.NET Core 3.0: Razor views don't automatically recompile on change

According to the documentation, Razor views should, by default, recompile on change on local environments for ASP.NET Core 3.0.

However, my project doesn't do this locally. If I change a view and refresh when I'm debugging locally, the change is not reflected. I have to stop the solution, re-run, and then see the change.

I am doing this on a default ASP.NET Core Web Application template on Visual Studio 2019 with ASP.NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 2 using Razor pages. Any idea if I need to change settings to enable this feature?

UPDATE NOV 2019 FOR 3.0 FULL RELEASE:

This question still gets a lot of views. A few answers have cited to add

services.AddControllersWithViews().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation(); 

To your ConfigureServices() function in Startup.cs after adding the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation NuGet package. In my case, I am only using Razor Pages, so I don't call AddControllersWithViews(). Instead, this worked for me:

services.AddRazorPages().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

Solution 1:

For ASP.NET Core 3 release version:

   services.AddControllersWithViews().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/view-compilation?view=aspnetcore-3.0

It can also be enabled conditionally only for local development, quoted from the link:

Runtime compilation can be enabled such that it's only available for local development. Conditionally enabling in this manner ensures that the published output:

Uses compiled views.
Is smaller in size.
Doesn't enable file watchers in production.

   public Startup(IConfiguration configuration, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        Configuration = configuration;
        Env = env;
    }

    public IWebHostEnvironment Env { get; set; }
    public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        IMvcBuilder builder = services.AddRazorPages();

#if DEBUG
            if (Env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                builder.AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();
            }
#endif
    }

Solution 2:

OK it looks like it's not supported yet :(

Runtime compilation removed As a consequence of cleaning up the ASP.NET Core shared framework to not depend on Roslyn, support for runtime compilation of pages and views has also been removed in this preview release. Instead compilation of pages and views is performed at build time. In a future preview update we will provide a NuGet packages for optionally enabling runtime compilation support in an app.

You can read more about the issue here https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/343

Applications that require runtime compilation or re-compilation of Razor files should:

• Add a reference to the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation package. It'll be available as part of the 3.0.0-preview3 release.
• Update the application's ConfigureServices to include a call to AddMvcRazorRuntimeCompilation:

Solution 3:

To get runtime view compilation back in ASP.NET Core 3

1. Reference Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation
2. Call services.AddMvc().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation()
3. Remove Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design if there's a version mismatch on the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common package

Solution 4:

Runtime compilation is enabled using the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation package. To enable runtime compilation, apps must:

1. Install the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation NuGet package.

2. Update the project's Startup.ConfigureServices method to include a call to AddRazorRuntimeCompilation:

services
    .AddControllersWithViews()
    .AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/view-compilation?view=aspnetcore-3.0

Solution 5:

To get runtime Razor Views Compilation back in ASP.NET Core 3.1:

1. Install the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation NuGet package.
2. Update the project's Startup.ConfigureServices method to include a call to AddRazorRuntimeCompilation.

3. services.AddRazorPages().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

   Razor file compilation in ASP.NET Core 3.1