Using $setValidity inside a Controller

This line:

myForm.file.$setValidity("myForm.file.$error.size", false);

Should be

$scope.myForm.file.$setValidity("size", false);

$setValidity needs to be called on the ngModelController. Inside the controller, I think that means $scope.myForm.file.$setValidity().

See also section "Custom Validation" on the Forms page, if you haven't already.

Also, for the first argument to $setValidity, use just 'filetype' and 'size'.

A better and optimised solution to display multiple validation messages for a single element would be like this.

<div ng-messages="myForm.file.$error" ng-show="myForm.file.$touched">
 <span class="error" ng-message="required"> <your message> </span>
 <span class="error" ng-message="size"> <your message> </span>
 <span class="error" ng-message="filetype"> <your message> </span>
</div>

Controller Code should be the one suggested by @ Ben Lesh