Execution Sequence Alloy MVC

[beppo-ivel]

If I run the following example, then Ti.API.error("hello"); is print out before Ti.API.error(JSON.stringify(success));. I expected that tab1.js controller is loaded after the call of $.index.open();
controllers/index.js

aCustomPromise()
.then(function(success){
	Ti.API.error(JSON.stringify(success));
	$.index.open();
})
.catch(function(error){
	Ti.API.error(JSON.stringify(error));
	$.index.close();
});

views/index.xml

<Alloy>
	<TabGroup title="MyApp">
           <Require src="tab1" />
	</TabGroup>
</Alloy>

views/tab1.xml

<Alloy>
  <Tab id="tab1" title="Tab">
    <Window id="window1" title="Window 1" onClose="cleanup">
    </Window>
  </Tab>
</Alloy>

controllers/tab1.js

(function() {
  Ti.API.error("hello");
})();
function cleanup() {
    $.destroy();
}

[ewanharris]

@beppo-ivel, any code at the top level of the controller will be executed when Alloy.createController is called. If you open up the compile Classic source at Resources/<platform>/alloy/controllers/index.js, you can see that the tab1 instance is created (executing the top level code), then the TabGroup is created, then aCustomPromise is called.

If you want to delay something until tab1 is actually open, you can use the onOpen event handler. That should give you the flow I believe you're expecting