ngAnimate object not set to a function

Question

I'm running into an error when using ngAnimate and ui-view. Onload or clicking any navigation menu; the angular-animate.js generates a 'object is not a function' error.

Here the main javacsript app:

(function () {
'use strict';
var app = angular.module("pie", ['ui.router', 'uiGmapgoogle-maps', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ngAnimate']);

app.config(["$stateProvider", "$locationProvider", "$urlRouterProvider",
function ($stateProvider, $locationProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

    $locationProvider.html5Mode({ enabled: true, requireBase: false });

    $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/Welcome');
    $stateProvider
        .state("Welcome", {
            url: "/Welcome",
            templateUrl: "../Scripts/Home/WelcomeView.html",
            controller: "WelcomeController"
        })
        .state("About", {
            url: "/About",
            templateUrl: "../Scripts/Home/AboutView.html",
            controller: "AboutController"
        })
        .state("Contact", {
            url: "/Contact",
            templateUrl: "../Scripts/Home/ContactView.html",
            controller: "ContactController"
        })
        .state("Login", {
            url: "/Account/Login"
        })
        .state("Register", {
            url: "/Account/Register"
        })
        .state("ForgotPassword", {
            url: "/Account/ForgotPassword"
        });
}]);

//app.animation('.view-animation', function () {
//    return {
//        enter: function (element, done) {
//            element.css({
//                opacity: 0.5,
//                position: "relative",
//                top: "10px",
//                left: "20px"
//            }).animate({
//                top: 0,
//                left: 0,
//                opacity: 1
//            }, 1000, done);
//        }
//    };
//});

app.config(['$httpProvider', function ($httpProvider) {
    //Http Intercpetor to check auth failures for xhr requests
    $httpProvider.interceptors.push('AuthHttpResponseInterceptor');
}]);

// Google map
app.config(['uiGmapGoogleMapApiProvider', function (uiGmapGoogleMapApiProvider) {
    uiGmapGoogleMapApiProvider.configure({
        //    key: 'your api key',
        v: '3.17',
        libraries: 'weather,geometry,visualization'
    });
}
]);

}());

Surprisingly the animation seems to work, but I would prefer solving the error:

This is where the error is generated from in Angular-anumate.js:

function fireDoneCallbackAsync() {
                                          fireDOMCallback('close');
                                          if (doneCallback) {
                                              $$asyncCallback(function () {
                                                  doneCallback();
                                              });
                                          }
                                      }

I'm using vs2013 as IDE, all the javascripts files and libraries are inserted at the bottom of the page; I tried injecting through the bundle or regular script as show, but no differences:

@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/bootstrap")
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/angularjs")
@*@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/angularAnimate")*@
<script src="~/Scripts/angular-animate.js"></script>
@Scripts.Render("~/bundle/app")

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

EDITED Even when I comment the app.animation call the error remains (see code above). Just injecting the ngAnimate will generate the error

var app = angular.module("pie", ['ui.router', 'uiGmapgoogle-maps', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ngAnimate']);

Can the IIFE be the cause?

Answer 1

Something really important to remember when using ngAnimate is that the ngAnimate version must be the same as the angular version you're using.

That is to say if you're using v 1.3.4 of angular, you should use v 1.3.4 of angular animate.

Since including the library alone is giving you the error, I expect your versions are not in sync.