I'm trying to use the promise, but it seems that it is never called.

nativeScriptBootstrap(AppComponent).then(function(appRef: ComponentRef<AppComponent>){ console.log("done!"); });

The console prints "ANGULAR BOOTSTRAP DONE." and nothing else.

@battistaar I'm pretty sure it works as I use it here. Which version of nativescript-angular are you using?

I'll double check this evening to make sure.

0.1.6
I checked the source code of the package and it should return a promise and resolve it with the app ref, but it doesn't.

I'm not sure that's the problem, but according to the documentation "Any code after the start call will not be executed.". nativeScriptBootstrap calls application.start and it seems that everything I write after is not executed, either inside or outside the "then".

Curious. Lucky I never read the documentation. That just raises more questions. Are you running it on IOS? I have not tried it there.

I didn't escape work till just over an hour ago ... and so my response is much later than expected.

Android:

JS: Setup App annotations
JS: Page loaded
JS: BOOTSTRAPPING...
JS: Setting DOM
JS: =Debug===============
JS: 2016-05-20T21:49:46.510Z: Main Page Starting
JS: ======================
JS: Angular 2 is running in the development mode. Call enableProdMode() to enable the production mode.
JS: ANGULAR BOOTSTRAP DONE.
JS: Add element: CardView
JS: Add element: PullToRefresh
JS: =Debug===============
JS: 2016-05-20T21:49:46.843Z: Start Page - constructor hit
JS: ======================

Two console writes after the app promise:

JS: Add element: CardView
JS: Add element: PullToRefresh

It is the only place I have Add element. ;-)

subscribing to the promise on the sample app I presume you end up with the same result? (from the nativescript samples http://docs.nativescript.org/angular/tutorial/ng-chapter-1)

I did some tests and it seems that it's an iOS related problem, it works on android emulator

I would create a new issue and copy this one in.