How to check if an angularjs controller has been defined

Question

I\'ve got an app defined this way:

angular.module(\"myApp\", [...])
  .config(function ($stateProvider, $controllerProvider) {
    if (isControllerDefined(co         


        

Answer 1

Since angular 1.5.1 (not released yet at the time of writing), there is a new way to check whether a controller exists or not through the $ControllerProvider.has('MyCtrlName') method.

Github issue: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/13951

Github PR: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/pull/14109

Commit backported in 1.5.1 directly: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/bb9575dbd3428176216355df7b2933d2a72783cd

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Disclaimer: Since many people were interested by this feature, I made a PR, because I also need it is some of my projects. Have fun! :)

This PR has been based on @trekforever answer, thanks for the hint :)