Can AngularJS listen for $locationChangeSuccess on refresh?

Question

I am listening for $locationChangeSuccess in Angular using this code:

$scope.$on(\'$locationChangeSuccess\', function(event) {
  console.log(\'C         


        

Answer 1

You probably want a listener on window.onbeforeunload which is called just before the window unloads it's resources (refresh).

Answer 2

You can't register from within a controller because $locationChangeSuccess occurs before the route is matched and the controller invoked. By the time you register, the event has already been fired.

However, you can subscribe to the event on $rootScope during the application bootstrap phase:

var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.run(function ($rootScope) {
    $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function () {
        console.log('$locationChangeSuccess changed!', new Date());
    });
});