Going back programmatically

ionic-v1
1

How can I go back (emulating the ion-nav-back-button action) programmatically in my controller? I want to do this in case of error of a http call.

Just to clarify: I don’t want to go to parent state, I want to go to the previous one.

2 
function SomeController($scope, $ionicNavBarDelegate) {
  var goBack = function() {
    $ionicNavBarDelegate.back();
  }
}

Reference could be found here: http://ionicframework.com/docs/api/service/$ionicNavBarDelegate/

3

Thanks! Sorry for my lousy previous-asking search…

4

No problemo :slight_smile: Was pretty busy so couldn’t write a decent answer, but thought you’d be happier with a very short to the point answer than with waiting few hours and get a polite answer haha :stuck_out_tongue:

5

Another option could be:

function() {
        var backView = $ionicViewService.getBackView();
        if(backView){
            backView.go();
        }else{
            //Can’t go back, no back view
        }
    };

Does anybody know which one is best way of doing it?

Regards,
  Rafa.

6

It depends on your goal really. If you “just” want to move back in history, the solution with the $ionicNavBarDelegate should be fine. But if you want to control what happens based on the previous view, the $ionicViewService is the way to go!

function SomeController($scope, $ionicNavBarDelegate) {
  //Just go back
  var goBack = function() {
    $ionicNavBarDelegate.back();
  }

  //Go back conditionally
  var goBackIfWeCameFromHomeView = function(){
       var backView = $ionicViewService.getBackView();
        if(backView == homeview ){ //optimize this check so it's actually correct
            backView.go();
        }else{
            alert('We didn't come from the homeview so you shouldn't have used this method');
            //Or something else what you would want to do.
        }
    }
}
7

Looks like back() has been deprecated.

$ionicNavBarDelegate.back();

I get the following error when calling back()
TypeError: Illegal invocation
at deprecatedWarning (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:47077:13)
at IonicModule.controller.self.back

8

I get the depreciated error too, it gives this warning:

warn navBarController.back() is deprecated, please use $ionicHistory.goBack() instead

Currently the cleanest way of going back programmatically IMO:

// run this function when either hard or soft back button is pressed
var doCustomBack = function() {
    console.log("custom BACK");
};

// override soft back
// framework calls $rootScope.$ionicGoBack when soft back button is pressed
var oldSoftBack = $rootScope.$ionicGoBack;
$rootScope.$ionicGoBack = function() {
    doCustomBack();
};
var deregisterSoftBack = function() {
    $rootScope.$ionicGoBack = oldSoftBack;
};

// override hard back
// registerBackButtonAction() returns a function which can be used to deregister it
var deregisterHardBack = $ionicPlatform.registerBackButtonAction(
    doCustomBack, 101
);

// cancel custom back behaviour
$scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
    deregisterHardBack();
    deregisterSoftBack();
});

Then in your doCustomBack() you can $state.go('app.somewhere')

Reference: Ionic override all BACK button behaviour for specific controller - Stack Overflow