AngularJS: ng-model not binding to ng-checked for checkboxes
What you could do is use ng-repeat passing in the value of whatever you're iterating on to the ng-checked and from there utilising ng-class to apply your styles depending on the result.
I did something similar recently and it worked for me.
Can Declare As the in ng-init also getting true
<!doctype html>
<html ng-app="plunker" >
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.6/angular.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body ng-controller="MainCtrl" ng-init="testModel['item1']= true">
<label><input type="checkbox" name="test" ng-model="testModel['item1']" /> Testing</label><br />
<label><input type="checkbox" name="test" ng-model="testModel['item2']" /> Testing 2</label><br />
<label><input type="checkbox" name="test" ng-model="testModel['item3']" /> Testing 3</label><br />
<input type="button" ng-click="submit()" value="Submit" />
</body>
</html>
And You Can Select the First One and Object Also Shown here true,false,flase
ngModel and ngChecked are not meant to be used together.
ngChecked is expecting an expression, so by saying ng-checked="true", you're basically saying that the checkbox will always be checked by default.
You should be able to just use ngModel, tied to a boolean property on your model. If you want something else, then you either need to use ngTrueValue and ngFalseValue (which only support strings right now), or write your own directive.
What is it exactly that you're trying to do? If you just want the first checkbox to be checked by default, you should change your model -- item1: true,.
Edit: You don't have to submit your form to debug the current state of the model, btw, you can just dump {{testModel}} into your HTML (or <pre>{{testModel|json}}</pre>). Also your ngModel attributes can be simplified to ng-model="testModel.item1".
http://plnkr.co/edit/HtdOok8aieBjT5GFZOb3?p=preview
You can use ng-value-true to tell angular that your ng-model is a string.
I could only get ng-true-value working if I added the extra quotes like so (as shown in the official Angular docs - https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/input/input%5Bcheckbox%5D)
ng-true-value="'1'"