Setting initial values of Angular-UI Select2 multiple directive

Question

I have a select2 directive for a multiple select of countries with a custom query to grab the data:

// Directive


        

Answer 1

As requested by ProLoser here is a demo and github ticket.

Demo: http://plnkr.co/edit/DgpGyegQxVm7zH1dZIJZ?p=preview

GitHub Issue: https://github.com/angular-ui/angular-ui/issues/455

Following ProLoser's advice I started using select2's initSelection function:

initSelection : function (element, callback) {
  callback($(element).data('$ngModelController').$modelValue);
},

It does the trick but still feels like a workaround.