In an AngularJS application (main) I have an iframe
inside which there is another AngularJS application (iframe) also under my control. I would like to share data between two services, one in the main application and one in the iframe application. They both need to read and write to the same object.
// main
// ... routes ...
views: { main: {
controller: function ($scope, serviceA) {
$scope.serviceA = serviceA;
},
templateUrl: 'iframe.html'
}
// ...
function ServiceA () {
this.sharedData; // exposed to controllers in main app
}
// ...
// iframe
// ...
function ServiceB () {
this.sharedData; // exposed to controllers in iframe app
}
// ...
When inside a controller in iframe application I managed to reference serviceA.sharedData
like this:
var self = this;
var parentScope = $window.parent.angular.element($window.frameElement).scope();
parentScope.$watch('serviceA.sharedData', function (newValue, oldValue) {
self.sharedData = newValue;
}
Can this be achieved and how?
I have read the following, but could not turn it into a solution, yet:
- Bind angular cross iframes, possible?
- Angularjs: call other scope which in iframe
Ok, so here is my solution, I hope this is what you had in mind.
in the controller of the parent application:
mainApp = angular.module('mainApp', []);
mainApp.controller('mainCtrl', ['$scope', 'sharedData', function($scope, sharedData){
$scope.sharedData = sharedData;
//your controller logic goes here ...
}]);
in the controller of the iframe application:
iframeApp = angular.module('iframeApp', []);
iframeApp.controller('iFrameCtrl', function($scope){
//here we get the service instance from the parent application, if you
//need it in other controllers in the iframe app as well, either get it
//there the same way or pass it along via $scope or $rootScope
var sharedData = window.parent.angular.element(window.frameElement).scope().sharedData;
//now we can use sharedData the same way as in the parent application controller
});
sharedData.js (the js file for the shared service, needs only be included by parent.html
)
mainApp.factory('sharedData', function(){
var list = [];
var mainScope;
var iframeScope;
//this function needs to be called in all setter methods to update the data in both applications
function update(){
if(!mainScope){
mainScope = angular.element(document.body).scope();
}
//$apply() causes errors in the dev console, $applyAsync doesn't, I don't know why
mainScope.$applyAsync();
if(!iframeScope){
//the update function might be called before angular is initialized in the iframe application
if(document.getElementById('iframe').contentWindow.angular){
iframeScope = document.getElementById('iframe').contentWindow.angular.element(document.body).scope();
iframeScope.$applyAsync();
}
} else {
iframeScope.$applyAsync();
}
}
return {
append: function(item) {
list.push(item);
//don't forget to add this at the end of all setter functions in the service
update();
},
getAll: function() { return list }
}
});
The stuff with the iframes doesn't work on jsfiddle (cross-origin maybe) so I put my more extensive example on a github page:
https://github.com/sammax/angulariframe (code)
http://sammax.github.io/angulariframe/main/ (result)
I managed to do something that works, and could be useful for you. It's not perfect but is a good start. Here is the code:
Parent page:
<div ng-controller="ParentController">
<h1>Hello, parent page!</h1>
<p><strong>Parent model:</strong></p>
<p>
<input type="text"
ng-model="data.foo"
placeholder="Enter the thing you want to share"/>
</p>
<p><strong>Parent result:</strong></p>
<p>{{ data.foo }}</p>
<iframe src="child-page.html" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</div>
Child page:
<div ng-controller="ChildController">
<h1>Hello, child page!</h1>
<p><strong>Child result:</strong></p>
<p>{{ data.foo }}</p>
</div>
app.js
var app = ng.module('myApp', []);
app.factory('DataService', ['$rootScope', '$window', function ($rootScope, $window) {
var // Variables
dataScope,
// Functions
getScope;
dataScope = $rootScope.$new(true);
getScope = function () {
return dataScope;
};
$window.DataService = {
getScope: getScope
};
return {
getScope: getScope
};
}]);
app.controller('ParentController', ['$scope', 'DataService', function ($scope, DataService) {
$scope.data = DataService.getScope();
}]);
app.controller('ChildController', ['$scope', '$window', '$interval', function (
$scope,
$window,
$interval
) {
$scope.data = $window.parent.DataService.getScope();
// makes a $scope.$apply() every 500ms. Without it, data doesn't change
$interval(ng.noop, 500);
}]);
All of this code leads to this:
The important part is $scope.data = $window.parent.DataService.getScope();
in the child controller. That's where it fetches the shared $scope.
Of course, all this works only if the parent & the iframe are under the same domain. Else, it becomes a whole other complicated story...
Hope this will help you.