Ion-slides 1.2.1 $watch not working

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Ion-slides 1.2.1 ionic. How to get active slide?

Tried a watch on the slider. Didnt work. What worked for me is this. $scope.swiperOptions = { /* Whatever options */ effect: 'slide', initialSlide: 0, /* Initialize a scope variable with the swiper */ onInit: function(swiper){ $scope.swiper = swiper; }, onSlideChangeEnd: function(swiper){ console.log('The active index is ' + swiper.activeIndex); } }; HTML <ion-slides slider="swiper" options="swiperOptions"> <ion-slide-page><h1>TEST HEADER 1</h1></ion-slide-page> <ion-slide-page><h1>TEST HEADE…