laravel-5

Package Development 300
Package views are referenced using a double-colon package::view syntax. So, you may load the
admin view from the courier package like so:
.
1 Route::get('admin', function () {
2 return view('courier::admin');
3 });
Overriding Package Views
When you use the loadViewsFrom method, Laravel actually registers two locations for your views:
one in the application’s resources/views/vendor directory and one in the directory you specify.
So, using our courier example: when requesting a package view, Laravel will first check if a custom
version of the view has been provided by the developer in resources/views/vendor/courier. Then,
if the view has not been customized, Laravel will search the package view directory you specified in
your call to loadViewsFrom. This makes it easy for end-users to customize / override your package’s
views.
Publishing Views
If you would like to make your views available for publishing to the application’s resources/views/vendor
directory, you may use the service provider’s publishes method. The publishes method accepts
an array of package view paths and their corresponding publish locations.
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1 /**
2 * Perform post-registration booting of services.
3 *
4 * @return void
5 */
6 public function boot()
7 {
8 $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/path/to/views', 'courier');
9
10 $this->publishes([
11 __DIR__.'/path/to/views' => base_path('resources/views/vendor/courier'),
12 ]);
13 }
Now, when users of your package execute Laravel’s vendor:publish Artisan command, your views
package’s will be copied to the specified location.