How to $watch state change of $stateProvider in AngularJS?

Question

I know that I can run:

scope.$watch(someItem, function(){})

But I can\'t figure out a way to watch over change of $state.$current.nam

Answer 1

This works:

$scope.$watch(function(){
    return $state.$current.name
}, function(newVal, oldVal){
    //do something with values
})