When using $state.href inside a resolve, it returns null at first

[dietergeerts]

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• [ ] Feature Request
• [ ] General Query

My version of UI-Router is:

    "@uirouter/angularjs": "1.0.3",
    "@uirouter/core": "5.0.3",
    "@uirouter/dsr": "1.0.3",
    "@uirouter/sticky-states": "1.5.0",
    "@uirouter/visualizer": "6.0.0",

Bug Report

Current Behavior:

When doing this in a resolve: (I added logs to find out what is going on)

        resolve: {
          /**
           * @function
           * @param {StateService} $state
           * @returns {string}
           */
          presentationUrl($state) {
            'ngInject';

            console.log('###', $state.href('presentation-state')); // null
            setTimeout(() => {
              console.log('###', $state.href('presentation-state')); // null
            });
            setTimeout(() => {
              console.log('###', $state.href('presentation-state')); // '/app/presentation'
            }, 1000);

            return $state.href('presentation-state'); // null
          },
        },

Note that this happens on a page reload, so my guess is that something is not yet fully hooked up?

Expected Behavior:

I expect that in a resolve, we can already use the href function. If this is not the case, then having it return a promise will be more logical.

Link to Plunker or stackblitz that reproduces the issue:

( if you want a response to your issue, provide a way to reproduce it ) ( http://bit.ly/UIR-Plunk1 ) ( https://stackblitz.com/edit/ui-router-angularjs )

This can't be reproduced in a plunker, because the reloading of a page can't be replicated in it, and as said above, it is then that the error happens.

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