.NET MVC get current page and controller in shared layout

I’m trying to fetch the current page from my shared layout in .net mvc app so that I can load a different favicon icon for the 2 different pages.

I’ve tried something like following:

@if (Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.ToString().ToLower().Contains("/Analyze/Index"))
{

    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" />
}

But this doesn’t works…

How can I fetch the current controller and view that user is on while browsing the website so that I can load this favicon in his/her browser?

Answers:

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Method 1

You can get your current controller name & action method name from your RouteData dictionary.

@{
    var controllerName = string.Empty;
    object controllerObj;
    var actionName = string.Empty;
    object actionObj;

    if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.TryGetValue("controller", out controllerObj))
    {
        controllerName = controllerObj.ToString();
    }

    if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.TryGetValue("action", out actionObj))
    {
        actionName = actionObj.ToString();
    }
}

Method 2

I use something this to change my layout for some particular reasons with users that are not logged in or hasn’t got claims yet.

Take consideration, Values will are keys where:

Value[0] = controller  
Value[1] = action

using this logic:

 if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.Where(v => v.Key == "action").FirstOrDefault().Value.ToString() == "MyAction")
    {
        Layout = "_Layout_MyOtherLayout";
    }
    else
    {
        Layout = "_Layout";
    }

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