$state.go in Ionic with ion-nav-view does not work

Question

I have started an Ionic Tabs project. Now I have a button "initiateProcess" that I call with ng-click and within the controller it performs some operations and then finishes it with going to a certain state (tab.target) with state.go or state.transitionTo.

However, when I don't include that state in my tabs.html, the state will not be loaded. When I do include it, then state.go works fine. This state is independent (can be seen as a child state but not per se) and I don't want it to show in my tabs.

What is going on?

tabs.html (without the tab.target)

<!--
Create tabs with an icon and label, using the tabs-positive style.
Each tab's child <ion-nav-view> directive will have its own
navigation history that also transitions its views in and out.
-->
<ion-tabs class="tabs-icon-top tabs-color-active-positive">


  <!-- Dashboard Tab -->
  <ion-tab title="Status" icon-off="ion-ios7-pulse" icon-on="ion-ios7-pulse-strong" href="#/tab/dash">
    <ion-nav-view name="tab-dash"></ion-nav-view>
  </ion-tab>

  // when I include here Target Tab with <ion-nav-view name = "tab.target" ... then it works


  <!-- Account Tab -->
  <ion-tab title="Account" icon-off="ion-ios7-gear-outline" icon-on="ion-ios7-gear" href="#/tab/account">
    <ion-nav-view name="tab-account"></ion-nav-view>
  </ion-tab>


</ion-tabs>

app.js

// Ionic Starter App

// angular.module is a global place for creating, registering and retrieving Angular modules
// 'starter' is the name of this angular module example (also set in a <body> attribute in index.html)
// the 2nd parameter is an array of 'requires'
// 'starter.services' is found in services.js
// 'starter.controllers' is found in controllers.js
angular.module('starter', ['ionic', 'ngCordova', 'ionic.utils', 'starter.controllers', 'starter.controllers-cloaking', 'starter.services'])

.run(function($ionicPlatform) {
  $ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
    // Hide the accessory bar by default (remove this to show the accessory bar above the keyboard
    // for form inputs)
    if (window.cordova && window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard) {
      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(true);
    }
    if (window.StatusBar) {
      // org.apache.cordova.statusbar required
      StatusBar.styleDefault();
    }
  });
})

.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

  // Ionic uses AngularUI Router which uses the concept of states
  // Learn more here: https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router
  // Set up the various states which the app can be in.
  // Each state's controller can be found in controllers.js
  $stateProvider

  // setup an abstract state for the tabs directive
    .state('tab', {
    url: "/tab",
    abstract: true,
    templateUrl: "templates/tabs.html"
  })

  // Each tab has its own nav history stack:
  .state('tab.dash', {
    url: '/dash',
    views: {
      'tab-dash': {
        templateUrl: 'templates/tab-dash.html',
        controller: 'DashCtrl'
      }
    }
  })

  .state('tab.target', {
    url: '/target',
    views: {
      'tab-target': {
        templateUrl: 'templates/tab-target.html',
        controller: 'TargetCtrl'
      }
    }
  })

  .state('tab.account', {
    url: '/account',
    views: {
      'tab-account': {
        templateUrl: 'templates/tab-account.html',
        controller: 'AccountCtrl'
      }
    }
  });

  // if none of the above states are matched, use this as the fallback
  $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/tab/dash');

});

function in DashController ($state has been injected)

 $scope.initiateProcess = function() {

        // some stuff

        $state.go('tab.target')

    }

button in tab-dash.html

<button class="button button-balanced" ng-click="initiateProcess()">
     Go to Target
    </button>

Can you check your console to see if it throws any errors or warnings? — Arsalan Ahmad
check your errors. Usually there is one list that list your filename, and its error. You can ignore the default ionic errors like this :(localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:7888:12). — vdj4y
I don't see any errors. The thing is that it works as long as I include in my tabs.html the ion-nav-view name="tab.target" — AMG
well, tabs in ionic needs name. it matches the name of views in your app.js... .let me put in proper format — vdj4y

vdj4y vdj4y · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-22T13:27:42

check if your router really work by disabling the $urlRouterProvider.otherwise() . Because it will automatically route you back to tab.dash, which seems like the router is error.

if your url does change to tabs/target/, which mean your router indeed work correctly. try this.

   <ion-tab title="Status" icon-off="ion-ios7-pulse" icon-on="ion-ios7-pulse-strong" href="#/tab/target">
        <ion-nav-view name="tab-target"></ion-nav-view>
      </ion-tab>

.state('tab.target', {
    url: '/target',
   'tab-target': {
      templateUrl: 'templates/tab-target.html',
      controller: 'TargetCtrl'
    }
  })

ion-nav-view is like UIViewController in ios. it is container for your view. If you decide to name it, then you must match the name of views in $stateProvider. Basically ionic is confused where do you want to show tabs.target, because there is no matching container

$state.go in Ionic with ion-nav-view does not work

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