I am simply trying to load data when my app starts. However, the view loads faster than the http request(of course). I want to refresh my view once my data has been properly loaded because that data defines my view.
I've tried $rootScope.apply from inside the factory where I do my http request, and I also tried directly doing the http request in my controller again with $scope.apply, and neither one worked as they both gave me "$digest already in progress"
Any idea how can I set up my code to make my views refresh on data load? I will be having several different http requests and I would like to know how to set them up properly! I would really appreciate any input!
Here is some of the code I am working with.
app.factory('HttpRequestFactory', function($http, $q) {
var HttpRequestFactory = {
async: function(url, params) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
$http({
url: url,
method: post,
params: params
})
.success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
deferred.resolve(data);
})
.error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
deferred.reject("An error occurred");
});
return deferred.promise;
}
};
return HttpRequestFactory;
});
Factory
function initializeAll(){
HttpRequestFactory.async('../api', {action: 'getall'}).then(function(data) {
//$rootScope.$apply(function () {
allData = data;
//});
angular.forEach(allData, function(value, index){
console.log('Voala!');
});
});
}
Controller calling the factory's function initializeAll()
app.controller("MainController", ["$scope", "$rootScope","MyFactory",
function($scope, $rootScope, MyFactory){
MyFactory.initializeAll();
}
]);
Oh my !
You got the f** matter with AngularJS !
In fact you have to do a "safeApply" like that for example :
$rootScope.safeApply = function(fn) {
var phase = this.$root.$$phase;
if(phase == '$apply' || phase == '$digest') {
if(fn && (typeof(fn) === 'function')) {
fn();
}
} else {
this.$apply(fn);
}
};
In AngularJS you can only have one $apply or $digest loop at the same time.
For details on these loops look at the docs : http://docs.angularjs.org/guide/concepts
It will explain what is the $apply loop and you'll understand a lot of things about the two-way-data-binding in AngularJS
Hope it helps.