I know it is not released yet, but I am testing out the new router with Angular 1.5 RC1. The router file I am using is pulled from Here: https://github.com/brandonroberts/angularjs-component-router/blob/master/lib/angular_1_router.js

The $routerONActivate hook is never called if my router directive uses a templateUrl. When I switch it to just be a template (using an ng-include pointing to the url) it gets called as expected.