parameterised first level state in ui route - angularjs

Question

I am building a application which has different modules. and two modules can have same pages. So based on url i am making the appropriate ajax call to load data. So I am tring to setup my states in below way:
$stateProvider.state('login', {
url: '/login',
templateUrl: 'login.html',
controller: 'LoginController as LoginController'
}).state('logout', {
url: '/logout',
templateUrl: '',
controller: 'LogoutController as LogoutController'
}).state('module', {
url: '/:module',
params: {
module: DataService.getCurrentModule()
}
}).state('module.cover', {
url: '/cover',
templateUrl: 'cover.html',
params: {
module: 'leads'
}
}).state('module.leads', {
url: '/leads',
templateUrl: 'leads.html',
controller: 'LeadsController as ctrl',
abstract: true
})
Given that at the time of login I will fetch all modules and save it in DataService, which is happening. Then after login two things will be done. One navigation urls which i have formatted in below way:
<a href={'#/'+ module.code +"/" + (menu.type|| menu)}>
<i className={classes}></i> <span >{menu.name || menu }</span>
</a>
which is setting the correct url, and second in app.js in "run" I am checking if login is done them I am doing :
$location.path(DataService.getCurrentModule() + "/" + (home.type || home) );
which is also happening, but issue is desired controller and html page is not being loaded. Am I missing something here. Or should I have done things little differently?
Thanks for help in advance.

Answer 1

Avoid href when working with ui.router. To navigate to the required states use:
In HTML: ui-sref="myStateName({param1: 1, param2: 2})"
In Javascript inject the service $state and do: $state.go('myStateName', {param1: 1, param2: 2});
In your case, lets assume that there are 2 modules in an array in the $scope:
$scope.myModules = [{code: 'modA'},{code: 'modB'}];
Now in the HTML, to go to the module.cover state you would do:
<a ui-sref="module.cover({module: myModules[0].code})">My Link</a>
If you want to do it for all modules, put it inside an ng-repeat:
<a ng-repeat="mod in modules" ui-sref="module.cover({module: mod.code})">My Link</a>
Also, for state configuration, consider:
ALL STATES NEED A TEMPLATE: even if they are abstract states, they require a template to work properly. If the parent state doesn't have a template, not even one of its childs is gonna show. In this case, the state module doesn't have a template, so it will never work. define a template for it as simple as template: '<div ui-view></div>'
When you define a parameter in the URL, there's no need to define it again in with a params property. That is used only when you need parameters that you don't want to show in the URL