Passing Data

.state('activities', {
    url: '/activities',
    controller: 'AllActivitiesController',
    controllerAs: 'activities',
    templateUrl: '/app/templates/allActivities.html',
    data: {
        name: 'My Activity',
        desc: 'Fun'
    },
    foo: "my foooo"
})

• Arbitrary property added to configuration object

• Prototypically inherited by child states

Note

"data" could be anything

Access data/foo property in controller

.controller('ActivitiesCtrl', function($state){
    console.log($state.current.data); // object
    console.log($state.current.foo); // my foooo
})