angularjs - refresh when clicked on link with actual url

Question

I use routeProvider to define controlers and templates for my urls.

When I click on the link, which has the same url as is the actual location, nothing happens. I w

Answer 1

In my case if the url is same, nothing worked including $route.reload(), $location.path(), $state.transitonTo() etc.

So my approach was Using Dummy Page as follows,

if( oldLocation === newLocation ) {
   // nothing worked ------------
   // window.location.reload(); it refresh the whole page
   // $route.reload();
   // $state.go($state.$current, null, { reload: true });
   // $state.transitionTo($state.current, $stateParams, {reload:true, inherit: false, notify: false } );
   // except this one
   $location.path('/dummy'); 
   $location.path($location.path());
   $scope.$apply(); 
}

You need to make '/dummy' module somewhere, the module doesn't do anything, it only change url so that next $location.path() can be applied. Don't miss $scope.$apply()