# Same State for different App Tabbar sections

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/same-state-for-different-app-tabbar-sections/3234>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [April 21, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/same-state-for-different-app-tabbar-sections/3234 "2014-04-21T16:50:14Z")\
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@NeoGeneration, I’m afraid @Calendee is right, it doesn’t seem like it’s possible. Because of the way that the states and view are set up, you’ll need to duplicate your state and define a new outlet for the view.

To my understanding of ui-router, I think this is the only way to do it.

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