MVC controller is being called twice

Question

I have a controller that is being called twice from an ActionLink call.

My home page has a link, that when clicked calls the Index method on the Play controller. An

Answer 1

You can also try changing your route to this.

routes.MapRoute( 
    "Play", // Route name 
    "Play/{id}", // URL with parameters 
    new { controller = "Play", action = "Index" , id = "" } // Parameter defaults 
);