I'm using the Ionic framework which uses AngularJS and I can't access my input field "groupName" in my controller, I just get "undefined".

I thought using ng-model would inject it in the scope of my controller?

<ion-pane>
<ion-header-bar align-title="left" class="bar-positive">
    <div class="buttons">
        <button class="button" ng-click="saveNewGroup()">Save</button>
    </div>
</ion-header-bar>
<ion-content>
    <div class="list">
        <label class="item item-input">
            <input type="text" placeholder="Name" ng-model="groupName">
        </label>
    </div>
</ion-content>

And the code in my controller:

$scope.saveNewGroup = function() {
    console.log($scope.groupName); // prints "undefined" all the time
};