AngularJS : service $broadcast and $watch not triggering on receiving controller

Question

AngularJS noob here, on my path to the Angular Enlightenment :)

Here\'s the situation:

I have implemented a service \'AudioPlayer\' inside my module \'app\' and

Answer 1

As it's not safe to peek into the the digest internals, the easiest way is to use $timeout:

$timeout(function () {
    $scope.current = track;
}, 0);

The callback is executed always in the good environment.

EDIT: In fact, the function that should be wrapped in the apply phase is

 this.loadTrack = function(track) {
     // ... loads the track and plays it
     // broadcast 'trackLoaded' event when done
     $timeout(function() { $rootScope.$broadcast('trackLoaded', track); });
 };

Otherwise the broadcast will get missed.

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Actually, an alternative might be better (at least from a semantic point of view) and it will work equally inside or outside a digest cycle:

$scope.$evalAsync(function (scope) {
    scope.current = track;
});

• Advantage with respect to $scope.$apply: you don't have to know whether you are in a digest cycle.
• Advantage with respect to $timeout: you are not really wanting a timeout, and you get the simpler syntax without the extra 0 parameter.