My problem is actually very similar to the one found here:
AngularJs - cancel route change event
In short, I'm using $routeChangeStart and trying to change the current route using $location. When I do, the console shows me that the original page is still loads and is quickly overwritten by the new page.
The solution provided was to use $locationChangeStart instead of $routeChangeStart, which should work for preventing the extra redirect. Unfortunately, I'm using additional data in the $routeprovider that I need to access while changing the route (I use it to track page restrictions). Here's an example...
$routeProvider.
when('/login', { controller: 'LoginCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/login.html', access: false}).
when('/home', { controller: 'HomeCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/home.html', access: true}).
otherwise({ redirectTo: '/login' });
$rootScope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function(event, next, current) {
if(next.access){
//Do Stuff
}
else{
$location.path("/login");
//This will load the current route first (ie: '/home'), and then
//redirect the user to the correct 'login' route.
}
});
With $routeChangeStart, I can use the "next" and "current" parameters (see AngularJS - $route) as objects to retrieve my 'access' values. With $locationChangeStart, those two parameters return url strings, not objects. So there seems to be no way to retrieve my 'access' values.
Is there any way I can combine the redirect-stopping power of $locationChangeStart with the object-flexibility of $routeChangeStart to achieve what I need?
One approach that comes to mind is trying to use the resolve parameter for this:
var resolver = function(access) {
return {
load: function($q) {
if (access) { // fire $routeChangeSuccess
var deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.resolve();
return deferred.promise;
} else { // fire $routeChangeError
return $q.reject("/login");
}
}
}
}
$routeProvider.
when('/login', { controller: 'LoginCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/login.html', resolve: resolver(false)}).
when('/home', { controller: 'HomeCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/home.html', resolve: resolver(true)}).
otherwise({ redirectTo: '/login' });
Please note that I haven't tested the code above but I'm doing similar stuff in my projects.