How to change the default path of view files in a Rails 3 controller?

Question

I have a controller called ProjectsController. Its actions, by default, look for views inside app/views/projects. I\'d like to change that path for

Answer 1

If you want to change the default path for all your views at app level, you could do something like following -

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :set_views

  private

  def set_views
    prepend_view_path "#{Rails.root.join('app', 'views', 'new_views')}"
  end
end

And write all your views in the folder new_views following the same directory structure as original.

P.S. - This answer is inspired from @mmell's answer.