Ionic with select2 not firing ajax request

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I posted this stackoverflow question regarding select2 with ionic. It seems not to be firing and also seems not to be firiing. Doesnt assign placeholder, doesnt read ajax request.
Does ionic work well with select2?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30205952/select2-not-firing-ajax-request-in-controller-angularjs-ionic-project