How to use browser.getCurrentUrl() in a protractor test?

Question

I have been struggling with these lines of Protractor code today:

element(by.linkText(\"People\")).click();
browser.waitForAngular();        
var url = brows         


        

Answer 1

Instead of waitForAngular() call, wait for the URL to change:

browser.wait(function() {
  return browser.getCurrentUrl().then(function(url) {
    return /index/.test(url);
  });
}, 10000, "URL hasn't changed"); 

Originally suggested by @juliemr at UnknownError: javascript error: document unloaded while waiting for result.

Answer 2

This piece of code works correctly

var handlePromise = browser.driver.getAllWindowHandles();
handlePromise.then(function (handles) {
    // parentHandle = handles[0];
    var popUpHandle = handles[1];

    // Change to new handle
    browser.driver.switchTo().window(popUpHandle).then(function() {
        return browser.getCurrentUrl().then(function(url) {
            console.log("URL= "+ url);
        });
    })
});