Angularjs: location.path() not working?

When using ui-router or ng-route, it is possible that redirect ($location.path, $state.path) not work properly. To fix the issue, using the following:

//1. add $rootScope to wrap:
$rootScope.$apply(function() {
  $location.path('/login');
});
//2. or in a new digest:
$timeout(function() {
  $scope.$apply(function() {
    $location.path('/login');
  });
}, 0);
//3. or using window.location directly:
window.location.href="/login";

angularjs: locationChangeSuccess

Can AngularJS listen for $locationChangeSuccess on refresh? 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:

  app.run(function($rootScope) {
     $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function () {
       console.log('$locationChangeSuccess changed!', new Date());
     });
  });