I am experiencing an issue with updating an array in a service and watching for changes. I have a function in a directive-based controller that updates the array in the service. However, the watch function is not being triggered in the link function of the second directive. I am trying to update the scope of a variable in the second directive so that it reflects the changes made by the first directive function in the service.
The Service
var productServices = angular.module('productServices', ['ngResource']);
productServices.factory('PlayerListS', [function() {
var playerList = [];
function getList() {
console.log(playerList);
return playerList;
}
function addToList(name) {
playerList.push(name);
}
return {
addToList :addToList,
getList: getList
}
}]);
The Directives
'use strict';
bands.directive("player",['PlayerListS', function (PlayerlistS) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
scope: {
person:'@person',
add:'&add'
},
replace: false,
templateUrl: "partials/player.html",
controller: function($scope, $element, $compile) {
$scope.playerList = ["A", "B"];
$scope.add = function(name) {
PlayerlistS.addToList(name);
PlayerlistS.getList();
}
},
link: function(scope, el, attrs) {
}
};
}]);
bands.directive("playerList", ['PlayerListS', function (PlayerlistS) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
replace: false,
template: "<p>Test</p>",
controller: function($scope, $element, $compile) {
},
link: function($scope, $el,$attrs) {
console.log('added');
var x = PlayerlistS.getList()
/*THIS IS WHERE THE WATCH IS HAPPENING*/
$scope.$watch('x', function (newVal, oldVal) {
console.log("CHANGED");
}, true);
}
};
}]);
The Controller
var bands = angular.module('bands', []);
bands.controller('ViewHousesCtrl', ['$scope', '$element', '$routeParams', '$q',
function ViewHousesCtrl($scope, $element, $routeParams, $q) {
$scope.playerLis = ["A","B","C"];
}]);
HTML
<player ng-show="true" person="RandomName" add="add()"></player>
<player-list ng-show="true" ng-repeat="a in playerLis"></player-list>