Question

I want to create a site where I display my apps. I use MVC 3.

My Home controller is a typical overview page where I’ll list all my apps. Then there is the App controller, where if you click on a app on a overview could get more info… url scenario would be:

http://myhost.com                 <-- overview
http://myhost.com/App/app_name    <-- render info about that app

But I’m having a small problem understanding routes, thought i did it right:

            routes.MapRoute(
                "App", // Route name
                "{controller}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "App", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
            );

            routes.MapRoute(
                "Default", // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
            );

And how do I get a hold of id in the controller?

Answer 1

Would your app rule not be more specific, that is

routes.MapRoute(
                "App", // Route name
                "App/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "App", action = "Index", 
                                             id = UrlParameter.Optional } 
                // Parameter defaults
            );

Note replaced {controller} with App