Angular $scope variable not updating

Question

In my angular, I define a scope variable $scope.letter_content. When the view is loaded, I load string from my database and set it to $scope.letter_conten

Answer 1

I had very similar but even weirder problem where I was updating one of my scope variables using the response from an HTTP call, surprisingly, my view will not update unless I make another HTTP call and by another I mean any other random HTTP call.

Using the $apply worked for me,

$scope.$apply(function () {
     $scope.resultData.totalResults = response.data.total;
});