How can have Both MVC and Razor page in the same Project?

Question

I have an ASP.NET Core application with Razor pages and I want take advantages of MVC into it, so I add Controllers folder to it with Views and also services.AddMvc() to startup and another endpoint to it, then tried to run if it works. Simply I run the project and I want to test if it return simple view and I add controller name and also action after the default address, but it shows me "This localhost page can’t be found".

Would you please help me how I config my app?

user_13593736 · Answer

If you want to add MVC to a Razor Page project:

1.You need to add services.AddControllers();to ConfigureServices and configure mvc routing in startup.cs:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddRazorPages();
    services.AddControllers();
    ...
}

// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
{
    ...
    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapRazorPages();
        endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
            name: "default",
            pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
    });
}

2.You need to add a folder called Controllers and a folder called Views.

Then copy Pages/Shared folder which contains _Layout.cshtml and _ValidationScriptsPartial.cshtml to Views folder.

And copy Pages/_ViewImports.cshtml to Views/_ViewImports.cshtml,Pages/_ViewStarts.cshtml to Views/_ViewStarts.cshtml.

Here is a project structure:

How can have Both MVC and Razor page in the same Project?

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