how do return the $state.current.name from ui-router statechange

Question

I would like to return the .state('name') when I change location in angular.

From my run() it can return the $state object:

 .run(function($rootScope, Analytics, $location, $stateParams, $state) {
      console.log($state);

but when I try to get$state.current it is empty object

.run(function($rootScope, $location, $stateParams, $state) {

      console.log($state.current);

config example:

 .config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, AnalyticsProvider) {  
        $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/');
        $stateProvider
        .state('home', {
            url: '/',
            views: {
              '': {
                templateUrl: 'views/main.html',
                controller: 'MainCtrl'
              },
              'navigation@home': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/navigation.html',
                controller: 'NavigationCtrl'
              },
              'weekly@home': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/weekly.html',
                controller: 'WeeklyCtrl'
              },
              'sidepanel@home': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/side-panel.html',
                controller: 'SidePanelCtrl'
              },
              'shoppanel@home': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/shop-panel.html',
                controller: 'ShopPanelCtrl'
              },
              'footer@home': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/footer.html',
                controller: 'FooterCtrl'
              }
            }
          })

Solution 1

You can listen for '$stateChangeSuccess' and set state accrodingly. For example -

$rootScope.$on('$stateChangeSuccess',
  function(event, toState, toParams, fromState, fromParams) {
    $state.current = toState;
  }
)

Solution 2

As an alternative to Sandeep's solution, you can also do it this way:

angular.module('yourApp').run(['$rootScope', '$state',
    function ($rootScope, $state) {
        $rootScope.$state = $state;
    }
]);

Doing it this way, it only gets set once instead of on every stateChange. Basically you just store a reference to $state somewhere - I chose $rootScope just to keep this example simple.

Now in my code I can easily reference it like:

<div ng-show="$state.includes('accounting.dashboard')"></div>

and

<div>Current State: {{$state.current.name}}</div>

I also generally store $stateParams as well so I have even more information about the state (but I left it out of this example).

Solution 3

You can also try.

.controller('yourApp', function($scope,$state) {
  $scope.state = $state;

Now you can log it in your console.

console.log($state);

It should return the current state you are in.

Or you can call the scope in your html view like this.

{{state.current.name}}

It will also return de state you are in.