Frequently Asked Questions

How to: Configure ui-router from multiple modules

How do I configure ui-router from multiple modules, it doesn't seem to get the same state provider?

What often goes wrong is dependencies. E.g:

angular.module('application', [...]).config(function ($stateProvider) {
    $stateProvider
        .state("feature1", { url : '/Feature1'...})
        .state("feature2", { url : '/Feature2'...});
});
angular.module('feature1', ['application', ...]).config(function ($stateProvider) {
    $stateProvider
        .state("feature1.home", {...})
        .state("feature1.detail", {...});
});

Note: Remember only to declare dependencies once on module creation, so if you make several calls to angular.module for the same module, only the first should define dependencies.

How To: Open a dialog/modal at a certain state

How do I tell ui-router that I'd like a certain state to open a dialog or modal instead of swapping out ui-view templates?

Here's an example of to do it using ui-bootstrap's $dialog service. This example only specifies an onEnter function. There is no template, controller, etc. So essentially the dialog is shown, then when its closed it returns to the items state. You are still responsible for handling what state your app transitions to when the dialog closes.

.state("items.add", {
    url: "/add",
    onEnter: function($stateParams, $state, $dialog, $resource) {

        var Item = $resource(...);

        $dialog.dialog({
            keyboard: true,
            templateUrl: "items/add",
            backdropClick: false,
            dialogFade: true,
            controller: ['$scope', function($scope) {

                angular.extend($scope, {
                    title: "Create new item",
                    button: "Add",
                    campaign: new Item(),
                    $stateParams: $stateParams,
                    $state: $state,
                    save: function() {
                        var self = $scope;

                        this.item.$save(function() {
                            self.$emit('items.refresh');
                            $state.transitionTo('items');
                        });
                    }
                });
            }]
        }).open().then(function(result) {
            if (!result) {
                return $state.transitionTo("items");
            }
        });
    }
});