I am pretty new to lightning so I wanted to know if there is a way to hide a lightning component based on certain conditions. I have a requirement where there are 4 components which need to be visible to users belonging to a particular profile and should not be accessible to others.
Thanks,
I fear this needs to be handled manually inside the Code .There are certain things which can ensure your sensitive data from SFDC is not accessible
1.Write your controller class using with sharing so that sharing applies .For CRUD and FLS ensure you do a check at back end .
Check samples on how to check FLS in apex code here
2.If you want to hide sections and show a error display use aura:if component at beginning to stop rendering of section.
And obviously if you create Lightning app and tabs don't expose that to profiles not needing it .This way for non technical persons ,I don't think it will be easy to hack the URL unless they come across this post .
Unfortunately at this stage I don't see any other way this is provided out of box.
This can be done with no coding. Go to Lightning App Builder via 'Edit Page' option, select your component and in the properties panel on the right, specify the condition under 'Set Component Visibility'. See below screenshot for clarity:
Also, FYI: Winter 19 release extends this feature beyond Record and User fields by allowing Custom and Standard User Permissions as well (not Permission Sets).
Best Answer
You can conditionally show/hide components on the page by setting the component visibility. Select your component and in the properties panel you have the flexibility to show/hide based on a field in the record or user level attributes. See below for clarity: