Resolve not resolved before loading controller - angularjs

Question

I am trying to fetch the value from server side before any controller loads. I am using resolvers to achieve this. Since fetched value needs to be visible to all controllers I extended routeConfig on the following way:
'use strict';
angular.module('myApp', [.....]).
config(['$routeProvider', function ($routeProvider) {
var universalResolves = {
user: function(User, $q, $rootScope) {
var deffered = $q.defer();
User.query({},
function (users) {
deffered.resolve(
$rootScope.activeUser = users[0]
)
}, function(){
deffered.reject();
}
);
return deffered.$promise;
}
};
var customRouteProvider = angular.extend({}, $routeProvider, {
when: function(path, route) {
route.resolve = (route.resolve) ? route.resolve : {};
angular.extend(route.resolve, universalResolves);
$routeProvider.when(path, route);
return this;
}
});
customRouteProvider.when('/users', {
templateUrl: 'partials/users.html',
controller: 'UserController'
});
customRouteProvider.otherwise({redirectTo: '/home'});
}]);
But when I try to print activeUser from the controller I am getting 'undefined'.
.controller('UserController', ['$scope', function ($scope) {
console.log($scope.activeUser.id);
.....
};
Here I am getting the following error:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'id' of undefined.
Why the value is not resolved before loading controller?

Answer 1

There is no such property $promise of deferred object, it is promise:
user: function(User, $q, $rootScope) {
var deffered = $q.defer();
User.query({}, function(users) {
deffered.resolve($rootScope.activeUser = users[0]);
}, function() {
deffered.reject();
});
return deffered.promise;
// ^ don't put $ here
}
Also it's better to inject resolved user to controller then using $rootScope:
.controller('UserController', ['$scope', 'user', function ($scope, activeUser) {
console.log(activeUser.id);
};
An finally just for better codding style, this assignment
$rootScope.activeUser = users[0]
is a little confusing. It's more readable:
$rootScope.activeUser = users[0];
deffered.resolve(users[0]);