Newly created scala.html views are not being recognized in Play Framework 2.x

Question

I am using Play Framework 2.0.1. I have created a Java application using the "play new" command. By default, two views are created: index.scala.html and main.scala.html

I've done a few sample tutorial apps that allow me to render those views. However, when I add a new view (by default in app/views/), I get a compilation error that it cannot be found:

public static Result getAllCars() {
    List<Car> cars = Car.getAllCars();
    return ok(simpleCarView.render(cars));
}

I can do

import views.html.index;
import views.html.main;

but not

import views.html.simpleCarView; 

Error in console:

cannot find symbol
[error] symbol : variable simpleCarView
[error] location: class controllers.Application

I've tried adding scala.html views in the file directory and from within eclipse, but for some reason they are not found. I've also tried restarting the default Netty server.

Any ideas on what is causing this?

Answer 1

The views are not compiled by Eclipse but can be seen by eclipse after they're compiled by Play as long as the target\scala-2.9.1\classes_managed directory is in your eclipse project build path.

Try running "play compile" on the command line (or just "compile" if you're already in the play console) and then refreshing your project within eclipse (select the project and hit F5)

Answer 2

For you IntelliJ 12 users out there: I upgraded to Play 2.1 which broke my Play IntelliJ Support plugin. This caused IntelliJ to not recognise:

import views.html.*;

so when hitting cmd + o to optimize my imports it was removed. This resultet in a compilation error when running play clean compile since the views were not imported:

[error] symbol  : variable index
[error] location: class controllers.Application
[error]         return ok(index.render());
[error]                   ^
[error] 1 error
[error] (compile:compile) javac returned nonzero exit code
[error] application -

So I uninstalled the plugin, restarted IntelliJ and viola everything works like a charm!