Reinitialize an Angular.js controller

Question

if you have a controller to manipulate $scope variables in Angular.js, is there an idiomatic way to:

• reset the controller\'s $scope, and
• restart contr

Answer 1

If you are using angular-ui-router then you should do it in this way:

myapp.Controller('SampleController', function($state) {

    $scope.navigate = function (stateName) {
        if ($state.is(stateName)) {
            $state.reload();
        } else {
            $state.go(stateName);
        }
    }
});