(Angular-ui-router) Show loading animation during resolve process

Question

This is a two part question:

1. I am using the resolve property inside $stateProvider.state() to grab certain server data before loading the controller. How wo

Answer 1

How about adding content to the div that will be filled by ui-router once the properties have resolved?

In your index.html

    Loading....

The user will now see "Loading..." while the properties are resolved. Once everything is ready the content will be replace by ui-router with your apps content.