Perhaps this will help someone.
The solution, for me, was to make sure angular-mocks.js was loaded before my tests. If you’re not sure, you control the order in karma.conf.js under the following section:
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
files: [
// include files / patterns here
Next, to get my test to actually load my angular app, I had to do the following:
describe("hello world", function() {
var $rootScope;
var $controller;
beforeEach(module("YourAppNameHere"));
beforeEach(inject(function($injector) {
$rootScope = $injector.get('$rootScope');
$controller = $injector.get('$controller');
$scope = $rootScope.$new();
}));
beforeEach(inject(function($controller) {
YourControllerHere = $controller("YourControllerHere");
}));
it("Should say hello", function() {
expect(YourControllerHere.message).toBe("Hello");
});
});
And in your controller,
app.controller('YourControllerHere', function() {
this.message = "Hello";
});
Also, another way:
describe("YourControllerHere", function() {
var $scope;
var controller;
beforeEach(function() {
module("YourAppNameHere");
inject(function(_$rootScope_, $controller) {
$scope = _$rootScope_.$new();
controller = $controller("YourControllerHere", {$scope: $scope});
});
});
it("Should say hello", function() {
expect(controller.message).toBe("Hello");
});
});
Enjoy testing!