Otherwise on StateProvider - angularjs

Question

Using angular-ui-router, How can I use the otherwise method on $stateProvider or how can I use it at all ?

Answer 1

You can't use only $stateProvider.
You need to inject $urlRouterProvider and create a code similar to:
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/otherwise');
The /otherwise url must be defined on a state as usual:
$stateProvider
.state("otherwise", { url : '/otherwise'...})
See this link where ksperling explains

Answer 2

You can with $stateProvider using the catch all syntax ("*path"). You just need to add a state config at the bottom of your list like the following one:
$stateProvider.state("otherwise", {
url: "*path",
templateUrl: "views/error-not-found.html"
});
All the options are explained in https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router/wiki/URL-Routing#regex-parameters.
The nice thing of this option, as opposed to $urlRouterProvider.otherwise(...), is that you 're not forced to a location change.

Answer 3

You can also manually inject $state into the otherwise function, which you can then navigate to a non-url state. This has the benefit of the browser not changing the addressbar, which is helpful for handling going back to a previous page.
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise(function ($injector, $location) {
var $state = $injector.get('$state');
$state.go('defaultLayout.error', {
title: "Page not found",
message: 'Could not find a state associated with url "'+$location.$$url+'"'
});
});

Answer 4

I just want to chime in on the great answers that are already provided. The latest version of #uirouter/angularjs marked the class UrlRouterProvider as deprecated. They now recommend using UrlService instead. You can achieve the same result with the following modification:
$urlService.rules.otherwise('/defaultState');
Additional methods: https://ui-router.github.io/ng1/docs/1.0.16/interfaces/url.urlrulesapi.html

Answer 5

Ok, the silly moment when you realize that the question you asked is already answered in the first lines of the sample code! Just take a look at the sample code.
angular.module('sample', ['ui.compat'])
.config(
[ '$stateProvider', '$routeProvider', '$urlRouterProvider',
function ($stateProvider, $routeProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
$urlRouterProvider
.when('/c?id', '/contacts/:id')
.otherwise('/'); // <-- This is what I was looking for !
....
Take a look here.

Answer 6

The accepted answer references angular-route asks about ui-router. The accepted answer uses the "monolithic" $routeProvider, which requires the ngRoute module (whereas ui-router needs the ui.router module)
The highest-rated answer uses $stateProvider instead, and says something like .state("otherwise", { url : '/otherwise'... }),
but I can't find any mention of "otherwise" in the documentation it links. However, I see that $stateProvider is mentioned in this answer where it says:
You can't use only $stateProvider. You need to inject $urlRouterProvider
That's where my answer might help you. For me, it was sufficient to use $urlRouterProvider just like this:
my_module
.config([
, '$urlRouterProvider'
, function(
, $urlRouterProvider){
//When the url is empty; i.e. what I consider to be "the default"
//Then send the user to whatever state is served at the URL '/starting'
//(It could say '/default' or any other path you want)
$urlRouterProvider
.when('', '/starting');
//...
}]);
My suggestion is consistent with the ui-router documentation, (this specific revision), where it includes a similar use of the .when(...) method (the first call to the function):
app.config(function($urlRouterProvider){
// when there is an empty route, redirect to /index
$urlRouterProvider.when('', '/index');
// You can also use regex for the match parameter
$urlRouterProvider.when(/aspx/i, '/index');
})