Angular: ng-options add custom directive - angularjs

Question

I want to create a select tag with 'selected' value. I am doing this with ng-repeat since I cannot add a custom directive to ng-options. This is the code.
<select class="ng-valid ng-dirty" ng-model="selectedCity">
<option ng-repeat="city in allCities" value="{{city.id}}" after-render-cities>{{city.name}}</option>
</select>
This adds an extra option with value =?string:1? which I searched a lot. Since ng-options solves this issue, I however have to add the directive after-render-cities for each option. How can I solve this issue?

Answer 1

Use this
<select class="ng-valid ng-dirty" ng-model="selectedCity" ng-options="city.id as city.name for city in allCities">
</select>
for selection of first value, write following code in your controller
$scope.selectedCity = $scope.allCities[0].id;

Answer 2

use ng-init for solve value =?string:1?
<select class="ng-valid ng-dirty" ng-model="selectedCity" ng-init='selectedCity=allCities[0].id'>
<option ng-repeat="city in allCities" value="{{city.id}}" after-render-cities>{{city.name}}</option>
</select>
another choice you can use ng-selected fiddle
<option ng-repeat="(key,city) in allCities" ng-selected='key==0' value="{{city.id}}" after-render-cities>{{city.name}}</option>
</select>

Answer 3

You can create a custom directive, using select and ng-options.
Snippet:
JS:
template: "<select ng-options='item.id as item.name for item in list' ng-model='data'></select>",
HTML:
<div select-option list="list" ng-model='data'></div>
Refer to the demo here.

Answer 4

Try this code
Java Script
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('SampleController', function ($scope) {
$scope.Cities = [
{ Id: 1, Name: "New York" },
{ Id: 2, Name: "Colombo" },
{ Id: 3, Name: "Real Madrid" },
{ Id: 4, Name: "Bostan" },
{ Id: 5, Name: "Birmingham" }
];
$scope.City= 3;
});
HTML
<select ng-options="C.Id as C.Name for C in Cities" ng-model="City"></select>
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