AngularJS show dialog from routeProvider

Question

Is it possible to [execute a function] e.g. open a modal dialog window from the routeProvider when a certain route is requested?

myApp.config(function($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider
        .when('/home',
            {
                controller: 'HomeCtrl',
                templateUrl: 'Home/HomeView.html'
            }
        ).when('/profile/:userId/changepwd',
            function(){                
                $dialog.messageBox(title, msg, btns)
                    .open()
                    .then(function(result){
                    alert('dialog closed with result: ' + result);
                });
            }
        ).otherwise({ redirectTo: '/home' });
});

PS: I want to cancel a route and instead open a dialog box. Opening the dialog box is not the only issue. Cancelling the route is the major issue.

Answer 1

You can pass your function as dependency in resolve and it will wait until dependency is resolved and when your dialog ends then change the route and modify history as you wish using $location

var app = angular.module('myApp', [])
  .config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider.when('/view1', {
       template: '&nbsp',
       controller: //empty function,
       resolve: {
         data1 : function($dialog, $location) {
                     var promise = $dialog.messageBox(title, msg, btns)
                            .open()
                            .then(function(result){
                               alert('dialog closed with result: ' + result);
                               //Use [$location][1] to change the browser history
                            });
                     return promise;
                }
       }
   });
}]);