Angular::Turbolinks
Add angular-turbolinks and turbolinks to your Gemfile
gem "turbolinks"
gem "angular-turbolinks"
Add angular-turbolinks to your sprockets
//= require angular-turbolinks
Add 'ngTurbolinks' and 'ngRoute' to your angular.module
var app = angular.module('...', [..., 'ngRoute', 'ngTurbolinks'])
Make sure HTML5 mode is enabled...
app.config([
"$locationProvider", function($locationProvider) {
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}
]);
Move angular bootstrapping to turbolinks event
$(document).on('ready page:load', ->
angular.bootstrap($("body"), ['app'])
).on('page:before-change', ->
angular.element("body").scope().$broadcast("$destroy")
)
TODO
- add support for turbolinks redirection logic
Caveats
- This is a first stab just to try to get around the '10 $digest() iterations reached using $locationWatch' errors I was receiving when using turbolinks with angular
- This approach uses the angular $location/$locationProvider services for click tracking and pushState, steals the $locationChangeStart event and runs the changed url through turbolinks methods
- Does not support any of the turbolinks caching
- Eventually im hoping angular $locationWatch can play nice with external plugins using pushState...