I've encountered an issue while using ngView with a static navigation bar that persists throughout the application:

<div ng-include="'views/nav.html'" ng-controller="NavCtrl"></div>
<div class="container-fluid" ng-view=""></div>

The navigation bar, defined in nav.html, displays different options based on whether the user is logged in or logged out. To handle this, I have stored user information in $rootScope variables: $rootScope.currentUser (user object) and $rootScope.signedIn (boolean).

I am looking to delay the loading of the navbar until both $rootScope.signedIn has been loaded and evaluated as true or false, and $rootScope.currentUser is either an object or undefined.

I have experimented with creating promises in my app.config routes, but I'm uncertain how to return a promise to maintain the view state consistently.

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Edit:

Below is the service responsible for broadcasting login events when a user authenticates or logs out:

    var authClient = new FirebaseSimpleLogin(refDownload, function(error, user) {
        if (error) {
            incorrectLogin(error.code);
        }
        if (user) {
            // User authenticated
            $rootScope.$broadcast('login');
            correctLogin(user.id);
        } else {
            // User is logged out
            $rootScope.$broadcast('logout');
        }
    });

This service is injected into the NavCtrl controller as follows:

    $scope.isHidden = true;

    $scope.$on('login', function() {
        console.log('login broadcast');
        $scope.isHidden = false;
    });

    $scope.$on('logout', function() {
        console.log('broadcast logout');
        $scope.isHidden = true;
    });

The corresponding template for this controller, nav.html, includes the following code snippet:

<div class="col-xs-4 centered" id="nav-hover"  ng-show="isHidden">
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
        <li id="nav-login"><a ng-href="#/login"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-log-in">&nbsp;Login</span></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

<div class="col-xs-4 centered" id="nav-hover" ng-show="isHidden">
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
        <li id="nav-login"><a ng-href="#/register"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit">&nbsp;Register</span></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>


<div class="col-xs-2 centered" id="nav-hover">
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav" ng-hide="isHidden">
        <li ng-class="{{ chatCat.active }}"><a ng-href="{{ chatCat.url }}"><span class="{{ chatCat.icon }}"></span></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

In the process of logging users in, the AuthCtrl is utilized through the following method:

    $scope.login = function() {
        if ($scope.user !== undefined) {
            Auth.login($scope.user);
            $location.path('/dexter');
        } else {
            console.log('nothing entered');
        }               
    };

Upon attempting to log in, the nav view does not reflect the updated values, even though the 'logged in' broadcast is triggered by the service.

Auth service details:

'use strict';

app.factory('Auth',
    function($rootScope, $location, $firebase, $firebaseSimpleLogin, firebaseUrl) {

    var refDownload = new Firebase(firebaseUrl + 'housemates');

    var sync = $firebase(refDownload); 

    var ref = sync.$asObject();

    var authClient = new FirebaseSimpleLogin(refDownload, function(error, user) {
        if (error) {
            incorrectLogin(error.code);
        }
        if (user) {
            // User authenticated
            correctLogin(user.id);
        } else {
            // User is logged out
            // $rootScope.signedIn = false;
        }
    });

    var Auth = {

        housemates: ref,

        changeColor: function(color) {
            var id = $rootScope.currentUser.id.toString();
            refDownload.child(id).update({ color: color });
            $rootScope.currentUser.color = color;
        },

        create: function(authUser, usr) {
            refDownload.child(authUser.id).set({
                initials: usr.initials,
                email: authUser.email,
                password: usr.password,
                color: 'Blue',
                id: authUser.id,
                uid: authUser.uid,
                rememberMe: true,
            });

        },
        
        findById: function(id) {
            refDownload.on('value', function(snapshot) {
                var userObject = snapshot.val();
                var currentUser = userObject[id];
                Auth.setUser(currentUser);
            }, function (error) {
                console.log(error);
            });
        },

        login: function(user) {
            authClient.login('password', {
                email: user.email,
                password: user.password,
                rememberMe: true
            });
        },

        logout: function() {
            delete $rootScope.currentUser;
            delete $rootScope.signedIn;
            delete $rootScope.error;
            return authClient.logout();
        },

        register: function(user) {
            var userSimple = user;
            authClient.createUser(user.email, user.password, function(error, user) {
                if(!error) {
                    var userComplex = user;
                    Auth.login(userSimple);
                    Auth.create(userComplex, userSimple);
                    return user;
                } else {
                    console.log(error);
                }
            });

        },

        setUser: function(aUser) {
            console.log('setuser ran');
            $rootScope.currentUser = aUser;
            console.log('setUser: ' + $rootScope.currentUser);
        },

        isLoggedIn: function() {
            console.log($rootScope.currentUser);
            return ($rootScope.currentUser) ? $rootScope.currentUser : false;
        },


    };

    function correctLogin(id) {
        Auth.findById(id);
    }

    function incorrectLogin(error) {
        alert(error);
        $rootScope.error = error;
    }

    return Auth;

});