How do I solve a “view not found” exception in asp.net core mvc project

Question

I\'m trying to create a ASP.NET Core MVC test app running on OSX using VS Code. I\'m getting a \'view not found\' exception when accessing the default Home/index (or any oth

Answer 1

I just upgraded from .net core 2.2 to 3. Two ways to resolve I found:

Either call AddRazorRuntimeCompilation() when configuring mvc, like:

services.AddControllersWithViews()
    .AddRazorRuntimeCompilation(...);

more info here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/migration/22-to-30?view=aspnetcore-3.0&tabs=visual-studio#opt-in-to-runtime-compilation

Or remove the following lines from the .csproj:

false
false