I have seen a few exmaples on stack overflow about this ng-init issue, although I cant seem to find one which references it with the use of a controller.
I have called the function in the controller by having the following in the html file
<div class="tab-container" ng-controller = "ExampleController" ng-init = "init()" >
In the controller:
$scope.init = function(){
alert("do something");
};
It does run, but it runs before the components have loaded on the screen.
Am i missing something?
Thanks
ng-init is supposed to work like this, because it's used to initialize data.
A very simple example:
<ul ng-init="list = [1,2,3,4]">
<li ng-repeat="l in list"></li>
</ul>
If you are trying to run something while your controller loads, it's actually much simpler than you thought:
app.controller('mainCtrl', function ($scope) {
var init = function ($scope) {
// do whatever you need to do to initialize your controller
$scope.someData = ["Hey", "I'm", "Alive"]
$scope.otherData = localStorage.getItem('myBackup')
}
init()
})
Or even simpler, if you don't need the function (no closures or whatever)
app.controller('mainCtrl', function ($scope) {
// do whatever you need to do to initialize your controller
$scope.someData = ["Hey", "I'm", "Alive"]
$scope.otherData = localStorage.getItem('myBackup')
})
Edit - assuming you're using ngView:
To have the code run on when the page is fully loaded you should set a watcher on the event $viewContentLoaded, like this:
$scope.$on('$viewContentLoaded', function(){
//Here your view content is fully loaded !!
});
app.controller('mainCtrl', function ($scope) {
// This event is triggered when the view has finished loading
$scope.$on('$viewContentLoaded', function() {
$scope.someData = ["Hey", "I'm", "Alive"]
$scope.otherData = localStorage.getItem('myBackup')
})
})