Angular Routing and Bootstrap Navbar - angularjs

Question

I have problems getting the bootstrap navbar + angular routing to work. I don't understand what is going on since a very similar code on another app is working.
I have the following html in my index.html
<div ng-controller="CoreController as core">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">myApplication</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li ng-class="core.navHome">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></li>
<li ng-class="core.navStatistic">Statistic</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div>
<!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>
<!-- angular templating -->
<!-- this is where content will be injected -->
<div ng-view></div>
</div>
my app.js:
$routeProvider.when('/', { templateUrl: 'templates/home.html', controller: 'MainController', controllerAs: 'main' });
$routeProvider.when('/statistic', { templateUrl: 'templates/statistic.html', controller: 'StatisticController', controllerAs: 'statistic' });
// Default route
$routeProvider.otherwise({ redirectTo: '/' });
When I hit the statistic link, my URL shows:
http://localhost/myApplication/#!/#statistic
and I get see the home template.
The home button then shows "http://localhost/myApplication/#!/"
Is the #! the reason for this?

Answer 1

Ok after some research I found out that I this code worked for angular < 1.6.
To make the above code work in 1.6 you have to get ridd of the #! by adding this to the config:
$locationProvider.hashPrefix('');
Here is the original Post.