Why can't _ViewStart.cshtml access the ViewBag object?

Question

I have the default _ViewStart.cshtml in my /Views folder. I\'d like to be able to access my ViewBag object so I can set the default title for all my views.

However,

Answer 1

You can create one layout page which is using your Viewbag data and add layout to your blank _ViewStart page it will work

on ViewStart.cshtml

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}