Δtemplate, Δtext, ΔtextBinding,} from '../../src/render3/instructions/all';
+import {Δcontainer, ΔcontainerRefreshEnd, ΔcontainerRefreshStart, ΔdirectiveInject, Δelement, ΔelementEnd, ΔelementStart, ΔembeddedViewEnd, ΔembeddedViewStart, Δtemplate, Δtext,} from '../../src/render3/instructions/all';
 import {RenderFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 import {RElement} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
-import {NgModuleFactory} from '../../src/render3/ng_module_ref';
-import {Δpipe, ΔpipeBind1} from '../../src/render3/pipe';
 import {getLView} from '../../src/render3/state';
 import {getNativeByIndex} from '../../src/render3/util/view_utils';
-import {ΔtemplateRefExtractor} from '../../src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound';
-import {NgForOf} from '../../test/render3/common_with_def';
-
-import {getRendererFactory2} from './imported_renderer2';
-import {ComponentFixture, createComponent, getDirectiveOnNode, TemplateFixture,} from './render_util';
+import {ComponentFixture, createComponent, TemplateFixture,} from './render_util';
 
 const Component: typeof _Component = function(...args: any[]): any {
   // In test we use @Component for documentation only so it's safe to mock out the implementation.
@@ -56,184 +49,8 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
   }
 
   describe('API', () => {
-    /**
-     * {{name}}
-     */
-    function embeddedTemplate(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-      if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-        Δtext(0);
-      }
-      if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-        ΔtextBinding(0, Δbind(ctx.name));
-      }
-    }
-
-    function createView(s: string, index?: number): EmbeddedViewRef<any> {
-      return directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(
-          directiveInstance !.tplRef, {name: s}, index);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * <ng-template #tplRef>{{name}}</ng-template>
-     * <p vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></p>
-     */
-    function createTemplate() {
-      Δtemplate(
-          0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['tplRef', ''], ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-      Δelement(2, 'p', ['vcref', '']);
-    }
-
-    function updateTemplate() {
-      const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-      ΔelementProperty(2, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-    }
 
     describe('createEmbeddedView (incl. insert)', () => {
-      it('should work on elements', () => {
-        /**
-         * <ng-template #tplRef>{{name}}</ng-template>
-         * <header vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></header>
-         * <footer></footer>
-         */
-        function createTemplate() {
-          Δtemplate(
-              0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['tplRef', ''],
-              ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-          Δelement(2, 'header', ['vcref', '']);
-          Δelement(3, 'footer');
-        }
-
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 4, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header vcref=""></header><footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('A');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>A<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>ABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('Y', 0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header vcref=""></header>YABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', -1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', 5); }).toThrow();
-      });
-
-      it('should work on components', () => {
-        const HeaderComponent =
-            createComponent('header-cmp', function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {});
-
-        /**
-         * <ng-template #tplRef>{{name}}</ng-template>
-         * <header-cmp vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></header-cmp>
-         * <footer></footer>
-         */
-        function createTemplate() {
-          Δtemplate(
-              0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', [], ['tplRef', ''], ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-          Δelement(2, 'header-cmp', ['vcref', '']);
-          Δelement(3, 'footer');
-        }
-
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 4, 1, [HeaderComponent, DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp><footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('A');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>A<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>ABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('Y', 0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<header-cmp vcref=""></header-cmp>YABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', -1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', 5); }).toThrow();
-      });
-
-      it('should work with multiple instances with vcrefs', () => {
-        let firstDir: DirectiveWithVCRef;
-        let secondDir: DirectiveWithVCRef;
-
-        /**
-         * <ng-template #tplRef>{{name}}</ng-template>
-         * <div vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></div>
-         * <div vcref [tplRef]="tplRef"></div>
-         */
-        function createTemplate() {
-          Δtemplate(
-              0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['tplRef', ''],
-              ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-          Δelement(2, 'div', ['vcref', '']);
-          Δelement(3, 'div', ['vcref', '']);
-
-          // for testing only:
-          firstDir = getDirectiveOnNode(2);
-          secondDir = getDirectiveOnNode(3);
-        }
-
-        function update() {
-          const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-          ΔelementProperty(2, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-          ΔelementProperty(3, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-        }
-
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, update, 4, 2, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<div vcref=""></div><div vcref=""></div>');
-
-        firstDir !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(firstDir !.tplRef, {name: 'A'});
-        secondDir !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(secondDir !.tplRef, {name: 'B'});
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<div vcref=""></div>A<div vcref=""></div>B');
-      });
-
-      it('should work on templates', () => {
-        /**
-         * <ng-template vcref #tplRef>{{name}}</ng-template>
-         * <footer></footer>
-         */
-        function createTemplate() {
-          Δtemplate(
-              0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', ['vcref', ''], ['tplRef', ''],
-              ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-          Δelement(2, 'footer');
-        }
-
-        function updateTemplate() {
-          const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-          ΔelementProperty(0, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-        }
-
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('A');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('A<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('ABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        createView('Y', 0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('YABC<footer></footer>');
-
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', -1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { createView('Z', 5); }).toThrow();
-      });
 
       it('should add embedded views at the right position in the DOM tree (ng-template next to other ng-template)',
          () => {
@@ -411,646 +228,11 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
            expect(fixture.html).toEqual('before|AAB|after');
          });
 
-      it('should apply directives and pipes of the host view to the TemplateRef', () => {
-        @Component({selector: 'child', template: `{{name}}`})
-        class Child {
-          // TODO(issue/24571): remove '!'.
-          name !: string;
-
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: Child,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['child']],
-            factory: () => new Child(),
-            consts: 1,
-            vars: 1,
-            template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Child) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                Δtext(0);
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ΔtextBinding(0, Δinterpolation1('', cmp.name, ''));
-              }
-            },
-            inputs: {name: 'name'}
-          });
-        }
-
-        @Pipe({name: 'starPipe'})
-        class StarPipe implements PipeTransform {
-          transform(value: any) { return `**${value}**`; }
-
-          static ngPipeDef = ΔdefinePipe({
-            name: 'starPipe',
-            type: StarPipe,
-            factory: function StarPipe_Factory() { return new StarPipe(); },
-          });
-        }
-
-        function SomeComponent_Template_0(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-            Δelement(0, 'child');
-            Δpipe(1, 'starPipe');
-          }
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-            ΔelementProperty(0, 'name', Δbind(ΔpipeBind1(1, 1, 'C')));
-          }
-        }
-
-        @Component({
-          template: `
-            <ng-template #foo>
-              <child [name]="'C' | starPipe"></child>
-            </ng-template>
-            <child vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="'A' | starPipe"></child>
-            <child [name]="'B' | starPipe"></child>
-          `
-        })
-        class SomeComponent {
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: SomeComponent,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['some-comp']],
-            factory: () => new SomeComponent(),
-            consts: 6,
-            vars: 7,
-            template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: SomeComponent) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                Δtemplate(
-                    0, SomeComponent_Template_0, 2, 3, 'ng-template', [], ['foo', ''],
-                    ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-                Δpipe(2, 'starPipe');
-                Δelement(3, 'child', ['vcref', '']);
-                Δpipe(4, 'starPipe');
-                Δelement(5, 'child');
-              }
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-                ΔelementProperty(3, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-                ΔelementProperty(3, 'name', Δbind(ΔpipeBind1(2, 3, 'A')));
-                ΔelementProperty(5, 'name', Δbind(ΔpipeBind1(4, 5, 'B')));
-              }
-            },
-            directives: [Child, DirectiveWithVCRef],
-            pipes: [StarPipe]
-          });
-        }
-
-        const fixture = new ComponentFixture(SomeComponent);
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<child vcref="">**A**</child><child>**C**</child><child>**C**</child><child>**B**</child>');
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('insertion points and declaration points', () => {
-      class InsertionDir {
-        // @Input()
-        set tplDir(tpl: TemplateRef<any>|null) {
-          tpl ? this.vcr.createEmbeddedView(tpl) : this.vcr.clear();
-        }
-
-        constructor(public vcr: ViewContainerRef) {}
-
-        static ngDirectiveDef = ΔdefineDirective({
-          type: InsertionDir,
-          selectors: [['', 'tplDir', '']],
-          factory: () => new InsertionDir(ΔdirectiveInject(ViewContainerRef as any)),
-          inputs: {tplDir: 'tplDir'}
-        });
-      }
-
-      // see running stackblitz example: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-w3myy6
-      it('should work with a template declared in a different component view from insertion',
-         () => {
-           let child: Child|null = null;
-
-           /**
-            * <div [tplDir]="tpl">{{ name }}</div>
-            * // template insertion point
-            */
-           class Child {
-             name = 'Child';
-             tpl: TemplateRef<any>|null = null;
-
-             static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-               type: Child,
-               encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-               selectors: [['child']],
-               factory: () => child = new Child(),
-               consts: 2,
-               vars: 2,
-               template: function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                   ΔelementStart(0, 'div', [AttributeMarker.Bindings, 'tplDir']);
-                   { Δtext(1); }
-                   ΔelementEnd();
-                 }
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                   ΔelementProperty(0, 'tplDir', Δbind(ctx.tpl));
-                   ΔtextBinding(1, Δbind(ctx.name));
-                 }
-               },
-               inputs: {tpl: 'tpl'},
-               directives: () => [InsertionDir]
-             });
-           }
-
-           /**
-            * // template declaration point
-            * <ng-template #foo>
-            *     <div> {{ name }} </div>
-            * </ng-template>
-            *
-            * <child [tpl]="foo"></child>                           <-- template insertion inside
-            */
-           const Parent = createComponent('parent', function(rf: RenderFlags, parent: any) {
-             if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-               Δtemplate(
-                   0, fooTemplate, 2, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['foo', ''], ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-               Δelement(2, 'child');
-             }
-
-             if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-               const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-               ΔelementProperty(2, 'tpl', Δbind(tplRef));
-             }
-
-           }, 3, 1, [Child]);
-
-           function fooTemplate(rf1: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-             if (rf1 & RenderFlags.Create) {
-               ΔelementStart(0, 'div');
-               { Δtext(1); }
-               ΔelementEnd();
-             }
-             if (rf1 & RenderFlags.Update) {
-               const parent = ΔnextContext();
-               ΔtextBinding(1, Δbind(parent.name));
-             }
-           }
-
-           const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-           fixture.component.name = 'Parent';
-           fixture.update();
-
-           // Context should be inherited from the declaration point, not the insertion point,
-           // so the template should read 'Parent'.
-           expect(fixture.html).toEqual(`<child><div>Child</div><div>Parent</div></child>`);
-
-           child !.tpl = null;
-           fixture.update();
-           expect(fixture.html).toEqual(`<child><div>Child</div></child>`);
-         });
-
-      // see running stackblitz example: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-3vplec
-      it('should work with nested for loops with different declaration / insertion points', () => {
-        /**
-         * <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="rows" [ngForTemplate]="tpl">
-         *     // insertion point for templates (both row and cell)
-         * </ng-template>
-         */
-        class LoopComp {
-          name = 'Loop';
-
-          // @Input()
-          tpl !: TemplateRef<any>;
-
-          // @Input()
-          rows !: any[];
-
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: LoopComp,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['loop-comp']],
-            factory: () => new LoopComp(),
-            consts: 1,
-            vars: 2,
-            template: function(rf: RenderFlags, loop: any) {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                Δtemplate(0, null, 0, 0, 'ng-template', [AttributeMarker.Bindings, 'ngForOf']);
-              }
-
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                ΔelementProperty(0, 'ngForOf', Δbind(loop.rows));
-                ΔelementProperty(0, 'ngForTemplate', Δbind(loop.tpl));
-              }
-            },
-            inputs: {tpl: 'tpl', rows: 'rows'},
-            directives: () => [NgForOf]
-          });
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * // row declaration point
-         * <ng-template #rowTemplate let-row>
-         *
-         *   // cell declaration point
-         *   <ng-template #cellTemplate let-cell>
-         *     <div> {{ cell }} - {{ row.value }} - {{ name }} </div>
-         *   </ng-template>
-         *
-         *   <loop-comp [tpl]="cellTemplate" [rows]="row.data"></loop-comp>  <-- cell insertion
-         * </ng-template>
-         *
-         * <loop-comp [tpl]="rowTemplate" [rows]="rows">                      <-- row insertion
-         * </loop-comp>
-         */
-        const Parent = createComponent('parent', function(rf: RenderFlags, parent: any) {
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-            Δtemplate(
-                0, rowTemplate, 3, 2, 'ng-template', null, ['rowTemplate', ''],
-                ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-            Δelement(2, 'loop-comp');
-          }
-
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-            const rowTemplateRef = Δreference(1);
-            ΔelementProperty(2, 'tpl', Δbind(rowTemplateRef));
-            ΔelementProperty(2, 'rows', Δbind(parent.rows));
-          }
-
-        }, 3, 2, [LoopComp]);
-
-        function rowTemplate(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-            Δtemplate(
-                0, cellTemplate, 2, 3, 'ng-template', null, ['cellTemplate', ''],
-                ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-            Δelement(2, 'loop-comp');
-          }
-
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-            const row = ctx.$implicit as any;
-            const cellTemplateRef = Δreference(1);
-            ΔelementProperty(2, 'tpl', Δbind(cellTemplateRef));
-            ΔelementProperty(2, 'rows', Δbind(row.data));
-          }
-        }
-
-        function cellTemplate(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-            ΔelementStart(0, 'div');
-            { Δtext(1); }
-            ΔelementEnd();
-          }
-
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-            const cell = ctx.$implicit as any;
-            const row = ΔnextContext().$implicit as any;
-            const parent = ΔnextContext();
-            ΔtextBinding(1, Δinterpolation3('', cell, ' - ', row.value, ' - ', parent.name, ''));
-          }
-        }
-
-        const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-        fixture.component.name = 'Parent';
-        fixture.component.rows =
-            [{data: ['1', '2'], value: 'one'}, {data: ['3', '4'], value: 'two'}];
-        fixture.update();
-
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<loop-comp>' +
-                '<loop-comp><div>1 - one - Parent</div><div>2 - one - Parent</div></loop-comp>' +
-                '<loop-comp><div>3 - two - Parent</div><div>4 - two - Parent</div></loop-comp>' +
-                '</loop-comp>');
-
-        fixture.component.rows = [{data: ['5', '6'], value: 'three'}, {data: ['7'], value: 'four'}];
-        fixture.component.name = 'New name!';
-        fixture.update();
-
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<loop-comp>' +
-                '<loop-comp><div>5 - three - New name!</div><div>6 - three - New name!</div></loop-comp>' +
-                '<loop-comp><div>7 - four - New name!</div></loop-comp>' +
-                '</loop-comp>');
-      });
-    });
-
-    const rendererFactory = getRendererFactory2(document);
-
-    describe('detach', () => {
-      it('should detach the right embedded view when an index is specified', () => {
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef], null, null,
-            rendererFactory);
-        const viewA = createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        const viewD = createView('D');
-        createView('E');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(3);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCE');
-        expect(viewD.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BCE');
-        expect(viewA.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
-
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(-1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(42); }).toThrow();
-        expect(ngDevMode).toHaveProperties({rendererDestroyNode: 0});
-      });
-
-
-      it('should detach the last embedded view when no index is specified', () => {
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef], null, null,
-            rendererFactory);
-        createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        createView('D');
-        const viewE = createView('E');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.detach();
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCD');
-        expect(viewE.destroyed).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(ngDevMode).toHaveProperties({rendererDestroyNode: 0});
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('remove', () => {
-      it('should remove the right embedded view when an index is specified', () => {
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef], null, null,
-            rendererFactory);
-        const viewA = createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        const viewD = createView('D');
-        createView('E');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(3);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCE');
-        expect(viewD.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BCE');
-        expect(viewA.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
-
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(-1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(42); }).toThrow();
-        expect(ngDevMode).toHaveProperties({rendererDestroyNode: 2});
-      });
-
-      it('should remove the last embedded view when no index is specified', () => {
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef], null, null,
-            rendererFactory);
-        createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        createView('D');
-        const viewE = createView('E');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCDE');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.remove();
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABCD');
-        expect(viewE.destroyed).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(ngDevMode).toHaveProperties({rendererDestroyNode: 1});
-      });
-
-      it('should throw when trying to insert a removed or destroyed view', () => {
-        const fixture = new TemplateFixture(
-            createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef], null, null,
-            rendererFactory);
-        const viewA = createView('A');
-        const viewB = createView('B');
-        fixture.update();
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.remove();
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(() => directiveInstance !.vcref.insert(viewB)).toThrow();
-
-        viewA.destroy();
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(() => directiveInstance !.vcref.insert(viewA)).toThrow();
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('length', () => {
-      it('should return the number of embedded views', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.length).toEqual(0);
-
-        createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.length).toEqual(3);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(1);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.length).toEqual(2);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.clear();
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.length).toEqual(0);
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('get and indexOf', () => {
-      it('should retrieve a ViewRef from its index, and vice versa', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-
-        let viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.get(0);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(0);
-
-        viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.get(1);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(1);
-
-        viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.get(2);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(2);
-      });
-
-      it('should handle out of bounds cases', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        createView('A');
-        fixture.update();
-
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.get(-1)).toBeNull();
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.get(42)).toBeNull();
-
-        const viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.get(0);
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(0);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.indexOf(viewRef !)).toEqual(-1);
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('move', () => {
-      it('should move embedded views and associated DOM nodes without recreating them', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        createView('A');
-        createView('B');
-        createView('C');
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>ABC');
-
-        // The DOM is manually modified here to ensure that the text node is actually moved
-        fixture.hostElement.childNodes[2].nodeValue = '**A**';
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>**A**BC');
-
-        let viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.get(0);
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.move(viewRef !, 2);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>BC**A**');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.move(viewRef !, 0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>**A**BC');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.move(viewRef !, 1);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>B**A**C');
-
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.move(viewRef !, -1); }).toThrow();
-        expect(() => { directiveInstance !.vcref.move(viewRef !, 42); }).toThrow();
-      });
     });
 
     describe('createComponent', () => {
       let templateExecutionCounter = 0;
 
-      it('should work without Injector and NgModuleRef', () => {
-        class EmbeddedComponent {
-          constructor() {}
-
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: EmbeddedComponent,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['embedded-cmp']],
-            factory: () => new EmbeddedComponent(),
-            consts: 1,
-            vars: 0,
-            template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: EmbeddedComponent) => {
-              templateExecutionCounter++;
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                Δtext(0, 'foo');
-              }
-            }
-          });
-        }
-
-        templateExecutionCounter = 0;
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(0);
-
-        const componentRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent));
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(0);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.insert(componentRef.hostView);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(3);
-      });
-
-      it('should work with NgModuleRef and Injector', () => {
-        class EmbeddedComponent {
-          constructor(public s: String) {}
-
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: EmbeddedComponent,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['embedded-cmp']],
-            factory: () => new EmbeddedComponent(ΔdirectiveInject(String)),
-            consts: 1,
-            vars: 0,
-            template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: EmbeddedComponent) => {
-              templateExecutionCounter++;
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                Δtext(0, 'foo');
-              }
-            }
-          });
-        }
-
-        class MyAppModule {
-          static ngInjectorDef = ΔdefineInjector({
-            factory: () => new MyAppModule(),
-            imports: [],
-            providers: [
-              {provide: APP_ROOT, useValue: true},
-              {provide: RendererFactory2, useValue: getRendererFactory2(document)},
-              {provide: String, useValue: 'module'}
-            ]
-          });
-          static ngModuleDef: NgModuleDef<any> = { bootstrap: [] } as any;
-        }
-        const myAppModuleFactory = new NgModuleFactory(MyAppModule);
-        const ngModuleRef = myAppModuleFactory.create(null);
-
-        class SomeModule {
-          static ngInjectorDef = ΔdefineInjector({
-            factory: () => new SomeModule(),
-            providers: [
-              {provide: NgModuleRef, useValue: ngModuleRef},
-              {provide: String, useValue: 'injector'}
-            ]
-          });
-        }
-        const injector = createInjector(SomeModule);
-
-        templateExecutionCounter = 0;
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(0);
-
-        const componentRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent), 0, injector);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(2);
-        expect(componentRef.instance.s).toEqual('injector');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponent), 0, undefined,
-            undefined, ngModuleRef);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp><embedded-cmp>foo</embedded-cmp>');
-        expect(templateExecutionCounter).toEqual(5);
-      });
-
       describe('ComponentRef', () => {
         let dynamicComp !: DynamicComp;
 
@@ -1129,101 +311,6 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
 
         });
       });
-
-      class EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent']],
-          factory: () => new EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent(),
-          consts: 3,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              ΔprojectionDef();
-              Δprojection(0, 0);
-              Δelement(1, 'hr');
-              Δprojection(2, 1);
-            }
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      it('should support projectable nodes', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-
-        const myNode = document.createElement('div');
-        const myText = document.createTextNode('bar');
-        const myText2 = document.createTextNode('baz');
-        myNode.appendChild(myText);
-        myNode.appendChild(myText2);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent), 0,
-            undefined, [[myNode]]);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><div>barbaz</div><hr></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
-      });
-
-      it('should support reprojection of projectable nodes', () => {
-        class Reprojector {
-          static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-            type: Reprojector,
-            encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-            selectors: [['reprojector']],
-            factory: () => new Reprojector(),
-            consts: 2,
-            vars: 0,
-            template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Reprojector) => {
-              if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                ΔprojectionDef();
-                ΔelementStart(0, 'embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent');
-                { Δprojection(1, 0); }
-                ΔelementEnd();
-              }
-            },
-            directives: [EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent]
-          });
-        }
-
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-
-        const myNode = document.createElement('div');
-        const myText = document.createTextNode('bar');
-        const myText2 = document.createTextNode('baz');
-        myNode.appendChild(myText);
-        myNode.appendChild(myText2);
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(Reprojector), 0, undefined, [[myNode]]);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<p vcref=""></p><reprojector><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent><div>barbaz</div><hr></embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent></reprojector>');
-      });
-
-      it('should support many projectable nodes with many slots', () => {
-        const fixture =
-            new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, updateTemplate, 3, 1, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<p vcref=""></p>');
-
-        directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-            directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(EmbeddedComponentWithNgContent), 0,
-            undefined, [
-              [document.createTextNode('1'), document.createTextNode('2')],
-              [document.createTextNode('3'), document.createTextNode('4')]
-            ]);
-        fixture.update();
-        expect(fixture.html)
-            .toEqual(
-                '<p vcref=""></p><embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>12<hr>34</embedded-cmp-with-ngcontent>');
-      });
     });
 
     describe('getters', () => {
@@ -1261,657 +348,9 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
             .toEqual('header-cmp');
         expect(() => directiveInstance !.vcref.parentInjector.get(ElementRef)).toThrow();
       });
-
-      it('should work on templates', () => {
-        function createTemplate() {
-          Δtemplate(0, embeddedTemplate, 1, 1, 'ng-template', ['vcref', '']);
-          Δelement(1, 'footer');
-        }
-
-        new TemplateFixture(createTemplate, () => {}, 2, 0, [DirectiveWithVCRef]);
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.element.nativeElement.textContent).toEqual('container');
-        expect(directiveInstance !.vcref.injector.get(ElementRef).nativeElement.textContent)
-            .toEqual('container');
-        expect(() => directiveInstance !.vcref.parentInjector.get(ElementRef)).toThrow();
-      });
     });
   });
 
-  describe('projection', () => {
-    function embeddedTemplate(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-      if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-        ΔelementStart(0, 'span');
-        Δtext(1);
-        ΔelementEnd();
-      }
-      if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-        ΔtextBinding(1, ctx.name);
-      }
-    }
-
-    it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, in an element', () => {
-      @Component({selector: 'child', template: '<div><ng-content></ng-content></div>'})
-      class Child {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: Child,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['child']],
-          factory: () => new Child(),
-          consts: 2,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Child) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              ΔprojectionDef();
-              ΔelementStart(0, 'div');
-              { Δprojection(1); }
-              ΔelementEnd();
-            }
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      @Component({
-        selector: 'parent',
-        template: `
-          <ng-template #foo>
-              <span>{{name}}</span>
-          </ng-template>
-          <child><header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header></child>`
-      })
-      class Parent {
-        name: string = 'bar';
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: Parent,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['parent']],
-          factory: () => new Parent(),
-          consts: 5,
-          vars: 2,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Parent) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δtemplate(
-                  0, embeddedTemplate, 2, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['foo', ''],
-                  ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-              ΔelementStart(2, 'child');
-              {
-                ΔelementStart(3, 'header', ['vcref', '']);
-                { Δtext(4, 'blah'); }
-                ΔelementEnd();
-              }
-              ΔelementEnd();
-            }
-            let tplRef: any;
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              tplRef = Δreference(1);
-              ΔelementProperty(3, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-              ΔelementProperty(3, 'name', Δbind(cmp.name));
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [Child, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-        });
-      }
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<child><div><header vcref="">blah</header></div></child>');
-
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html)
-          .toEqual('<child><div><header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span></div></child>');
-    });
-
-    it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, in a view', () => {
-      @Component({
-        selector: 'child-with-view',
-        template: `
-          Before (inside)-
-          % if (show) {
-            <ng-content></ng-content>
-          % }
-          After (inside)
-        `
-      })
-      class ChildWithView {
-        show: boolean = true;
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: ChildWithView,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['child-with-view']],
-          factory: () => new ChildWithView(),
-          consts: 3,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: ChildWithView) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              ΔprojectionDef();
-              Δtext(0, 'Before (inside)-');
-              Δcontainer(1);
-              Δtext(2, 'After (inside)');
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              ΔcontainerRefreshStart(1);
-              if (cmp.show) {
-                let rf0 = ΔembeddedViewStart(0, 1, 0);
-                if (rf0 & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                  Δprojection(0);
-                }
-                ΔembeddedViewEnd();
-              }
-              ΔcontainerRefreshEnd();
-            }
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      @Component({
-        selector: 'parent',
-        template: `
-          <ng-template #foo>
-              <span>{{name}}</span>
-          </ng-template>
-          <child-with-view>
-            Before projected
-            <header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header>
-            After projected
-          </child-with-view>`
-      })
-      class Parent {
-        name: string = 'bar';
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: Parent,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['parent']],
-          factory: () => new Parent(),
-          consts: 7,
-          vars: 2,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Parent) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δtemplate(
-                  0, embeddedTemplate, 2, 1, 'ng-template', undefined, ['foo', ''],
-                  ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-              ΔelementStart(2, 'child-with-view');
-              Δtext(3, 'Before projected');
-              ΔelementStart(4, 'header', ['vcref', '']);
-              Δtext(5, 'blah');
-              ΔelementEnd();
-              Δtext(6, 'After projected-');
-              ΔelementEnd();
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-              ΔelementProperty(4, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-              ΔelementProperty(4, 'name', Δbind(cmp.name));
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [ChildWithView, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-        });
-      }
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-      expect(fixture.html)
-          .toEqual(
-              '<child-with-view>Before (inside)-Before projected<header vcref="">blah</header>After projected-After (inside)</child-with-view>');
-
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html)
-          .toEqual(
-              '<child-with-view>Before (inside)-Before projected<header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span>After projected-After (inside)</child-with-view>');
-    });
-
-    describe('with select', () => {
-      @Component({
-        selector: 'child-with-selector',
-        template: `
-          <first><ng-content select="header"></ng-content></first>
-          <second><ng-content></ng-content></second>`
-      })
-      class ChildWithSelector {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: ChildWithSelector,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['child-with-selector']],
-          factory: () => new ChildWithSelector(),
-          consts: 4,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: ChildWithSelector) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              ΔprojectionDef([[['header']]]);
-              ΔelementStart(0, 'first');
-              { Δprojection(1, 1); }
-              ΔelementEnd();
-              ΔelementStart(2, 'second');
-              { Δprojection(3); }
-              ΔelementEnd();
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [ChildWithSelector, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-        });
-      }
-
-      it('should project the ViewContainerRef content along its host, when the host matches a selector',
-         () => {
-           @Component({
-             selector: 'parent',
-             template: `
-            <ng-template #foo>
-                <span>{{name}}</span>
-              </ng-template>
-            <child-with-selector><header vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</header></child-with-selector>`
-           })
-           class Parent {
-             name: string = 'bar';
-             static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-               type: Parent,
-               encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-               selectors: [['parent']],
-               factory: () => new Parent(),
-               consts: 5,
-               vars: 2,
-               template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Parent) => {
-                 let tplRef: any;
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                   Δtemplate(
-                       0, embeddedTemplate, 2, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['foo', ''],
-                       ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-                   ΔelementStart(2, 'child-with-selector');
-                   ΔelementStart(3, 'header', ['vcref', '']);
-                   Δtext(4, 'blah');
-                   ΔelementEnd();
-                   ΔelementEnd();
-                 }
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                   tplRef = Δreference(1);
-                   ΔelementProperty(3, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-                   ΔelementProperty(3, 'name', Δbind(cmp.name));
-                 }
-               },
-               directives: [ChildWithSelector, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-             });
-           }
-
-           const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-           expect(fixture.html)
-               .toEqual(
-                   '<child-with-selector><first><header vcref="">blah</header></first><second></second></child-with-selector>');
-
-           directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(
-               directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-           fixture.update();
-           expect(fixture.html)
-               .toEqual(
-                   '<child-with-selector><first><header vcref="">blah</header><span>bar</span></first><second></second></child-with-selector>');
-         });
-
-      it('should not project the ViewContainerRef content, when the host does not match a selector',
-         () => {
-           @Component({
-             selector: 'parent',
-             template: `
-            <ng-template #foo>
-                <span>{{name}}</span>
-              </ng-template>
-            <child-with-selector><footer vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="name">blah</footer></child-with-selector>`
-           })
-           class Parent {
-             name: string = 'bar';
-             static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-               type: Parent,
-               encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-               selectors: [['parent']],
-               factory: () => new Parent(),
-               consts: 5,
-               vars: 2,
-               template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: Parent) => {
-                 let tplRef: any;
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-                   Δtemplate(
-                       0, embeddedTemplate, 2, 1, 'ng-template', null, ['foo', ''],
-                       ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-                   ΔelementStart(2, 'child-with-selector');
-                   ΔelementStart(3, 'footer', ['vcref', '']);
-                   Δtext(4, 'blah');
-                   ΔelementEnd();
-                   ΔelementEnd();
-                 }
-                 if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-                   tplRef = Δreference(1);
-                   ΔelementProperty(3, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-                   ΔelementProperty(3, 'name', Δbind(cmp.name));
-                 }
-               },
-               directives: [ChildWithSelector, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-             });
-           }
-
-           const fixture = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
-           expect(fixture.html)
-               .toEqual(
-                   '<child-with-selector><first></first><second><footer vcref="">blah</footer></second></child-with-selector>');
-
-           directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(
-               directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-           fixture.update();
-           expect(fixture.html)
-               .toEqual(
-                   '<child-with-selector><first></first><second><footer vcref="">blah</footer><span>bar</span></second></child-with-selector>');
-         });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('life cycle hooks', () => {
-
-    // Angular 5 reference: https://stackblitz.com/edit/lifecycle-hooks-vcref
-    const log: string[] = [];
-
-    @Component({selector: 'hooks', template: `{{name}}`})
-    class ComponentWithHooks {
-      // TODO(issue/24571): remove '!'.
-      name !: string;
-
-      private log(msg: string) { log.push(msg); }
-
-      ngOnChanges() { this.log('onChanges-' + this.name); }
-      ngOnInit() { this.log('onInit-' + this.name); }
-      ngDoCheck() { this.log('doCheck-' + this.name); }
-
-      ngAfterContentInit() { this.log('afterContentInit-' + this.name); }
-      ngAfterContentChecked() { this.log('afterContentChecked-' + this.name); }
-
-      ngAfterViewInit() { this.log('afterViewInit-' + this.name); }
-      ngAfterViewChecked() { this.log('afterViewChecked-' + this.name); }
-
-      ngOnDestroy() { this.log('onDestroy-' + this.name); }
-
-      static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-        type: ComponentWithHooks,
-        encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-        selectors: [['hooks']],
-        factory: () => new ComponentWithHooks(),
-        consts: 1,
-        vars: 1,
-        template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: ComponentWithHooks) => {
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-            Δtext(0);
-          }
-          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-            ΔtextBinding(0, Δinterpolation1('', cmp.name, ''));
-          }
-        },
-        features: [ΔNgOnChangesFeature()],
-        inputs: {name: 'name'}
-      });
-    }
-
-    it('should call all hooks in correct order when creating with createEmbeddedView', () => {
-      function SomeComponent_Template_0(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
-        if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-          Δelement(0, 'hooks');
-        }
-        if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-          ΔelementProperty(0, 'name', Δbind('C'));
-        }
-      }
-
-      @Component({
-        template: `
-          <ng-template #foo>
-            <hooks [name]="'C'"></hooks>
-          </ng-template>
-          <hooks vcref [tplRef]="foo" [name]="'A'"></hooks>
-          <hooks [name]="'B'"></hooks>
-        `
-      })
-      class SomeComponent {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: SomeComponent,
-          selectors: [['some-comp']],
-          factory: () => new SomeComponent(),
-          consts: 4,
-          vars: 3,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: SomeComponent) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δtemplate(
-                  0, SomeComponent_Template_0, 1, 1, 'ng-template', [], ['foo', ''],
-                  ΔtemplateRefExtractor);
-              Δelement(2, 'hooks', ['vcref', '']);
-              Δelement(3, 'hooks');
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              const tplRef = Δreference(1);
-              ΔelementProperty(2, 'tplRef', Δbind(tplRef));
-              ΔelementProperty(2, 'name', Δbind('A'));
-              ΔelementProperty(3, 'name', Δbind('B'));
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [ComponentWithHooks, DirectiveWithVCRef],
-          features: [ΔNgOnChangesFeature()],
-        });
-      }
-
-      log.length = 0;
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(SomeComponent);
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'onChanges-A', 'onInit-A', 'doCheck-A', 'onChanges-B', 'onInit-B', 'doCheck-B',
-        'afterContentInit-A', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentInit-B',
-        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewInit-A', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewInit-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.createEmbeddedView(directiveInstance !.tplRef, fixture.component);
-      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks></hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
-      expect(log).toEqual([]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks>C</hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'onChanges-C', 'onInit-C', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentInit-C',
-        'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewInit-C', 'afterViewChecked-C', 'afterContentChecked-A',
-        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewChecked-C',
-        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      const viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(0);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.insert(viewRef !);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-C', 'afterContentChecked-C', 'afterViewChecked-C',
-        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(0);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'onDestroy-C', 'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    it('should call all hooks in correct order when creating with createComponent', () => {
-      @Component({
-        template: `
-          <hooks vcref [name]="'A'"></hooks>
-          <hooks [name]="'B'"></hooks>
-        `
-      })
-      class SomeComponent {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: SomeComponent,
-          encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-          selectors: [['some-comp']],
-          factory: () => new SomeComponent(),
-          consts: 2,
-          vars: 2,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: SomeComponent) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δelement(0, 'hooks', ['vcref', '']);
-              Δelement(1, 'hooks');
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              ΔelementProperty(0, 'name', Δbind('A'));
-              ΔelementProperty(1, 'name', Δbind('B'));
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [ComponentWithHooks, DirectiveWithVCRef],
-          features: [ΔNgOnChangesFeature()],
-        });
-      }
-
-      log.length = 0;
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(SomeComponent);
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'onChanges-A', 'onInit-A', 'doCheck-A', 'onChanges-B', 'onInit-B', 'doCheck-B',
-        'afterContentInit-A', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentInit-B',
-        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewInit-A', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewInit-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      const componentRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-          directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(ComponentWithHooks));
-      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks></hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
-      expect(log).toEqual([]);
-
-      componentRef.instance.name = 'D';
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<hooks vcref="">A</hooks><hooks>D</hooks><hooks>B</hooks>');
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'onInit-D', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentInit-D',
-        'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewInit-D', 'afterViewChecked-D', 'afterContentChecked-A',
-        'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewChecked-D',
-        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      const viewRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.detach(0);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.insert(viewRef !);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'doCheck-D', 'afterContentChecked-D', 'afterViewChecked-D',
-        'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B', 'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-
-      log.length = 0;
-      directiveInstance !.vcref.remove(0);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(log).toEqual([
-        'onDestroy-D', 'doCheck-A', 'doCheck-B', 'afterContentChecked-A', 'afterContentChecked-B',
-        'afterViewChecked-A', 'afterViewChecked-B'
-      ]);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('host bindings', () => {
-
-    it('should support host bindings on dynamically created components', () => {
-
-      @Component(
-          {selector: 'host-bindings', host: {'id': 'attribute', '[title]': 'title'}, template: ``})
-      class HostBindingCmpt {
-        title = 'initial';
-
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: HostBindingCmpt,
-          selectors: [['host-bindings']],
-          factory: () => new HostBindingCmpt(),
-          consts: 0,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: HostBindingCmpt) => {},
-          hostBindings: function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: HostBindingCmpt, elIndex: number) {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              ΔelementHostAttrs(['id', 'attribute']);
-              ΔallocHostVars(1);
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              ΔelementProperty(elIndex, 'title', Δbind(ctx.title));
-            }
-          },
-        });
-      }
-
-      @Component({
-        template: `
-          <ng-template vcref></ng-template>
-        `
-      })
-      class AppCmpt {
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: AppCmpt,
-          selectors: [['app']],
-          factory: () => new AppCmpt(),
-          consts: 1,
-          vars: 0,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: AppCmpt) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δtemplate(0, null, 0, 0, 'ng-template', ['vcref', '']);
-            }
-          },
-          directives: [HostBindingCmpt, DirectiveWithVCRef]
-        });
-      }
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(AppCmpt);
-      expect(fixture.html).toBe('');
-
-      const componentRef = directiveInstance !.vcref.createComponent(
-          directiveInstance !.cfr.resolveComponentFactory(HostBindingCmpt));
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html).toBe('<host-bindings id="attribute" title="initial"></host-bindings>');
-
-
-      componentRef.instance.title = 'changed';
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.html).toBe('<host-bindings id="attribute" title="changed"></host-bindings>');
-    });
-
-  });
-
   describe('view engine compatibility', () => {
 
     @Component({selector: 'app', template: ''})
@@ -1977,79 +416,6 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
          expect(parentInjector.get('foo')).toEqual('bar');
        });
 
-    it('should check bindings for components dynamically created by root component', () => {
-      class DynamicCompWithBindings {
-        checkCount = 0;
-
-        ngDoCheck() { this.checkCount++; }
-
-        /** check count: {{ checkCount }} */
-        static ngComponentDef = ΔdefineComponent({
-          type: DynamicCompWithBindings,
-          selectors: [['dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings']],
-          factory: () => new DynamicCompWithBindings(),
-          consts: 1,
-          vars: 1,
-          template: (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: DynamicCompWithBindings) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δtext(0);
-            }
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-              ΔtextBinding(0, Δinterpolation1('check count: ', ctx.checkCount, ''));
-            }
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(AppCmpt);
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml).toBe('<div host="mark"></div>');
-
-      fixture.component.insert(DynamicCompWithBindings);
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml)
-          .toBe(
-              '<div host="mark"></div><dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings>check count: 1</dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings>');
-
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml)
-          .toBe(
-              '<div host="mark"></div><dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings>check count: 2</dynamic-cmpt-with-bindings>');
-    });
-
-    it('should create deep DOM tree immediately for dynamically created components', () => {
-      let name = 'text';
-      const Child = createComponent('child', (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) => {
-        if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-          ΔelementStart(0, 'div');
-          { Δtext(1); }
-          ΔelementEnd();
-        }
-        if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
-          ΔtextBinding(1, Δbind(name));
-        }
-      }, 2, 1);
-
-      const DynamicCompWithChildren =
-          createComponent('dynamic-cmpt-with-children', (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) => {
-            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-              Δelement(0, 'child');
-            }
-          }, 1, 0, [Child]);
-
-      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(AppCmpt);
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml).toBe('<div host="mark"></div>');
-
-      fixture.component.insert(DynamicCompWithChildren);
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml)
-          .toBe(
-              '<div host="mark"></div><dynamic-cmpt-with-children><child><div></div></child></dynamic-cmpt-with-children>');
-
-      fixture.update();
-      expect(fixture.outerHtml)
-          .toBe(
-              '<div host="mark"></div><dynamic-cmpt-with-children><child><div>text</div></child></dynamic-cmpt-with-children>');
-    });
-
     it('should support view queries for dynamically created components', () => {
       let dynamicComp !: DynamicCompWithViewQueries;
       let fooEl !: RElement;