AngularJS RouteProvider Resolve Example

var app = angular.module('plunker', []);

/*
angular.module('controllers', [])
    .controller('myCtrl', [function($scope, resolvedVal) { $scope.answer = resolvedVal; }]);
*/

app.config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
        $routeProvider
          .when('/resolveView', {
            templateUrl: 'resolveView.html',
            controller: 'resolveCtrl',
            resolve: {
                resolvedVal: function() {
                  console.log('a');
                    return 'Karl';
                }
            }}
          );
    }]);
    
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $location) {
});

app.controller('resolveCtrl', function($scope, resolvedVal) {
  console.log('b');
  console.log(resolvedVal);
  
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="angular.js@1.0.x" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.js" data-semver="1.0.7"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
   
   <a href="#/resolveView">Resolve View</a>
   
   <div ng-view></div>
    
  </body>

</html>

/* Put your css in here */

a {
  color: blue;
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

ul li  ul {
  display: none;
}

.open { 
   display: block; 
}

 <p>Hello </p>