View Does Not Show When Navigating Back To It

ionic-v1
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I have a button that when clicked takes me back to my “home” view, this is what I have tried

<a ng-click="goToView('home')"><button>(Cancel) Back to home</button></a>

and

<a href="#/homePage"><button>(Cancel) Back to homePage.html</button></a>

my function

$scope.goToView = function(view){
	console.log($state.go(view));
	$state.go(view);
}

and my view in the routing

.state('home', {
url: '/homePage',
views: {
  'homePageContent': {
    templateUrl: 'homePage.html',
    controller: 'homePageCtrl'
  }
}

})

when clicking on the relevant buttons the view is navigated to properly in the url however the relevant view is not shown, what am I missing out on?