AngularJS - Need some combination of $routeChangeStart and $locationChangeStart

One approach that comes to mind is trying to use the resolve parameter for this:

var resolver = function(access) {  return {    load: function($q) {      if (access) { // fire $routeChangeSuccess        var deferred = $q.defer();        deferred.resolve();        return deferred.promise;      } else { // fire $routeChangeError        return $q.reject("/login");      }    }  }}$routeProvider.  when('/login', { controller: 'LoginCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/login.html', resolve: resolver(false)}).  when('/home', { controller: 'HomeCtrl', templateUrl: '/app/partial/home.html', resolve: resolver(true)}).  otherwise({ redirectTo: '/login' });

Please note that I haven't tested the code above but I'm doing similar stuff in my projects.

I faced the same situation myself and my solution was aligned with what the OP intended to do.

I use the $locationChangeStart event and the $route service. By accessing $route.routes, I get a hold of all route objects defined with $routeProvider.

.run(function($rootScope, $route, $location) {  $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function(ev, next, current) {    // We need the path component of `next`. We can either process `next` and     // spit out its path component, or simply use $location.path(). I go with    // the latter.    var nextPath = $location.path();    var nextRoute = $route.routes[nextPath]    console.log(nextRoute.access); // There you go!  });})

To parse the path component out of an absolute URL:

var urlParsingNode = document.createElement('a');urlParsingNode.href = next;  // say, next = 'http://www.abc.com/foo?name=joeconsole.log(urlParsingNode.pathname)  // returns "/foo"

Since version 1.3.0 you can actually use the newly introduced preventDefault-method. With that you can cancel the current route change and then apply your own custom redirect as shown in this github-issue:

$rootScope.$on("$routeChangeStart", function (event, next, current) {    if (next.access) {      event.preventDefault();      $rootScope.$evalAsync(function() {        $location.path('/login');      });    }});

I implemented this method in my own project and it works perfectly. Hope it helps anyone else who stumbles across it.