Why setting $window.location.href does not work when set inside a promise?

Question

I send request to the server and want conditionally redirect to another page (not angular) after response is received. Thus navigation happens inside then part of a promise.

I tried:

$location.path(url)

and

$window.location.href = url;
$windo.location.reload();

nothing works.

But if I wrap either of these two calls with setTimeout(navigate,0) redirection occurs.
Seems like Angular guards url during digest cycle.

Can anyone clarify or share the links explaining what really happens.

Answer 1

After doing the change, and before ending the promise handler, try doing:

$scope.$$phase || $scope.$apply();

That should populate the changes.