Inject $uibModalInstance to a controllar not initiated by a $uibModal

Question

I have these two views:

1) foo.html

  
Hello {{name}}

2) foo-as-modal.html

Answer 1

Well I solved this way:

1. Removed the injection $uibModalInstance from fooController

2. When invoking the modal, I pass the modalInstance as a variable to the modal's scope:

   var modalScope = $scope.$new();
   
   var modalInstance = $uibModal.open({
       templateUrl: 'foo-as-modal.html',
       controller: 'fooController',
       scope: modalScope
   });
   
   modalScope.modalInstance = modalInstance;
   

3. Dismiss the modal with the scope variable:

   $scope.modalInstance.dismiss('cancel');  // instead of $uibModalInstance.dismiss(..)
   

Here is a fork of the original plunkr, with this solution: https://plnkr.co/edit/ZasHQhl6M5cCc9yaZTd5