Difference between $state.transitionTo() and $state.go() in Angular ui-router
Are you referring to the AngularUI Router? If so, the wiki specifies the differences:
$state.go(to [, toParams] [, options])
Returns a Promise representing the state of the transition.
Convenience method for transitioning to a new state.
$state.go
calls$state.transitionTo
internally but automatically sets options to{ location: true, inherit: true, relative: $state.$current, notify: true }
. This allows you to easily use an absolute or relative to path and specify only the parameters you'd like to update (while letting unspecified parameters inherit from the current state).$state.transitionTo(to, toParams [, options])
Returns a Promise representing the state of the transition.
Low-level method for transitioning to a new state.
$state.go()
usestransitionTo
internally.$state.go()
is recommended in most situations.
$state.transitionTo
transite to a new state. In most cases, you don't have to use it, you may prefer $state.go
.
It takes some parameters in an options
object:
location
: Iftrue
will update the url in the location bar, iffalse
will not. If string"replace"
, will update url and also replace last history record.inherit
: Iftrue
will inherit url parameters from current url.relative
(stateObject, defaultnull
): When transitioning with relative path (e.g '^'), defines which state to be relative from.notify
: Iftrue
, will broadcast$stateChangeStart
and$stateChangeSuccess
events.reload
: Iftrue
will force transition even if the state or params have not changed, aka a reload of the same state.
$state.go
is a sort of shortcut that call $state.transitionTo
with default options:
location
:true
inherit
:true
relative
:$state.$current
notify
:true
reload
:false
It is more convenient as the synthax is simpler. You can call it only with a state name.
$state.go('home');