Question

How do I ensure that my custom virtual path provider is called even for paths that don’t have an extension?

For example if I do this in my controller, my provider is not executed:

return View("Home");

But if I do this, it is called:

return View("Home.cshtml");

Answer 1

I ended up adding a custom path engine and now everything seems to be working

>         private class CustomViewEngine : RazorViewEngine
>         {
>             private static string[] NewPartialViewFormats = new[] {
> "~/Views/Shared/{0}.cshtml" };
> 
>             public CustomViewEngine()
>             {
>                 base.PartialViewLocationFormats =
> base.PartialViewLocationFormats.Union(NewPartialViewFormats).ToArray();
>             }
>         }

In Application_Start:

        ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
        ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new CustomViewEngine());