Inject module dependency (like plugin) only if needed AngularJS

Question

I have 2 pages (I don't use the angular's routing - This constraint).

In one of them I want to use the directive ui-grid like in this demo:

var app = angular.module('myApp', ['ui.grid']);
app.controller('mainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.myData = [
    {
        "firstName": "Cox",
        "lastName": "Carney",
        "company": "Enormo",
        "employed": true
    },
    {
        "firstName": "Lorraine",
        "lastName": "Wise",
        "company": "Comveyer",
        "employed": false
    },
    {
        "firstName": "Nancy",
        "lastName": "Waters",
        "company": "Fuelton",
        "employed": false
    }
  ];
});

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular.js"></script>
<script src="http://ui-grid.info/release/ui-grid-unstable.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ui-grid.info/release/ui-grid-unstable.css" type="text/css">

<div ng-app="myApp">
  <div ng-controller="mainCtrl">
    <div id="grid1" ui-grid="{ data: myData }" class="grid"></div>
  </div>
</div>

My question is if there is a way to not inject the ui-grid dependency to the app in any case but only when I need it.

Something like:

app.controller('mainCtrl', function($scope) {
   app.$inject('ui-grid');
});

Update

I tried to do:

var ui_grid = $injector.get('ui-grid');

But I've got an error:

Unknown provider: ui-gridProvider <- ui-grid

http://errors.angularjs.org/1.2.26/$injector/unpr?p0=ui-gridProvider%20%3C-%20ui-grid

Answer 1

Core Angular API does not provide this feature. ocLazyLoad is the popular library for lazy loading of modules and components in Angular.

You can find more info on their page: https://oclazyload.readme.io

or the GitHub repository: https://github.com/ocombe/ocLazyLoad

Answer 2

Core Angular API does provide this feature, simply use 'requires' property of module @ Properties section @ https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.7/docs/api/ng/type/angular.Module

var app = angular.module('myApp');

//Page 1 JS
//change below statement as per requirement in different pages
app.requires = ['ui.grid'];
app.controller('mainCtrl1', function($scope) {

}

//Page 2 JS
app.requires = ['ngResource', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ui.calendar'];
app.controller('mainCtrl2', function($scope) {

}

ocLazyLoad is also good solution, but I guess 'requires' property will solve your problem without much effort.