Angular ui-router shows old stale data after transition back to state - angularjs

Question

We have an ASP.NET MVC 5 application which uses ui-router AngularJS module.
When we go back to a state that has already been loaded, it always shows the old data until we do a full page refresh.
For example:
User clicks 'View Profile', we show the "ViewProfile" state, a page displaying the profile
User clicks "Edit Profile", we show the "EditProfile" state, a page with fields to edit the profile
User makes changes and clicks 'Save', they are then moved back to the "ViewProfile" state
When "ViewProfile" state loads, it still shows the old data before the edits
How can we force ui-route to pull fresh data any time it loads any state?
Angular config
var app = angular.module("MyApp", ['ngIdle', 'ui.router'])
.config(['$stateProvider', '$urlRouterProvider', '$locationProvider',
function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, $locationProvider) {
// Configure client-side routing
$locationProvider.hashPrefix("!").html5Mode(true);
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/");
$stateProvider
.state('Home', {
url: '/',
views: {
"mainContainer": {
templateUrl: function (params) { return 'Home/Index'; }
}
}
})
.state('ProfileManagement', {
url: '/ProfileManagement-{action}',
views: {
"mainContainer": {
templateUrl: function (params) { return 'ProfileManagement/' + params.action; }
}
}
})
}]);
How we are doing the transition
$state.go(stateName, { action: actionName }, { reload: true, inherit: false, notify: true });
EDIT w/ Solution
Since all the functionality is written using jQuery, we cannot use Angular controllers to control the data. Our solution was to completely disable Angular template caching with the following code:
app.run(function ($rootScope, $templateCache) {
$rootScope.$on('$viewContentLoaded', function () {
$templateCache.removeAll();
});
});

Answer 1

By default ui-router state transition will not re-instantiate toState's controller.
To force instantiation of the controller, you can do this.
//assuming you are using $state.go to go back to previous state
$state.go('to.state', params, {
reload: true
});

Answer 2

You need to use resolves, like so:
var app = angular.module("MyApp", ['ngIdle', 'ui.router'])
.config(['$stateProvider', '$urlRouterProvider', '$locationProvider',
function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, $locationProvider) {
// Configure client-side routing
$locationProvider.hashPrefix("!").html5Mode(true);
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/");
$stateProvider
.state('Home', {
url: '/',
views: {
"mainContainer": {
templateUrl: function (params) { return 'Home/Index'; }
}
},
resolve: {
loadedData: (injectable) => injectable.getData()
}
})
.state('ProfileManagement', {
url: '/ProfileManagement-{action}',
views: {
"mainContainer": {
templateUrl: function (params) { return 'ProfileManagement/' + params.action; }
}
},
resolve: {
loadedData: (injectable) => injectable.getData()
}
})
}]);
In each state, there is a resolve, calling the method 'getData()' in the injectable service (I'm saying a 'service' because that's where we would have the data loaded from).
Then for each state's controller, it will have access to the loadedData resolve; the data will already be loaded at that point and be usable by that controller. So for your case scenario, going back to the state you've come from, the newly updated data will be loaded again and available in that state again.
Keep your state transition the same, with the reload: true, as that is what you want as well.

Answer 3

Maybe this work for your problem.
In your angular main page you should have something like this:
app.run(['$rootScope', function ($rootScope){
$rootScope.$on('$stateChangeStart', function(event, toState){
$rootScope.UrlActive=toState.name;
});
}]);
In your angular controller you should have something like this:
app.controller('AnalisisCtrl', ['$scope','$rootScope', function ($scope,$rootScope) {
$scope.$watch('UrlActive', function(newValue) {
if(newValue="ProfileManagement"){
doSomething();
};
});
}]);