Angular: How to $broadcast from Factory?

Question

I have a list of items and I need to get a message (saying Item added!) in the navbar whenever a new item is added.

The function addItem() (ng-click on the Add Item

Answer 1

$broadcast goes from top to bottom so you should use $rootScope to perform a $broadcast to all $scope elements below it.

• Inject $rootScope in your factory

• $rootScope.$broadcast('itemAdded, 'Item added!')