NativeScript · edusperoni · Jun 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026
diff --git a/apps/nativescript-demo-ng/src/tests/detached-utils-tests.spec.ts b/apps/nativescript-demo-ng/src/tests/detached-utils-tests.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import {
   Component,
-  ComponentFactory,
-  ComponentFactoryResolver,
   ComponentRef,
   EmbeddedViewRef,
   inject,
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA,
   TemplateRef,
   ViewChild,
-  ViewContainerRef,
+  ViewContainerRef
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { generateDetachedLoader, generateNativeScriptView, NativeScriptCommonModule, NgViewRef } from '@nativescript/angular';
@@ -82,10 +80,7 @@ describe('generateNativeScriptView', () => {
   });
 
   it('should reuse a DetachedLoaderRef', () => {
-    const containerRef = generateDetachedLoader(
-      fixture.componentRef.instance.injector.get(ComponentFactoryResolver),
-      fixture.componentRef.instance.injector,
-    );
+    const containerRef = generateDetachedLoader(fixture.componentRef.instance.injector);
     cleanup.push(containerRef);
     const ngViewRef = generateNativeScriptView(GeneratedComponent, {
       injector: fixture.componentRef.instance.injector,

diff --git a/apps/nativescript-demo-ng/src/tests/modal-dialog.spec.ts b/apps/nativescript-demo-ng/src/tests/modal-dialog.spec.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,30 @@
 import { Component, inject, NgModule, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { FrameService, ModalDialogParams, ModalDialogService, NativeScriptCommonModule, NSLocationStrategy, Outlet } from '@nativescript/angular';
-import { Frame, isIOS } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { Application, View } from '@nativescript/core';
 
 import { FakeFrameService } from './ns-location-strategy.spec';
-const CLOSE_WAIT = isIOS ? 1000 : 0;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves once `condition` is truthy, polling on each frame. Unlike a fixed delay this resolves
+ * as soon as the awaited state is reached (e.g. a modal finishing its animated dismissal), with a
+ * bounded safety timeout so a stuck condition can't hang the suite.
+ */
+function waitUntil(condition: () => boolean, timeout = 5000): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const check = () => {
+      if (condition()) {
+        resolve();
+      } else if (Date.now() - start > timeout) {
+        reject(new Error('Timed out waiting for condition'));
+      } else {
+        setTimeout(check, 16);
+      }
+    };
+    check();
+  });
+}
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'modal-comp',
@@ -75,17 +95,22 @@ describe('modal-dialog', () => {
   //     done()
   //   });
 
-  afterEach((done) => {
-    const page = Frame.topmost().currentPage;
-    if (page && page.modal) {
-      console.log('Warning: closing a leftover modal page!');
-      page.modal.closeModal();
-    }
-    if (CLOSE_WAIT > 0) {
-      setTimeout(done, CLOSE_WAIT);
-    } else {
-      done();
-    }
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    // Close any modal still presented (via core's global registry) and wait until it has actually
+    // finished dismissing before the next test runs.
+    //
+    // Note: `closeModal()` removes the modal from `_rootModalViews` *synchronously*, before the
+    // animated dismissal starts, so the registry being empty does NOT mean the modal is gone. On
+    // iOS the parent keeps a `presentedViewController` until the dismiss animation completes — and
+    // that's exactly what makes the next `showModal` fail with "already presenting" — so wait on it.
+    const open = ((Application.getRootView()?._getRootModalViews() ?? []) as View[]).slice();
+    // Capture parents before closing: `closeModal()` nulls `_modalParent` synchronously.
+    const parents = open
+      .map((modal) => (modal as { _modalParent?: View })._modalParent)
+      .filter((parent): parent is View => !!parent);
+    open.forEach((modal) => modal.closeModal());
+    const isPresenting = (parent: View) => !!(parent as { viewController?: { presentedViewController?: unknown } }).viewController?.presentedViewController;
+    await waitUntil(() => parents.every((parent) => !isPresenting(parent))).catch(() => undefined);
   });
 
   it('showModal does not throws when there is no viewContainer provided', waitForAsync(async () => {

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/detached-loader.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/detached-loader.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ApplicationRef, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, inject, Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, OnDestroy, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { ApplicationRef, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ComponentFactory, ComponentRef, createComponent, inject, Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, OnDestroy, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { ProxyViewContainer, Trace } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { registerElement } from '../element-registry';
 import type { ComponentType } from '../utils/general';
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export class DetachedLoader implements OnDestroy {
   @ViewChild('vc', { read: ViewContainerRef, static: true }) vc: ViewContainerRef;
   private disposeFunctions: Array<() => void> = [];
   // tslint:disable-line:component-class-suffix
-  resolver = inject(ComponentFactoryResolver);
   changeDetector = inject(ChangeDetectorRef);
   containerRef = inject(ViewContainerRef);
   appRef = inject(ApplicationRef);
@@ -41,8 +40,10 @@ export class DetachedLoader implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   private loadInAppRef(componentType: Type<any>): ComponentRef<any> {
-    const factory = this.resolver.resolveComponentFactory(componentType);
-    const componentRef = factory.create(this.containerRef.injector);
+    const componentRef = createComponent(componentType, {
+      environmentInjector: this.appRef.injector,
+      elementInjector: this.containerRef.injector,
+    });
     this.appRef.attachView(componentRef.hostView);
 
     this.disposeFunctions.push(() => {

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/dialog-config.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/dialog-config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import { ViewContainerRef, ComponentFactoryResolver, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { ViewContainerRef, Binding, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import { ShowModalOptions, View } from '@nativescript/core';
 
 export type NativeShowModalOptions = Partial<Omit<ShowModalOptions, 'cancelable' | 'closeCallback'>>;
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ export class NativeDialogConfig<D = any> {
    */
   closeOnNavigation?: boolean = true;
 
-  /** Alternate `ComponentFactoryResolver` to use when resolving the associated component.
-   * @deprecated
+  /**
+   * Bindings to apply to the component rendered inside the dialog.
+   * Does nothing for template-based dialogs.
    */
-  componentFactoryResolver?: ComponentFactoryResolver;
+  bindings?: Binding[];
 
   nativeOptions?: NativeShowModalOptions = {};
 

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/dialog-services.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/dialog-services.ts
@@ -160,23 +160,15 @@ export class NativeDialog implements OnDestroy {
     const dialogRef = new this._dialogRefConstructor(nativeModalRef, config.id);
 
     if (componentOrTemplateRef instanceof TemplateRef) {
-      //     const detachedFactory = options.resolver.resolveComponentFactory(DetachedLoader);
-      //     if(options.attachToContainerRef) {
-      //         detachedLoaderRef = options.attachToContainerRef.createComponent(detachedFactory, 0, childInjector, null);
-      //     } else {
-      //         detachedLoaderRef = detachedFactory.create(childInjector); // this DetachedLoader is **completely** detached
-      //         this.appRef.attachView(detachedLoaderRef.hostView); // we attach it to the applicationRef, so it becomes a "root" view in angular's hierarchy
-      //     }
-      //     detachedLoaderRef.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges(); // force a change detection
-      //     detachedLoaderRef.instance.createTemplatePortal(options.templateRef);
+      const injector = this._createInjector<T>(config, dialogRef);
       nativeModalRef.attachTemplatePortal(
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-        new TemplatePortal<T>(componentOrTemplateRef, null!, <any>{ $implicit: config.data, dialogRef }),
+        new TemplatePortal<T>(componentOrTemplateRef, null!, <any>{ $implicit: config.data, dialogRef }, injector),
       );
     } else {
       const injector = this._createInjector<T>(config, dialogRef);
       const contentRef = nativeModalRef.attachComponentPortal<T>(
-        new ComponentPortal(componentOrTemplateRef, config.viewContainerRef, injector),
+        new ComponentPortal(componentOrTemplateRef, config.viewContainerRef, injector, null, config.bindings),
       );
       dialogRef.componentInstance = contentRef.instance;
     }

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/native-modal-ref.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/dialog/native-modal-ref.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { ApplicationRef, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, createComponent, EmbeddedViewRef, Injector, Optional, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { ApplicationRef, ComponentRef, createComponent, EmbeddedViewRef, Injector, Optional, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { Application, ContentView, Frame, View } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { fromEvent, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AppHostAsyncView, AppHostView } from '../../app-host-view';
 import { NSLocationStrategy } from '../../legacy/router/ns-location-strategy';
-import { once } from '../../utils/general';
+import { didModalOpen, once } from '../../utils/general';
 import { NgViewRef } from '../../view-refs';
 import { DetachedLoader } from '../detached-loader';
 import { ComponentPortal, TemplatePortal } from '../portal/common';
@@ -86,20 +86,16 @@ export class NativeModalRef {
     this._generateDetachedContainer(vcRef);
     portal.viewContainerRef = this.detachedLoaderRef.instance.vc;
     const targetView = new ContentView();
-    this.portalOutlet = new NativeScriptDomPortalOutlet(
-      targetView,
-      this._config.componentFactoryResolver || this._injector.get(ComponentFactoryResolver),
-      this._injector.get(ApplicationRef),
-      this._injector,
-    );
+    this.portalOutlet = new NativeScriptDomPortalOutlet(targetView, this._injector.get(ApplicationRef), this._injector);
     const templateRef = this.portalOutlet.attach(portal);
     this.modalViewRef = new NgViewRef(templateRef);
     this.modalViewRef.firstNativeLikeView['__ng_modal_id__'] = this._id;
     // if we don't detach the view from its parent, ios gets mad
     this.modalViewRef.detachNativeLikeView();
 
     const userOptions = this._config.nativeOptions || {};
-    this.parentView.showModal(this.modalViewRef.firstNativeLikeView, {
+    const modalView = this.modalViewRef.firstNativeLikeView;
+    this.parentView.showModal(modalView, {
       context: null,
       ...userOptions,
       closeCallback: async () => {
@@ -109,6 +105,9 @@ export class NativeModalRef {
       },
       cancelable: !this._config.disableClose,
     });
+    if (!didModalOpen(this.parentView, modalView)) {
+      this._handleFailedOpen();
+    }
     //   if (this.modalView !== templateRef.rootNodes[0]) {
     //     componentRef.location.nativeElement._ngDialogRoot = this.modalView;
     //   }
@@ -119,12 +118,7 @@ export class NativeModalRef {
     this.startModalNavigation();
 
     const targetView = new ContentView();
-    this.portalOutlet = new NativeScriptDomPortalOutlet(
-      targetView,
-      this._config.componentFactoryResolver || this._injector.get(ComponentFactoryResolver),
-      this._injector.get(ApplicationRef),
-      this._injector,
-    );
+    this.portalOutlet = new NativeScriptDomPortalOutlet(targetView, this._injector.get(ApplicationRef), this._injector);
     const componentRef = this.portalOutlet.attach(portal);
     componentRef.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
     this.modalViewRef = new NgViewRef(componentRef);
@@ -136,7 +130,8 @@ export class NativeModalRef {
     this.modalViewRef.detachNativeLikeView();
 
     const userOptions = this._config.nativeOptions || {};
-    this.parentView.showModal(this.modalViewRef.firstNativeLikeView, {
+    const modalView = this.modalViewRef.firstNativeLikeView;
+    this.parentView.showModal(modalView, {
       context: null,
       ...userOptions,
       closeCallback: async () => {
@@ -147,13 +142,29 @@ export class NativeModalRef {
       },
       cancelable: !this._config.disableClose,
     });
+    if (!didModalOpen(this.parentView, modalView)) {
+      this._handleFailedOpen();
+    }
     return componentRef;
   }
 
   _startExitAnimation() {
     this._closeCallback();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Rolls back everything that was set up to present the modal when NativeScript silently
+   * failed to actually present it. Without this the modal navigation stack stays incremented
+   * (blocking further navigation) and the attached view/loader leak on the `ApplicationRef`.
+   */
+  private _handleFailedOpen(): never {
+    this._isDismissed = true;
+    this.location?._closeModalNavigation();
+    this.portalOutlet?.dispose();
+    this.detachedLoaderRef?.destroy();
+    throw new Error('Failed to open dialog: the modal view could not be presented. This usually happens when another modal is already being presented.');
+  }
+
   dispose() {
     this.portalOutlet.dispose();
   }

diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/portal/common.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/cdk/portal/common.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import { TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ElementRef, ComponentRef, EmbeddedViewRef, Injector, ComponentFactoryResolver } from '@angular/core';
+import { TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ElementRef, ComponentRef, EmbeddedViewRef, Injector, Binding, Type, DirectiveWithBindings } from '@angular/core';
 import { View } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { throwNullPortalOutletError, throwPortalAlreadyAttachedError, throwNoPortalAttachedError, throwNullPortalError, throwPortalOutletAlreadyDisposedError, throwUnknownPortalTypeError } from './portal-errors';
 import type { ComponentType } from '../../utils/general';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type { ComponentType } from '../../utils/general';
  * It can be attach to / detached from a `PortalOutlet`.
  */
 export abstract class Portal<T> {
-  private _attachedHost: PortalOutlet | null;
+  private _attachedHost: PortalOutlet | null = null;
 
   /** Attach this portal to a host. */
   attach(host: PortalOutlet): T {
@@ -68,27 +68,45 @@ export class ComponentPortal<T> extends Portal<ComponentRef<T>> {
   component: ComponentType<T>;
 
   /**
-   * [Optional] Where the attached component should live in Angular's *logical* component tree.
+   * Where the attached component should live in Angular's *logical* component tree.
    * This is different from where the component *renders*, which is determined by the PortalOutlet.
    * The origin is necessary when the host is outside of the Angular application context.
    */
   viewContainerRef?: ViewContainerRef | null;
 
-  /** [Optional] Injector used for the instantiation of the component. */
+  /** Injector used for the instantiation of the component. */
   injector?: Injector | null;
 
   /**
-   * Alternate `ComponentFactoryResolver` to use when resolving the associated component.
-   * Defaults to using the resolver from the outlet that the portal is attached to.
+   * List of NativeScript views that should be projected through `<ng-content>` of the attached component.
    */
-  componentFactoryResolver?: ComponentFactoryResolver | null;
+  projectableNodes?: View[][] | null;
 
-  constructor(component: ComponentType<T>, viewContainerRef?: ViewContainerRef | null, injector?: Injector | null, componentFactoryResolver?: ComponentFactoryResolver | null) {
+  /**
+   * Bindings to apply to the created component.
+   */
+  readonly bindings: Binding[] | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Directives to apply to the created component.
+   */
+  readonly directives: (Type<unknown> | DirectiveWithBindings<unknown>)[] | null;
+
+  constructor(
+    component: ComponentType<T>,
+    viewContainerRef?: ViewContainerRef | null,
+    injector?: Injector | null,
+    projectableNodes?: View[][] | null,
+    bindings?: Binding[],
+    directives?: (Type<unknown> | DirectiveWithBindings<unknown>)[],
+  ) {
     super();
     this.component = component;
     this.viewContainerRef = viewContainerRef;
     this.injector = injector;
-    this.componentFactoryResolver = componentFactoryResolver;
+    this.projectableNodes = projectableNodes;
+    this.bindings = bindings || null;
+    this.directives = directives || null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -105,11 +123,15 @@ export class TemplatePortal<C = any> extends Portal<EmbeddedViewRef<C>> {
   /** Contextual data to be passed in to the embedded view. */
   context: C | undefined;
 
-  constructor(template: TemplateRef<C>, viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef, context?: C) {
+  /** The injector to use for the embedded view. */
+  injector: Injector | undefined;
+
+  constructor(template: TemplateRef<C>, viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef, context?: C, injector?: Injector) {
     super();
     this.templateRef = template;
     this.viewContainerRef = viewContainerRef;
     this.context = context;
+    this.injector = injector;
   }
 
   get origin(): ElementRef {
@@ -168,13 +190,13 @@ export interface PortalOutlet {
  */
 export abstract class BasePortalOutlet implements PortalOutlet {
   /** The portal currently attached to the host. */
-  protected _attachedPortal: Portal<any> | null;
+  protected _attachedPortal: Portal<any> | null = null;
 
   /** A function that will permanently dispose this host. */
-  private _disposeFn: (() => void) | null;
+  private _disposeFn: (() => void) | null = null;
 
   /** Whether this host has already been permanently disposed. */
-  private _isDisposed = false;
+  private _isDisposed: boolean = false;
 
   /** Whether this host has an attached portal. */
   hasAttached(): boolean {