MVC areas not diplaying when registering routes and areas with MVC extensions - asp.net

Question

I am using MVC Extension with Autofac and I am having issues with my areas. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Initially I had the following in my global.asax.cs:
public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
public MvcApplication()
{
Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
.Include<RegisterControllers>();
}
}
protected override void OnStart()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
base.OnStart();
}
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}
With this code my areas displayed well. http://localhost:19857/Administration displays my Index view.
If I want MVC Extensions to register my routes and areas for me then http://localhost:19857/Administration displays nothing, just a 404 error.
This is the updated global.asax.cs to register my routes and areas:
public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
public MvcApplication()
{
Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
.Include<RegisterAreas>()
.Include<RegisterControllers>()
.Include<RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask>();
}
protected override void OnStart()
{
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
base.OnStart();
}
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
}
My RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask class:
public class RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask : RegisterRoutesBase
{
public RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask(RouteCollection routes)
: base(routes)
{
}
protected override void Register()
{
Routes.Clear();
Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
Routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}
}
Why won't my areas display?
UPDATE
When I go to http://localhost:19857/Administration then defaults to the Dashboard controllers Index view. Here is my area's registration code:
public override string AreaName
{
get
{
return "Administration";
}
}
public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
context.MapRoute(
"Administration_default",
"Administration/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Dashboard", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}

Answer 1

I seem to have sorted out the problem. The problem is with the Routes.Clear(); I took it out and now everything is working fine. Here is my changes that I did to the code above:
public class RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask : RegisterRoutesBase
{
public RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask(RouteCollection routes)
: base(routes)
{
}
protected override void Register()
{
Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
Routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
Here is my updated global.asax.cs:
public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
public MvcApplication()
{
Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
.Include<RegisterAreas>()
.Include<RegisterControllers>()
.Include<RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask>()
.Include<AutoMapperBootstrapperTask>();
}
}