Setting an alternate controller folder location in ASP.NET MVC

Question

We can an MVC app that uses the default folder conventions for the HTML views, but we\'d like to set up alternate \"Services\" folder with controllers used only for web serv

Answer 1

In Asp.Net Core: I used AreaFeature library ServiceCollectionExtensions

First set your middleware;

    services.AddMvc(options => 
        options.EnableEndpointRouting = false).
        AddFeatureFolders().SetCompatibilityVersion(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.CompatibilityVersion.Latest);

In the extenssion:

return AddFeatureFolders(services, new FeatureFolderOptions());

implement as according your requirement:

 public static IMvcBuilder AddFeatureFolders(this IMvcBuilder services, FeatureFolderOptions options)
        {
            if (services == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));

            if (options == null)
                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(options));

            var expander = new FeatureViewLocationExpander(options);

            services.AddMvcOptions(o => o.Conventions.Add(new FeatureControllerModelConvention(options)))
                .AddRazorOptions(o =>
                {
                    o.ViewLocationFormats.Clear();
                    o.ViewLocationFormats.Add(options.FeatureNamePlaceholder + @"\{0}.cshtml");
                    o.ViewLocationFormats.Add(options.FeatureNamePlaceholder + @"\_Views\{0}.cshtml");
                    o.ViewLocationFormats.Add(options.FeatureFolderName + @"\Shared\{0}.cshtml");
                    o.ViewLocationFormats.Add(options.DefaultViewLocation);

                    o.ViewLocationExpanders.Add(expander);
                });

            return services;
        }

In my case i preferred a separated _View folder for views in the features folders like that

~/Features/Account/_Views/login.cshtml
~/Features/Account/AccountController.cs
~/Features/Account/AccountModel.cs