Angular / Ionic - controller only runs once

Question

I\'m starting out with Angular through the Ionic Framework but I am failing to understand why the controller only runs once i.e. I change state, the controller runs, change to a

Answer 1

You can put the code you want to run in $ionicView.enter:

controller : function( $scope, $cordovaSQLite ){
    $scope.$on('$ionicView.enter', function() {
        // code to run each time view is entered
    });

    ...
});

See "View LifeCycle and Events": https://ionicframework.com/docs/v1/api/directive/ionView/