Also, try putting a dot in your model. As in, instead of looking at
$scope.value, do $scope.view.value

Angular in the past at least, had issues with watching primitive types on
the scope.

https://egghead.io/lessons/angularjs-the-dot

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Mark Volkmann <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Add a console.log inside the callback function for the watch to verify
> whether that is getting triggered. It seems like the ng-model isn't getting
> configured correctly.
>
> If that doesn't help, I suggest creating a plunk that demonstrates the
> problem.
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:33 PM, mark goldin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Nope, does not look like it works. With my version it gets into  
>> localData.add
>> when a view is loading. But with yours is not getting there at all.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Mark Volkmann <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have an input in your HTML with ng-model="eventDateFrom"?
>>> When you change the value of the input by typing a new value in the
>>> browser, does the watch get triggered?
>>> Oh, I think I see the problem. You need to pass a function to $watch
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> $scope.$watch('eventDateFrom', function (value) {
>>>   localData.add('eventDateFrom', value);
>>> });
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:02 PM, mark goldin <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> $scope.eventDateFrom = getFormattedDate(date);
>>>> localData.add("eventDateFrom", $scope.eventDateFrom); // Will properly
>>>> store key and value.
>>>>
>>>> $scope.$watch("eventDateFrom", localData.add("eventDateFrom",
>>>> $scope.eventDateFrom)); // will not trigger localData.add
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Mark Volkmann <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Show me your call to $scope.$watch.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:54 PM, mark goldin <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That is exactly what I am doing, but "equivalent of
>>>>>> setFavoriteNumber " is not getting called.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Mark Volkmann <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No. Set up the watch in your controller where you have access to
>>>>>>> $scope. Inject the service into that controller so you can call your
>>>>>>> equivalent of setFavoriteNumber in the watch callback function.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:50 AM, mark goldin <[email protected]
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where would I watch? Right in myDataSvc?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Mark Volkmann <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You could watch the scope property for changes and then pass the
>>>>>>>>> new value to the setFavoriteNumber method of the service. Something 
>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> $scope.$watch('myScopeProp', myDataSvc.setFavoriteNumber);
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM, mark goldin <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And that is what I kind of have. But my problem is that UI is
>>>>>>>>>> bound to $scope. When I select a new vlaue that value is not getting 
>>>>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>>>>> myDataSvc.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Mark Volkmann <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One way to do that is to put the data in a service and inject
>>>>>>>>>>> that service everywhere you need it. For example,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> myModule.factory('myDataSvc', function () {
>>>>>>>>>>>   var svc = {};
>>>>>>>>>>>   var favoriteNumber;
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>   svc.setFavoriteNumber = function (n) { favoriteNumber = n; };
>>>>>>>>>>>   svc.getFavoriteNumber = function () { return favoriteNumber; };
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>   return svc;
>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:35 AM, mark goldin <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have UI that is bound to some $scope values. When I go deeper
>>>>>>>>>>>> into my application I need to use values entered in UI. At some 
>>>>>>>>>>>> point data
>>>>>>>>>>>> that was put on $scope by UI is not available. How can I share data
>>>>>>>>>>>> collected from UI across the app?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
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