$rootScope.$broadcast from controller and $scope.$on in directive is not working 1.2x version

Question

I'm trying to call $rootScope.broadcast from my controller and want to listen it in the directive

Controller:

function startfunction(){
   $rootScope.$broadcast('sharingFn');
}
startfunction();

 Directive:

 $scope.$on('sharingFn',function(){
 console.log('function called");
}

but the directive is never called here, am i doing something wrong?

create a demo that replicates problem – charlietfl Sep 12 '16 at 21:57 — charlietfl, Sep 12 '16 at 21:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 21:58

Do you have a live example of your code? It's difficult to tell where the problem is from the above example.

One potential reason I can think of is the directive doesn't start listening for the event until after the 'sharingFn' event has been broadcast.

$rootScope.$broadcast from controller and $scope.$on in directive is not working 1.2x version

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