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Theme-able View Engine in ASP.NET MVC 4/5
private void InitializeViewEngine()
{
HostingEnvironment.RegisterVirtualPathProvider(new DynamicAssetVirtualPathProvider());
ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new ThemableViewEngine
{
Theme = ctx => DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<ISiteContext>().Theme.ThemeName
});
}
public class ThemableViewEngine : ThemeableRazorViewEngine
{
public ThemableViewEngine()
{
// ~/themes/default/views/projects/list.cshtml
ViewLocationFormats = new[] {
"~/Themes/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Themes/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml"
};
// Master pages must be inside a "shared" directory
// ~/themes/default/views/shared/_layout.cshtml
MasterLocationFormats = new[] {
"~/Themes/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml"
};
// ~/themes/default/views/shared/_menu.cshtml
PartialViewLocationFormats = new[] {
"~/Themes/{2}/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Themes/{2}/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Views/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
"~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml"
};
ViewStartFileExtensions = new[] { "cshtml" };
}
}
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saYRam commented Mar 11, 2020

What is this? Do you have any article or implementation for this?

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