Angular $location.path() and window.location.reload not working in Safari/Firefox

Question

For some reason this works in IE and Chrome but not Safari and firefox.

$location.path(lastPath);
$window.location.reload(true);

Instead of reloading the last path, $window.location.reload(true) the current page is reloaded. Where as in Chrome an IE the reload occurs after angular's $location.path(lastPath) occur.

why do you want to call `location.reload()`? Might as well just skip `$location.path()` — charlietfl, Sep 17 '15 at 19:10
I would like to force the app to reload and clear state in all of my services. — Mike Lunn, Sep 17 '15 at 19:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '15 at 19:18

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Thanks. The below resolves the issue.

$window.location.href = lastPath;

answered Sep 17 '15 at 19:18

Mike Lunn

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 07 '15 at 01:39

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You can do this:

$window.location.href='#/home';
$window.location.reload()

edited Nov 07 '15 at 01:39

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answered Nov 07 '15 at 00:36

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '16 at 12:38

I am developing with cordova with angular 1.5.6. The simple action of:

$location.path("/someurl");
$window.location.reload();

works in chrome and the android app, but not the ios app. What works across all platforms is doing the reload after the location path has changed.

This is achieved using the $locationChangeSuccess event. Given is a complete controller code so that things are clear. The $location.path is marked, and the $window.location.reload() is placed in the $locationChangeSuccess handler.

angular.module("demo").controller("LoginCtrl", function($scope, $http, $location, $window) {

$scope.dologin = function() {
    $scope.message = "";
    $http.post(app.baseurl + "/app/login", {
      email: $scope.email,
      password: $scope.password
    }, 
    {
      withCredentials: true
    }).success(function(response){
      $location.path("/dashboard"); // <---          
    }).error(function(response) {
      $scope.message = "invalid user/pass: ";
    });
}

$scope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function() {
  $window.location.reload(true);    // <---
});

});

Angular $location.path() and window.location.reload not working in Safari/Firefox

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