How to call another view from one view in MVC?

Question

In my main MVC project (Proj1) form's menu (Shared_Menu,cshtml), I've added a new menu item to open up a view from another project (proj2) that has been added to the solution.

How do I call the proj2's view when the menu item in proj1 is clicked?

Answer 1

How do I call the proj2's view when the menu item in proj1 is clicked?

Consider using the Razor Class Library (RCL) as "another project (proj2)":

Select [Support pages and views] when creating the RCL project as shown below:

You can add controller, model and view to the RCL:

Below is a sample code of controller in the RCL project:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using RazorClassLib.Models;

namespace RazorClassLib.Controllers
{
    public class RclController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            var model = new RclModel
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Apple",
                Price = 100m
            };

            return View(model);
        }
    }
}

Add project reference from "main MVC project (Proj1)" to the RCL projects:

Now you can call the controller in the RCL project as shown below:

Answer 2

Hi @Malam Malam,

If you want to return a view in Project1 which locates in Project 2, you need follow the steps:

1.Be sure check the Project2 project file should like below(Note Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" and be sure add AddRazorSupportForMvc,Microsoft.AspNetCore.App):

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <RootNamespace>SharedProject</RootNamespace>
	  <AddRazorSupportForMvc>true</AddRazorSupportForMvc>   
  </PropertyGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
		<FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
	</ItemGroup>
</Project>

2.Be sure add the Razor view and Controller in Project2 like below:

HomeController in Project2:

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public IActionResult Test()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

3.Add a reference to Proj2 in Proj1. Right-click on Proj1, choose Add > Project Reference, and select Proj2.

4.call this api in Project1 like below:

<a asp-action="Test">Test</a>

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