View is mapping wrong ViewModel

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EDIT: I haven't found solution to my problem, but i think to this minute that i was not wrong but somehow VS was bugging or me at least.

So i created new project from scratch ( since it is small project just for exercise and did all from the start. Now it is working fine :) so i have no concrete solution for this, i tried everything what you gave me, thank you for your time :)

So I have 2 simple controllers and 2 views. I also have two ViewModels for them separate.

When I try to load Index.cshtml this error occurs:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'Vidly.ViewModels.CustomerViewModel', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'Vidly.ViewModels.RandomMovieViewModel'.

This is my view model.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using Vidly.Models;

namespace Vidly.ViewModels
{
    public class CustomerViewModel
    {
        public List<Customer> Customers { get; set; }
    }
}

This is my view:

@model Vidly.ViewModels.CustomerViewModel
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

And a controller:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Vidly.Models;
using Vidly.ViewModels;

namespace Vidly.Controllers
{
    public class CustomersController : Controller
    {
        // GET: Customers

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var customers = new List<Customer>
            {
                new Customer {Id = 1, Name = "Willy Wonka"},
                new Customer {Id= 2 , Name = "Walter White"}
            };


            var viewModel = new CustomerViewModel
            {
                Customers = customers
            };

            return View(viewModel);
        }
    }
}

However, I can't find why does it load this model:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using Vidly.Models;

namespace Vidly.ViewModels
{
    public class RandomMovieViewModel
    {
        public Movie Movie { get; set; }
    }
}

Yeah it is, however i haven't set route anywhere for this since it is just this part of code for now. Forgive if i tell confusely I am a beginner. — Blazo, Nov 15 '18 at 16:53
Have you tried to clean / rebuild the solution? Sometimes Visual Studio f***s up and is not running the most recent version of your code. Restarting Visual Studio may help too. — johey, Nov 15 '18 at 16:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '18 at 16:42

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What's the name of your view file? I think it's loading the wrong view. Your action name is Index, so your view file must be Index.cshtml in a folder named Customers.

answered Nov 15 '18 at 16:42

Mahmood Dehghan

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It is all like you said, under the right folder with Index name – Blazo Nov 15 '18 at 16:51
And what's the name of the other view? and is there another action in your controller? – Mahmood Dehghan Nov 15 '18 at 16:57
Other is Random.cshtml as the action in other controller is under Random() method , no there is not – Blazo Nov 15 '18 at 17:01
That other View is opening without a problem with his RandomViewModel, but before i created this new Model for Customer i had in RandomViewModel property of type Customer but then i deleted it since i wanted separate now. Is there something that may help you? – Blazo Nov 15 '18 at 17:09

View is mapping wrong ViewModel

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