The view 'Index' or its master was not found.

Question

The view \'Index\' or its master was not found. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/ControllerName/Index.aspx
~/Views/ControllerName/Index.ascx
~/Views/Sh         


        

Answer 1

If You can get this error even with all the correct MapRoutes in your area registration and all other basic configurations are fine.

This is the situation:

I have used below mentioned code from Jquery file to post back data and then load a view from controller action method.

$.post("/Customers/ReturnRetailOnlySales", {petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'}); 

Above jQuery code I didn't mentioned success callback function. What was happened there is after finishing a post back scenario on action method, without routing to my expected view it came back to Jquery side and gave view not found error as above.

Then I gave a solution like below and its working without any problem.

 $.post("/Customers/ReturnRetailOnlySales", {petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'},
      function (data) {
 var url = Sys.Url.route('PetDetail', { action: "ReturnRetailOnlySalesItems", controller: "Customers",petKey: '<%: Model.PetKey %>'});
 window.location = url;});   

Note: I sent my request inside the success callback function to my expected views action method.Then view engine found a relevant area's view file and load correctly.

Answer 2

What you need to do is set a token to your area name:

for instance:

context.MapRoute(
        "SomeArea_default",
        "SomeArea/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { controller = "SomeController", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    ).DataTokens.Add("area", "YOURAREANAME");

Answer 3

Where this error only occurs when deployed to a web server then the issue could be because the views are not being deployed correctly.

An example of how this can happen is if the build action for the views is set to None rather than Content.

A way to check that the views are deployed correctly is to navigate to the physical path for the site on the web server and confirm that the views are present.

Answer 4

Global.asax file contain the URL Route. Default URL route like this.

"{controller}/{action}/{id}"

So,Try this.

1. Right click your controller method as below.

Example: let say we call Index() method.Right click on it.

2. Click Add View.. and give appropriate name.In this example name should be Index.

Then it will add correct View by creating with relevant folder structure.

Answer 5

It´s still a problem on the Final release.. .when you create the Area from context menu/Add/Area, visual studio dont put the Controller inside de last argument of the MapRoute method. You need to take care of it, and in my case, I have to put it manually every time I create a new Area.

Answer 6

The problem was that I used MvcRoute.MappUrl from MvcContrib to route the context.Routes.

It seems that MvcContrib routing mapper was uncomfortable with area routing.