Change Layout(Master Page) of view in ASP.NET MVC without recreate it

Question

I\'m using ASP.NET MVC 3 with Razor views. When you want to create a view you can choose a layout (master page) for your view, or leave it to choose Default (_Layout).

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Answer 1

We can change the default rendering of layouts with in _ViewStart file by using the below code:

@{
 var controller = HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["Controller"].ToString();

 string layout = "";
 if (controller == "Admin")
 {
 layout = "~/Views/Shared/_AdminLayout.cshtml";
 }
 else
 {
 layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
 }

 Layout = layout;
}