bug: Livereload via "ionic serve" does not work properly (loosing back button, state etc.)

[ibuziuk]

Type: bug

Platform: desktop browser

Hey, guys.
I have faced an issue coupled with LiveReload via "ionic serve". Apparently, this is ionic refresh side-effect (seems that ionic looses state on refresh). Here is the one of many scenarios of how one can repro it.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create the default tabs app (ionic start myApp tabs)
2. Start the app with LiveReload server (ionic serve)
3. Navigate to "Friends" -> "Scruff McGruff"
4. Open 'www/templates/friend-detail.html' in some editor
5. Add something inside tag (e.g. Livereload breakage) and save changes
   ERROR - "Back button" lost. "Friends" tab is broken (showing Scruff McGruff only)

Here is a short demo video - http://screencast.com/t/MibRQci9y

[Ionitron]

If the entire app is refresh, it'll no longer have a history of previous views, which is why the back button no longer shows.

[ibuziuk]

@Ionitron I see. But is there are any way to perform 'smart' refresh (with history saving)?

[mtpultz]

A useful feature would involve being able to set a config variable that resets to specific state on livereload. Depending on what you are trying to achieve when working through the application. Sometimes I'm just working on a single page and the loss of history doesn't matter, but in other cases this function defeats the purpose of livereload since I have to go and change the URL back to my base domain, or to a specific state.

[holographix]

+1
it would be very useful to have this addressed

[mhartington]

This would be an issue bring up on the cli repo, not the framework.

[digeff]

+1

[burithetech]

+1