AngularJS + JQuery : How to get dynamic content working in angularjs

Question

I am working on a Ajax app using both jQuery and AngularJS.

When I update content (which contains AngularJS bindings) of a div using jQuery's html function, the AngularJS bindings doesn't work.

Following is code of what I am trying to do:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#refreshButton").click(function() {
    $("#dynamicContent").html("<button ng-click='count = count + 1' ng-init='count=0'>Increment</button><span>count: {{count}} </span>")
  });
});

</style><script src="http://docs.angularjs.org/angular-1.0.1.min.js"></script><style>.ng-invalid {
  border: 1px solid red;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="">
  <div id='dynamicContent'>
    <button ng-click="count = count + 1" ng-init="count=0">
        Increment
      </button>
    <span>count: {{count}} </span>
  </div>


  <button id='refreshButton'>
    Refresh
  </button>
</div>

Answer 1

You need to call $compile on the HTML string before inserting it into the DOM so that angular gets a chance to perform the binding.

In your fiddle, it would look something like this.

$("#dynamicContent").html(
  $compile(
    "<button ng-click='count = count + 1' ng-init='count=0'>Increment</button><span>count: {{count}} </span>"
  )(scope)
);

Obviously, $compile must be injected into your controller for this to work.

Read more in the $compile documentation.