onInactive

Called when the page becomes inactive. At this point the form's data is cleared (clearData).

Parameters: None

Returns: No return value — this is a callback, so its return value isn't used.

Description

Called when the user navigates to another page and leaves this one. It's the right moment for cleanup work before the screen goes away — unsubscribing, saving temporary state, and the like.

Example

function onInactive() {
  $log.i("page inactive, data will be cleared");
  $vm.unsubscribeData("liveTicker");
}

Related and cautions

warning

There is a similarly named onInactivate, but it too is an unfinished event that nothing actually calls. Always write code that reacts to leaving a page in onInactive.

The form's data is cleared immediately after this event, so handle any value you need to preserve inside this function.

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