Can I specify a custom location to “search for views” in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I have the following layout for my mvc project:

• /Controllers
  • /Demo
  • /Demo/DemoArea1Controller
  • /Demo/DemoArea2Controller
  • etc

Answer 1

If you want just add new paths, you can add to the default view engines and spare some lines of code:

ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
var razorEngine = new RazorViewEngine();
razorEngine.MasterLocationFormats = razorEngine.MasterLocationFormats
      .Concat(new[] { 
          "~/custom/path/{0}.cshtml" 
      }).ToArray();

razorEngine.PartialViewLocationFormats = razorEngine.PartialViewLocationFormats
      .Concat(new[] { 
          "~/custom/path/{1}/{0}.cshtml",   // {1} = controller name
          "~/custom/path/Shared/{0}.cshtml" 
      }).ToArray();

ViewEngines.Engines.Add(razorEngine);

The same applies to WebFormEngine