how can I pass custom data to a state from a view in ui-router?
I got it working by myself and here is how. On a controller (say: customerCtrl), you can get contact's state by name(https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router/wiki/Quick-Reference#statenameand look for $state.get([stateName]))
Once you get the state, you can make the change you want-such as updating the custom data object's property value as follows:
//get the state by name and change the value of custom data property $state.get('contacts').data.customData1= 100; // then you can go to that state. $state.go('contacts');I hope this will help someone.
If you are trying to read custom data for the current state you can easily read it as $state.current.data.customData1 = 100;