AngularJS UI Router - change url without reloading

Question

Currently our project is using default $routeProvider, and I am using this "hack", to change url without reloading page:

services.service('$locationEx', ['$location', '$route', '$rootScope', function($location, $route, $rootScope) {
    $location.skipReload = function () {
        var lastRoute = $route.current;
        var un = $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function () {
            $route.current = lastRoute;
            un();
        });
        return $location;
    };
    return $location;
}]);

and in controller

$locationEx.skipReload().path("/category/" + $scope.model.id).replace();

I am thinking of replacing routeProvider with ui-router for nesting routes, but cant find this in ui-router.

Is it possible - do the same with angular-ui-router?

Why do I need this? Let me explain with an example :
Route for creating new category is /category/new after clicking on SAVE I show success-alert and I want to change route /category/new to /caterogy/23 (23 - is id of new item stored in db)

Answer 1

i did this but long ago in version: v0.2.10 of UI-router like something like this::

$stateProvider
  .state(
    'home', {
      url: '/home',
      views: {
        '': {
          templateUrl: Url.resolveTemplateUrl('shared/partial/main.html'),
          controller: 'mainCtrl'
        },
      }
    })
  .state('home.login', {
    url: '/login',
    templateUrl: Url.resolveTemplateUrl('authentication/partial/login.html'),
    controller: 'authenticationCtrl'
  })
  .state('home.logout', {
    url: '/logout/:state',
    controller: 'authenticationCtrl'
  })
  .state('home.reservationChart', {
    url: '/reservations/?vw',
    views: {
      '': {
        templateUrl: Url.resolveTemplateUrl('reservationChart/partial/reservationChartContainer.html'),
        controller: 'reservationChartCtrl',
        reloadOnSearch: false
      },
      '[e-mail]': {
        templateUrl: Url.resolveTemplateUrl('voucher/partial/viewVoucherContainer.html'),
        controller: 'viewVoucherCtrl',
        reloadOnSearch: false
      },
      '[e-mail]': {
        templateUrl: Url.resolveTemplateUrl('voucher/partial/voucherContainer.html'),
        controller: 'voucherCtrl',
        reloadOnSearch: false
      }
    },
    reloadOnSearch: false
  })

Answer 2

This setup solved following issues for me:

• The training controller is not called twice when updating the url from .../ to .../123
• The training controller is not getting invoked again when navigating to another state

State configuration

state('training', {
    abstract: true,
    url: '/training',
    templateUrl: 'partials/training.html',
    controller: 'TrainingController'
}).
state('training.edit', {
    url: '/:trainingId'
}).
state('training.new', {
    url: '/{trainingId}',
    // Optional Parameter
    params: {
        trainingId: null
    }
})

Invoking the states (from any other controller)

$scope.editTraining = function (training) {
    $state.go('training.edit', { trainingId: training.id });
};

$scope.newTraining = function () {
    $state.go('training.new', { });
};

Training Controller

var newTraining;

if (!!!$state.params.trainingId) {

    // new      

    newTraining = // create new training ...

    // Update the URL without reloading the controller
    $state.go('training.edit',
        {
            trainingId : newTraining.id
        },
        {
            location: 'replace', //  update url and replace
            inherit: false,
            notify: false
        });     

} else {

    // edit

    // load existing training ...
}