Cannot override nested state resolve values

[chadcallahan]

If I have my states defined as such:

$stateProvider
    .state('test', {
        url: '/test',
        controller: TestController,
        resolve: {
            testValue: function () {
                return 0;
            }
        }
    })
    .state('test.nested', {
        url: '/nested',
        resolve: {
            testValue: function () {
                return 1;
            }
        }
    })

And a controller as such:

function TestController (testValue) {
    console.log(testValue)
}

The controller always traces out a value of 0 for testValue, regardless of whether I navigate to /test or /test/nested. It seems the resolve values in nested states are not overriding the resolve values in the parent state.

[ksperling]

Thats definitely meant to work, will have a look

[ksperling]

Ah, just noticing that your controller is defined on the parent state. A controller is only ever going to see 'resolve' values form it's own state and their ancestors. The controller isn't re-created when a child state is entered, so it does not make sense for it to see 'resolve' values of children.

A controller defined in 'test.nested' should see 'testValue' = 1

[chadcallahan]

I tried to define the same controller in the nested state, but still have the same issue. I added an onEnter function to the nested state to be sure it was hitting the nested state, and it was, but I still always get 0 returned from the testValue resolve. From what I read on the documentation, I expected the resolve to be overridden by the nested state..

"Child states inherit views (templates/controllers) and resolved dependencies from parent state(s), which they can override."

[ksperling]

Are you sure your nested controller is actually being created? I.e. does your template for the parent state's view contain a nested ui-view tag for the nested view to be created in?