Clicking the device back button closes the app instead of going back to previous page

Question

If click any ion-item it open the desired page but if i click device back button it close the app rather than going back to previous page in android:

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Answer 1

It is the menu-close attribute in the side menu that clears the history. You could experiment by replacing it with menu-toggle="left". That will still close the side bar but keep the history.

I ended up overriding the behaviour for the HW back key like below. It sends the user to the starting view before exiting the app when pressing back. Note that I still use the menu-close attribute in the side menu. Also note I happen to store the start url in window.localStorage["start_view"] because it can change in my app. Hope it can help/inspire someone else with this problem.

$ionicPlatform.registerBackButtonAction(function(event) {
    if ($ionicHistory.backView() == null && $ionicHistory.currentView().url != window.localStorage["start_view"]) {
      // Goto start view
      console.log("-> Going to start view instead of exiting");
      $ionicHistory.currentView($ionicHistory.backView()); // to clean history.
      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
        $location.path(window.localStorage["start_view"]);
      });
    } else if ($ionicHistory.backView() == null && $ionicHistory.currentView().url == window.localStorage["start_view"]) {
      console.log("-> Exiting app");
      navigator.app.exitApp();
    } else {
      // Normal back
      console.log("-> Going back");
      $ionicHistory.goBack();
    }
  }, 100);