fix(material/slider): error if slider is destroyed before first change detection (#28494)

Fixes that the slider was throwing an error if it's destroyed before `ngAfterViewInit` has run.

Fixes #28475.

(cherry picked from commit 4176633)

Author: crisbeto

src/material/slider/slider-thumb.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class MatSliderVisualThumb implements _MatSliderVisualThumb, AfterViewIni
   private _sliderInput: _MatSliderThumb;
 
   /** The native html element of the slider input corresponding to this thumb. */
-  private _sliderInputEl: HTMLInputElement;
+  private _sliderInputEl: HTMLInputElement | undefined;
 
   /** The RippleRef for the slider thumbs hover state. */
   private _hoverRippleRef: RippleRef | undefined;
@@ -129,12 +129,15 @@ export class MatSliderVisualThumb implements _MatSliderVisualThumb, AfterViewIni
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     const input = this._sliderInputEl;
-    input.removeEventListener('pointermove', this._onPointerMove);
-    input.removeEventListener('pointerdown', this._onDragStart);
-    input.removeEventListener('pointerup', this._onDragEnd);
-    input.removeEventListener('pointerleave', this._onMouseLeave);
-    input.removeEventListener('focus', this._onFocus);
-    input.removeEventListener('blur', this._onBlur);
+
+    if (input) {
+      input.removeEventListener('pointermove', this._onPointerMove);
+      input.removeEventListener('pointerdown', this._onDragStart);
+      input.removeEventListener('pointerup', this._onDragEnd);
+      input.removeEventListener('pointerleave', this._onMouseLeave);
+      input.removeEventListener('focus', this._onFocus);
+      input.removeEventListener('blur', this._onBlur);
+    }
   }
 
   private _onPointerMove = (event: PointerEvent): void => {

src/material/slider/slider.spec.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ describe('MDC-based MatSlider', () => {
     }
   }
 
+  // Note that this test is outside of the other `describe` blocks, because they all run
+  // `detectChanges` in the `beforeEach` and we're testing specifically what happens if it
+  // is destroyed before change detection has run.
+  it('should not throw if a slider is destroyed before the first change detection run', () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      const fixture = createComponent(StandardSlider);
+      fixture.destroy();
+    }).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   describe('standard slider', () => {
     let fixture: ComponentFixture<StandardSlider>;
     let slider: MatSlider;