Ionic: Method call on page enter - angularjs

Question

I have a < ion-side-menu > with links to my pages defined here:
app.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, $ionicConfigProvider) {
$stateProvider.state('content', {
url: "/content",
abstract: true,
templateUrl: "templates/sidemenu.html",
controller: 'SideController'
});
$stateProvider.state('content.home', {
url: "/home",
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: "templates/home.html",
controller: "HomeController"
}
}
});
$stateProvider.state('content.nearby', {
url: "/nearby",
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: "templates/nearby.html",
controller: "NearbyController"
}
}
});
$stateProvider.state('content.map', {
url: "/map",
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: "templates/map.html",
controller: "MapController"
}
}
});
$stateProvider.state('content.radar', {
url: "/radar",
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: "templates/radar.html",
controller: "RadarController"
}
}
});
$stateProvider.state('content.location-details', {
url: "/location-details/:index",
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: "templates/location-details.html",
controller: "DetailsController"
}
},
resolve: {
currentLocation: function($stateParams, shareService, NearbyFactory)
{
return NearbyFactory.getLocations()[$stateParams.index];
}
}
});
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/content/home");
});
I want to execute a method in my controllers when the user navigates to this page and when the page is left (for loading AJAX data or start listening to some Cordova sensors). Like this:
app.controller("HomeController", function()
{
$scope.onEnter = function(previous_page)
{
...
};
$scope.onExit = function(next_page)
{
...
};
});
I've already tried onEnter and onExit inside the $stateProvider state but afaik I don't have my $scope there.
What is the easiest/best/nicest way to get this functionality? It would be great if I could determine the previous/next page and if the user navigated back/forward. I tried this:
$scope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function(event, next, current)
{
console.log(next);
});
but this didn't work every time and it didn't fire when loading the page. This also seems a bit dirty to me because I'd have to implement this in every single controller.
Thank you!

Answer 1

You can use $ionicView.beforeEnter and beforeLeave.
Simply add this to your HomeController :
app.controller("HomeController", function()
{
$scope.$on('$ionicView.beforeEnter', function() {
//do stuff before enter
});
$scope.$on('$ionicView.beforeLeave', function() {
//do your stuff after leaving
});
});
You can check the docs of the $ionicView here.

Answer 2

You can try this. It works every time when it's loading the page:
$scope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function(event)
{
console.log(event);
});