bug: I can't inject $element from controller (using ui-router)

[mpochron]

Type: bug

Platform: mobile webview

Simple code with injecting $element based on Controller.

angular.module('xyz')
.controller('ArticlesCtrl', function ($element) {
console.log($element);
});

But here cause error:

Error: [$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: $elementProvider <- $element <- ArticlesCtrl
http://errors.angularjs.org/1.3.13/$injector/unpr?p0=%24elementProvider%20%3C-%20%24element%20%3C-%20ArticlesCtrl
    at REGEX_STRING_REGEXP (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:8890:12)
    at file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:12824:19
    at Object.getService [as get] (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:12971:39)
    at file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:12829:45
    at getService (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:12971:39)
    at invoke (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:13003:13)
    at Object.instantiate (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:13020:27)
    at file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:17289:28
    at IonicModule.controller.self.appendViewElement (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:48436:24)
    at Object.IonicModule.factory.ionicViewSwitcher.create.switcher.render (file:///android_asset/www/lib/ionic/release/js/ionic.bundle.js:46630:41)

[mhartington]

Codepen or plunker example?

[simplesmiler]

As far as I can tell, you should only inject $element into directive controllers.

Few relevant issues:

• $element not injected as a local angular-ui/ui-router#1657
• Revert: Allow element and attr injections angular-ui/ui-router#71
• ngController allows access to $attrs and $element. Where as ngView doesn't angular/angular.js#2289

[mpochron]

@mhartington http://codepen.io/machei/pen/jbreoX

[Ionitron]

Greetings @machei!

I've closed this issue because my sensors indicated it was old and inactive, and may have already been fixed in recent versions of Ionic. However, if you are still experiencing this issue, please feel free to reopen this issue by creating a new one, and include any examples and other necessary information, so that we can look into it further.

Thank you for allowing me to assist you.

[YijinLiu]

The bug is still there. The old example is still valid: http://codepen.io/machei/pen/jbreoX

[diegodesouza]

I'm experiencing this issue as well

[ionitron-bot]

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