In AngularJS, I see sometimes we use $state.transitionTo()
and sometimes we use $state.go()
. Can anyone tell me how they differ and when one should be used over the other?
Are you referring to the AngularUI Router? If so, the wiki specifies the differences:
$state.go(to [, toParams] [, options])
Returns a Promise representing the state of the transition.
Convenience method for transitioning to a new state.
$state.go
calls$state.transitionTo
internally but automatically sets options to{ location: true, inherit: true, relative: $state.$current, notify: true }
. This allows you to easily use an absolute or relative to path and specify only the parameters you'd like to update (while letting unspecified parameters inherit from the current state).
$state.transitionTo(to, toParams [, options])
Returns a Promise representing the state of the transition.
Low-level method for transitioning to a new state.
$state.go()
usestransitionTo
internally.$state.go()
is recommended in most situations.