AngularJS - Need some combination of $routeChangeStart and $locationChangeStart

Question

My problem is actually very similar to the one found here:

AngularJs - cancel route change event

In short, I\'m using $routeChangeStart and trying to change

Answer 1

Since version 1.3.0 you can actually use the newly introduced preventDefault-method. With that you can cancel the current route change and then apply your own custom redirect as shown in this github-issue:

$rootScope.$on("$routeChangeStart", function (event, next, current) {
    if (next.access) {
      event.preventDefault();
      $rootScope.$evalAsync(function() {
        $location.path('/login');
      });
    }
});

I implemented this method in my own project and it works perfectly. Hope it helps anyone else who stumbles across it.