how do return the $state.current.name from ui-router statechange

Question

I would like to return the .state(\'name\') when I change location in angular.

From my run() it can return the $state object:

Answer 1

You can listen for '$stateChangeSuccess' and set state accrodingly. For example -

$rootScope.$on('$stateChangeSuccess',
  function(event, toState, toParams, fromState, fromParams) {
    $state.current = toState;
  }
)