rails 3, how add a view that does not use same layout as rest of app?

Question

I could not find any docs or examples on how to structure my app to allow different views in the same controller to use completely different layouts and stylesheets.

Answer 1

Well, if it's a different view for mobile devices but all desktop versions are the same then you could use JQtouch.

http://railscasts.com/episodes/199-mobile-devices

# config/initializers/mime_types.rb
Mime::Type.register_alias "text/html", :mobile

# application_controller.rb
before_filter :prepare_for_mobile

private

def mobile_device?
  if session[:mobile_param]
    session[:mobile_param] == "1"
  else
    request.user_agent =~ /Mobile|webOS/
  end
end
helper_method :mobile_device?

def prepare_for_mobile
  session[:mobile_param] = params[:mobile] if params[:mobile]
  request.format = :mobile if mobile_device?
end

The above code is taken from the Railscasts example.