Can't override default Flarum views

Ser5

I read the docs: https://docs.flarum.org/extend/views#overriding-views and am trying to implement this. Copied the code:

use Flarum\Extend;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory;

return [
    (new Extend\View)
        ->extendNamespace('ser5.impersonate', __DIR__.'/override_views');
];

Here is my folders structure:

css/
js/
migrations/
override_views/
    layouts/
        basic.blade.php
src/
composer.json
composer.lock
extend.php

Seems the views structure is the same as in Flarum:

flarum/core/views/
    layouts/
        basic.blade.php

In basic.blade.php I put a test code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        Empty
    </body>
</html>

Upon reloading the page I see that nothing has changed.

SychO

I believe the docs aren't mentioning an important détail. The namespace you specify has to be the namespace you want to override.

In this case you probably want to override flarum.forum

Ser5

SychO Thanks, in flarum/vendor/flarum/core/src/Forum/ForumServiceProvider.php I indeed see

    public function boot(Container $container, Dispatcher $events, Factory $view)
    {
        $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/../../views', 'flarum.forum');

        $view->share([
            'translator' => $container->make(TranslatorInterface::class),
            'settings' => $container->make(SettingsRepositoryInterface::class)
        ]);

I tried to write

(new Extend\View)->extendNamespace('flarum.forum', __DIR__.'/override_views'),

But still zero luck. I checked that the path __DIR__.'/override_views' exists.

Weirdly, if I specify a wrong path, Flarum doesn't throw any errors. Seems it doesn't even understand that I'm trying to use my own templates, doesn't launch corresponding code inside extendNamespace().

Ser5

SychO , luceos I feel like I'm either seriously dumb, or Flarum may have critical bugs.

luceos

Ser5 can you try disabling any other extension? There might be something else conflicting with your code, for instance your code might have been properly registering the namespace change and another extension re-instantiates the View factory. This would reset your change.

Ser5

luceos I tried it now:

Nothing changed still. I'm in the debug mode, also cleared the cache manually.

Maybe there are some some extensions which override views that I can look at as examples?

luceos

Ser5 it's usually something very simple. I just don't have the time to look at this now, playing some board games with family.

Ser5

luceos playing some board games with family.

That's heartwarming; friends, family, games are all very important. Please have a lot of fun.

Ser5

Found a roundabout way to override some of the default Flarum views. Not actually override, but to use my own:

<?php
use Flarum\Frontend\Document;
use Flarum\Extend;

return [
    (new Extend\Frontend('forum'))
        ->content(function (Document $document) {
            $document->appView     = 'foo::frontend.app';     // From <!doctype html> to </html>
            $document->layoutView  = 'foo::layouts.basic';    // Overrides <div id="app" class="App">
            $document->contentView = 'foo::frontend.content'; // Inside <main class="App-content">, under <div id="content"></div>
        }),
];

I guess it's not a full solution, as it allows to override only small subset of views.