Inject routes dynamically in angularjs - angularjs

Question

I'm using angular to dynamically create another angular app. I was wondering if there is a way to inject routes dynamically. Something like
angular.module('app').controller('CreateCtrl', function ($scope,$routeProvider) {
var count = 0;
$scope.addPage = function(){
$routeProvider.when('/'+count, {
templateUrl: 'views/created.html',
controller: 'CreatedCtrl'
});
count++;
};
});
I know this code is silly but I hope it transmits what I'm trying to do. When user intercts with the application he/she will create new routes... is that possible?

Answer 1

There are two ways:
Option 1
modifying the routes object directly, as suggested in https://stackoverflow.com/a/13173667/17815
$route.routes['/dynamic'] = {templateUrl: 'dynamic.tpl.html'};
Be careful: you need to add both "/newurl" and "/newurl/" (with trailing slash).
see the angular code:
this.when = function(path, route) {
routes[path] = extend({reloadOnSearch: true}, route);
// create redirection for trailing slashes
if (path) {
var redirectPath = (path[path.length-1] == '/')
? path.substr(0, path.length-1)
: path +'/';
routes[redirectPath] = {redirectTo: path};
}
return this;
};
Option 2
you can keep a reference to $routeProvider:
var $routeProviderReference;
var app = angular.module('myApp', ['myApp.controllers']);
app.config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
$routeProviderReference = $routeProvider;
}]);
See http://blog.brunoscopelliti.com/how-to-defer-route-definition-in-an-angularjs-web-app
This is polluting the global namespace but you still use the interface to mutate the routes object. I guess this makes it easier to maintain.
Maybe you can try to put it in a closure.
In any case, keep in mind that you are expected to do it in a provider to make the application robust. "define before use".