Normally you don't have to 'wait' for data to return because one of two (at least) things will have happened: $http returns which will kick off Angular's digest cycle and THEN controller actions will be kicked off and whatever you'd like to show will show AND/OR you have a promise on the $http return call where you can do whatever handling you want.
Mo On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 10:58:41 AM UTC-4, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: > > so, I have a service that gets an array from $http. I also have a find() > method which searches said array > > the trouble is that a controller is firing off the find() method before > the array is populated > > how can I make the find() method either wait until the data is resolved ? > I have tried using $q, promise etc but can't get consistent results > > thanks > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AngularJS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/angular. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
