ASP.NET MVC two controllers with same name, how to specify view location

Question

I have two controllers with same name in different namespaces

-Controllers
--AdminCp
---AccountController.cs
--Cp
---AccountrController.cs

And same view location structure

-Views
--AdminCp
---Account
----Login.cshtml
--Cp
---Account
----Login.cshtml

My Account controllers contains method Login

public ActionResult Login()
{
    return View();
}

I also have custom RazorViewEngine

public ExtendedRazorViewEngine()
{
    ViewLocationFormats = new[]
    {
        "~/Views/AdminCp/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
        "~/Views/Cp/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
        "~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
        "~/Views/Layout/{0}.cshtml",
    };
}

My routing uses MvcCodeRouting

routes.MapCodeRoutes(typeof (Controllers.HomeController));

But when i trying route to the action Login in Cp namespace i am getting view from AdminCp namesapce

http://example.com/cp/account/login ---> /views/admincp/account/login.cshtml

I know that i can pass path locatin in View() But... It looks ugly.

Can somebody help me with this? Thanks in advance!

I see you created two folders: AdminCp and Cp. But MVC has built in functionality for this purposes: Areas. By using Areas MVC sorts out these type of things for you — Adil Mammadov
– Adil Mammadov, Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 6:54

Vicky · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-21 07:01:52Z

1

You need to have Areas to implement such function.A good link to start is :

Areas

Also,you need to change your RouteConfig:

context.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{area}/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { area = "MyOneWay", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Furtermore,ypou can have your controller in below defined way:

namespace MyApp.Areas.MyOneWay.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        ...
    }
}

namespace MyApp.Areas.MySecondWay.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        ...
    }
}

answered Sep 21, 2016 at 7:01

Vicky

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3 Comments

Stas Petrov Over a year ago

But i thought that with MvcCodeRouting i dont heed to create areas

Vicky Over a year ago

ohhh..didnt checked you used MvcCodeRouting.I have not really worked much with MvcCodeRouting,lets wait for some other expert on this .

Stas Petrov Over a year ago

I think that ill create copy of project and will try to reimplement structure with areas. Thanks for help

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