Can I pass multiple controllers in $routeProvider.when() in angularJS?

Question

I tried searching for this on various threads, but I can't conclusively understand this.

test.config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider){
$routeProvider
    .when('/',
        {
            controller:'SimpleController1',
            templateUrl: 'partials/1.html'
        })
    .when('/xyz',
        {
            controller:'SimpleController1, SimpleController2',
            templateUrl:'partials/2.html'
        })
    .otherwise({ redirectTo: '/'});
}]);

I tried doing the above snippet, but it's not working. Can I do something like this? If yes, then what is it that I'm doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Only one controller is allowed and will be assigned to the loading template as the controller in ng-view. No need to define ng-controller in the template for a main controller.

If you need to define multiple controllers I suggest you define one main/parent controller and use that in the routeProvider and then have others already in the template using the ng-controller directive.

or...

Check into using Angular UI's UI-Router : http://angular-ui.github.io/ which is a much more versatile router.