init() vs OnInit in angular 1.5

[S kumar]

We are migrating from angular 1.x to 1.5 and we do  have init() functions in all the controllers, as we have lifecycle hooks available in angular 1.5 , I just moved all the code from init() to

vm.$onInit() method. We usually put all the initialization stuff in init function before angular 1.5.   Is there difference between init() and $onInit() ? Am I doing anything wrong ?

Thanks in Advance

[Sander Elias]

Hi S,

There was no 'init' support in angular before $oninit. So the main difference is that angular calls the $onInit automatically when it needs it, and you needed to cal your init() functions yourself.

Regards

Sander

[S kumar]

Thank you