ASP.NET MVC area namespace problem

Question

I create a new area in my asp.net mvc 3 solution named admin. Visual studio automatically assign the names space:

MyApp.areas.admin.controllers

I change this to MyApp.admin.controllers

But it stops resolving the action.
Any help in this regard will be appreciated.
Thanks

Rhigolene

Why does the namespace matter? – Pamilapammi

Have you changed anything else? Moved files, renamed folders, removed the route registration from the area registration file? – Alongshore

Answer 1

You need to specify the new namespace when registering the route for your admin area.

In your \Areas\admin\adminAreaRegistration.cs file, you need to modify the RegisterArea() method as follows:

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
    context.MapRoute(
        "admin_default",
        "admin/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }, 
        new string[] { "MyApp.admin.Controllers" }  // specify the new namespace
    );
}

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