Change mailer layout in method

Question

How do I change the overall layout of an email in the method within a mailer?

Trying to essentially do this:

class AccountMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  layout 'mailer'

  def reset_password(user)
    layout 'simple_mailer'
  end
end

But that throws an error.

Basically I have a layout in /app/views/layouts/simple_mailer.html.erb that I'd like to use, but only in that one method.

I'm running Rails 4.2.

Answer 1

The mail method can take a block that passes in a format object.

class MyMailer < ApplicationMailer
  layout 'mailer'
  def password_reset(user)
   # uses the "mailer" layout
  end

  def special
    mail(to: "whomever") do |format|
      format.html { render(layout: false) } # no layout is used
      format.text # use the special.text.erb like normal
    end
  end
end

Answer 2

This article answer to your question. Just specify :layout option in render method.