<aura:component implements="force:appHostable" >

    <aura:handler event="force:refreshView" action="{! c.viewRefreshed }" />
    <aura:dependency resource="markup://force:editRecord" type="EVENT" />
    <c:SLDSButton label="Edit Account" onclick="{! c.editAccount }" />

</aura:component>

({
    viewRefreshed: function( cmp, evt, h ) {
        console.log('view refreshed!');
    },

    editAccount: function( cmp, evt,  h ) {
        $A.get('e.force:editRecord').setParams({ recordId: '0015800000EVo8nAAD' }).fire();
    }
})

<aura:component implements="force:appHostable" >
    <! -- did not work for home page -->
    <aura:handler name="onSaveSuccess" event="force:recordSaveSuccess" action="{!c.viewRefreshed}"/>
    <aura:handler event="force:showToast" action="{! c.viewRefreshed}" />
    <aura:dependency resource="markup://force:editRecord" type="EVENT" />
    <c:SLDSButton label="Edit Account" onclick="{! c.editAccount }" />
</aura:component>

<aura:component>
    <aura:attribute name="recordId" type="String" default="a02D0000006V8Ni"/>
    <aura:attribute name="saveState" type="String" default="UNSAVED" />
    <aura:handler name="onSaveSuccess" event="force:recordSaveSuccess" action="{!c.handleSaveSuccess}"/>

    <c:sldsModal aura:id="modal">
        <force:recordEdit aura:id="edit" recordId="{!v.recordId}" />
        <ui:button label="Save" press="{!c.save}"/>
        <ui:button label="Cancel" press="{!c.cancel}"/>
    </c:sldsmodal>

</aura:component>

({
    save : function(cmp, event) {
        // Save the record
        cmp.find("edit").get("e.recordSave").fire();
    },

    handleSaveSuccess : function(cmp, event) {
        // get called once save is done
    },

    cancel : function(cmp, event) {
        // hide the slds modal
    },

})