How to trigger an event only when the user changes the URL?

Question

I am working on a Chrome extension, I want to detect when the user has typed a URL. I know about:

chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(eventLisenerObj.onUpdated         


        

Answer 1

You can have a look at $locationChangeSuccess.

You can get the path like this:

var loc = $location.path();

Then on change of loc you can attach your function.