Window orientationchange event in Angular

Question

Is there a way to call the orientationchange event inside an AngularJS directive?

I'm currently working with angular-masonry and I'm trying to update/refresh masonry when the orientation of the mobile device changes.

I've found this but I'm wondering how to do this with the $window service inside Angular

window.addEventListener("orientationchange", function() {
  // Announce the new orientation number
  console.log(window.orientation);
}, false);

Breakdown

Answer 1

angular.element($window).bind('orientationchange', function () {

});

Nought

Thx, easier than I thought! – Breakdown

Ofc don't forget to inject $window in your controller ! – Tananarive

But there is something very strange, 'orientationchange" is fire before the screen width change ... So if I execute something just after 'orientationchange' and try to get the new width it doesn't work, give me the old one. – Tananarive

Don't forget to add $scope.$apply(); – Jessy

Answer 2

Hope this helps. Attach directive as attr, to body. Tested with IPhone 5.

'use strict';

angular.module('appModuleNameHere')
    .directive('DirPrefixNameOrientationChange', ['$rootScope',function ($state) {
    return {
        restrict: 'A',
        replace: true,
        link: function postLink($scope, element, attrs) {

            element.bind('orientationchange', function () {
                $state.go($state.current, {}, {reload: true});
            });

        }
    };
}]);

Righthanded

This solution helped me in my map directive. Thx =D – Elkeelkhound

Answer 3

I implemented it this way:

$window.addEventListener('orientationchange', function() {
  your code here
}, false);

What do you think?

Comments are welcome.

Deirdra