Is there any functional difference between ui-sref
and $state.go()
?
ui-sref
is used in <a>...</a>
and $state.go('someState')
is used in a controller.
In HTML, I would use:
<a ui-sref="currentState.state1">Link</a>
whereas in a function I would use something like:
if(someCondition) {
$state.go('currentState.state1');
}
So, is that it or do I need to add something after $state.go()
? Assuming current state is currentState
.
There is no functional difference between ui-sref
and $state.go
. See the doc
Activating a state
There are three main ways to activate a state:
- Call
$state.go()
. High-level convenience method.
- Click a link containing the
ui-sref
directive.
- Navigate to the
url
associated with the state.
So, these are at the end doing the same, and as we can see in the code of the ui-sref
directive:
...
element.bind("click", function(e) {
var button = e.which || e.button;
if ( !(button > 1 || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey || element.attr('target')) ) {
var transition = $timeout(function() {
// HERE we call $state.go inside of ui-sref
$state.go(ref.state, params, options);
});
it does call $state.go()
And also as discussed here: ui-sref:
ui-sref='stateName'
- Navigate to state, no params. 'stateName' can be any valid absolute or relative state, following the same syntax rules as $state.go()
Yes, there is a difference. As you can see in the question:
Ionic framework $state.go('app.home'); is adding back button on page where i want to go (how to remove it)?
the $state.go by default adds a back button. The solution to make it behave exactly the same way is to call:
$ionicHistory.nextViewOptions({disableBack: true});
before calling $state.go.