Can't change tab in tabs in Angular code (not triggering)

I am trying to change tabs in my Angular code by reacting to a click event on an icon. However it doesn't work....

```
changeTab() {
    this.tabAction.emit({action: 'tabs', params: ['select_tab', 'test3']});
  }
```
From MaterializeCSS docs:
`$(document).ready(function(){
    $('ul.tabs').tabs('select_tab', 'tab_id');
  });`

What am I doing wrong or is this even possible?