Ionic disable-enable Back Button action

There is one service provided for enabling-disabling the back button, in ionic cordova app.


https://gist.github.com/mircobabini/689955216a036544d594

.service( 'HardwareBackButtonManager', function($ionicPlatform){
  this.deregister = undefined;

  this.disable = function(){
    this.deregister = $ionicPlatform.registerBackButtonAction(function(e){
 e.preventDefault();
 return false;
    }, 101);
  }

  this.enable = function(){
    if( this.deregister !== undefined ){
      this.deregister();
      this.deregister = undefined;
    }
  }
  return this;
})

// usage
.controller( 'YourController', function( 'HardwareBackButtonManager' ){
 HardwareBackButtonManager.disable();
 
 // re-enable it when you want,
 HardwareBackButtonManager.enable();
})

// usage

.controller( 'YourController', function( 'HardwareBackButtonManager' ){
 HardwareBackButtonManager.disable();
 
 // re-enable it when you want,
 HardwareBackButtonManager.enable();
})