redirect doesn't work with mobile views asp.net

Question

i'm creating a web application with asp.net mvc and struggling with a redirect to a mobile view after pushing a login button. i isolated the problem from the case and created a dummy controller and view

Controller:

public class DummyController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult foo()
    {
        return RedirectToAction("index", "home");
    }

    public void bar()
    {
        Response.Redirect("/home/index");
    }
}

View:

<div>
    <a href="/dummy/foo"><button>redirect to action</button></a>
</div>
<div>
    <a href="/dummy/bar"><button>response redirect</button></a>
</div>

by pushing the first button (foo method) from a mobile devices the redirect does nothing pushing the second button (bar method) the redirect works fine and delivers the expected mobile site (Index.mobile.cshtml)

is there anything i have to keep in mind when using "RedirectToAction" and mobile views?

Does the Home controller have the Index action? or you want to redirect them to index action in dummy controller? `RedirectToAction` definition `RedirectToAction('Actionname','ctrl name')`. — Karthik Bammidi, Sep 16 '13 at 12:26
of course the home controller has the index action. the web applicatation works very well in a desktop browser. the described issue only occure with mobile devices — Dom, Sep 16 '13 at 12:38
It's just a guess but maybe there is no request made when you load the page in your mobile, because according to this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6393827/can-i-nest-a-button-element-inside-an-a-using-html5 nesting a button inside an a isn't "valid" html. Try removing the button and see if it works. — miensol, Oct 30 '13 at 11:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '14 at 11:07

Having a button inside and anchor is invalid HTML and as far as I know so is putting an anchor inside a button, this could be why you're seeing random behaviour. You could just have an anchor and style it like a button.

Found this http://codepen.io/lukeocom/pen/LpdKz

Buttons are normally meant to go inside forms.

redirect doesn't work with mobile views asp.net

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