Added a demo embedded view and refactored.

src/AbpDesk/AbpDesk.Web.Mvc/AbpDeskWebMvcModule.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Volo.Abp;
+using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles;
 using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Modularity;
 using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ using Volo.Abp.UI.Navigation;
 namespace AbpDesk.Web.Mvc
 {
     [DependsOn(
-        typeof(AbpAspNetCoreMvcModule), 
+        typeof(AbpAspNetCoreEmbeddedFilesModule),
+        typeof(AbpAspNetCoreMvcUiModule), 
         typeof(AbpDeskApplicationModule), 
         typeof(AbpDeskEntityFrameworkCoreModule))]
     public class AbpDeskWebMvcModule : AbpModule
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ namespace AbpDesk.Web.Mvc
             }
 
             app.UseStaticFiles();
+            app.UseEmbeddedFiles();
 
             app.UseMvc(routes =>
             {

src/AbpDesk/AbpDesk.Web.Mvc/project.json

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     },
     "Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.0.0-*",
     "AbpDesk.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0-*",
-    "AbpDesk.Application": "1.0.0-*"
+    "AbpDesk.Application": "1.0.0-*",
+    "Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI": "1.0.0-*",
+    "Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles": "1.0.0-*"
   },
 
   "tools": {

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles/Microsoft/AspNetCore/Builder/EmbeddedFilesApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles;
+using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles;
 
-namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
 {
     public static class EmbeddedFilesApplicationBuilderExtensions
     {
@@ -21,6 +16,5 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
                 }
             );
         }
-
     }
 }

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles/Volo/Abp/AspNetCore/EmbeddedFiles/AbpAspNetCoreEmbeddedFilesModule.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles
 {
+    //TODO: Consider to remove this module and merge to Volo.Abp.AspNetCore. The only problem is this module depends on static files (can we remove dependency with a custom middleware?)
     [DependsOn(typeof(AbpAspNetCoreModule))]
     public class AbpAspNetCoreEmbeddedFilesModule : AbpModule
     {

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/AbpAspNetCoreMvcUiModule.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Volo.Abp.EmbeddedFiles;
+using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
+using Volo.Abp.UI.Navigation;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc
+{
+    [DependsOn(typeof(AbpAspNetCoreMvcModule))]
+    public class AbpAspNetCoreMvcUiModule : AbpModule
+    {
+        public override void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            services.AddAssemblyOf<AbpAspNetCoreMvcUiModule>();
+
+            services.Configure<NavigationOptions>(options =>
+            {
+                options.MenuContributors.Add(new EmbeddedDemoMainMenuContributor());
+            });
+
+            services.Configure<EmbeddedFileOptions>(options =>
+            {
+                options.Sources.Add(
+                    new EmbeddedFileSet(
+                        "/Views/",
+                        GetType().GetTypeInfo().Assembly,
+                        "Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI.Views"
+                        )
+                    );
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/Controllers/AbpEmbeddedDemoController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers
+{
+    public class AbpEmbeddedDemoController : AbpController
+    {
+        public ActionResult Index()
+        {
+            return View();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/EmbeddedDemoMainMenuContributor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Volo.Abp.UI.Navigation;
+
+namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc
+{
+    public class EmbeddedDemoMainMenuContributor : IMenuContributor
+    {
+        public Task ConfigureMenuAsync(MenuConfigurationContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.Menu.Name != StandardMenus.Main)
+            {
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            }
+
+            context.Menu
+                .AddItem(
+                    new ApplicationMenuItem("EmbeddedDemo", "EmbeddedDemo", url: "/AbpEmbeddedDemo")
+                );
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/Views/AbpEmbeddedDemo/Index.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h2>ABP Embedded Demo Page</h2>
+
+<p>This page's content is stored as an embedded file!</p>

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/Views/Shared/Components/Menu/MenuViewComponent.cs

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ using Volo.Abp.UI.Navigation;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.Views.Shared.Components.Menu
 {
-    public class MenuViewComponent : ViewComponent
-    {
-        private readonly IMenuManager _menuManager;
+    //public class MenuViewComponent : ViewComponent
+    //{
+    //    private readonly IMenuManager _menuManager;
 
-        public MenuViewComponent(IMenuManager menuManager)
-        {
-            _menuManager = menuManager;
-        }
+    //    public MenuViewComponent(IMenuManager menuManager)
+    //    {
+    //        _menuManager = menuManager;
+    //    }
 
-        public async Task<IViewComponentResult> InvokeAsync(string menuName = StandardMenus.Main, string viewName = "Default")
-        {
-            var menu = await _menuManager.GetAsync(StandardMenus.Main);
-            return View(viewName, menu);
-        }
-    }
+    //    public async Task<IViewComponentResult> InvokeAsync(string menuName = StandardMenus.Main, string viewName = "Default")
+    //    {
+    //        var menu = await _menuManager.GetAsync(StandardMenus.Main);
+    //        return View(viewName, menu);
+    //    }
+    //}
 }

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc.UI/project.json

@@ -10,5 +10,13 @@
     "netstandard1.6": {
       "imports": "dnxcore50"
     }
+  },
+
+  "buildOptions": {
+    "embed": {
+      "include": [
+        "Views/AbpEmbeddedDemo/*.*"
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc/Volo/Abp/AspNetCore/Mvc/AbpAspNetCoreMvcModule.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,36 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles;
 using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
+using Volo.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.Mvc
 {
-    [DependsOn(typeof(AbpAspNetCoreModule))]
+    [DependsOn(
+        typeof(AbpAspNetCoreModule)
+    )]
     public class AbpAspNetCoreMvcModule : IAbpModule
     {
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddAssemblyOf<AbpAspNetCoreMvcModule>();
+
+            //Configure Razor
+            services.Insert(0,
+                ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IConfigureOptions<RazorViewEngineOptions>>(
+                    new ConfigureOptions<RazorViewEngineOptions>(options =>
+                        {
+                            options.FileProviders.Add(
+                                new EmbeddedResourceViewFileProvider(
+                                    services.GetSingletonInstance<IObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider>>()
+                                )
+                            );
+                        }
+                    )
+                )
+            );
         }
     }
 }

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore/Volo/Abp/AspNetCore/EmbeddedFiles/EmbeddedResourceFileProvider.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 using Volo.Abp.EmbeddedFiles;
+using Volo.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles
 {
@@ -13,14 +14,20 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles
         private readonly Lazy<AspNetCoreEmbeddedFileOptions> _options;
 
         public EmbeddedResourceFileProvider(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+            : this(new ObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider>(serviceProvider))
+        {
+            
+        }
+
+        public EmbeddedResourceFileProvider(IObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider> serviceProvider)
         {
             _embeddedResourceManager = new Lazy<IEmbeddedFileManager>(
-                () => serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IEmbeddedFileManager>(),
+                () => serviceProvider.Value.GetRequiredService<IEmbeddedFileManager>(),
                 true
             );
 
             _options = new Lazy<AspNetCoreEmbeddedFileOptions>(
-                () => serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<AspNetCoreEmbeddedFileOptions>>().Value,
+                () => serviceProvider.Value.GetRequiredService<IOptions<AspNetCoreEmbeddedFileOptions>>().Value,
                 true
             );
         }

src/Volo.Abp.AspNetCore/Volo/Abp/AspNetCore/EmbeddedFiles/EmbeddedResourceViewFileProvider.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using Volo.Abp.EmbeddedFiles;
+using Volo.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp.AspNetCore.EmbeddedFiles
 {
     public class EmbeddedResourceViewFileProvider : EmbeddedResourceFileProvider
     {
-        public EmbeddedResourceViewFileProvider(IServiceProvider serviceProvider) 
+        public EmbeddedResourceViewFileProvider(IObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider> serviceProvider) 
             : base(serviceProvider)
         {
         }

src/Volo.Abp/Volo/Abp/AbpKernelModule.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Volo.Abp.Modularity;
+using Volo.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Volo.Abp
 {
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ namespace Volo.Abp
             services.AddLogging();
 
             services.AddAssemblyOf<AbpKernelModule>();
+
+            services.TryAddObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider>();
+        }
+
+        public override void OnApplicationInitialization(ApplicationInitializationContext context)
+        {
+            context.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ObjectAccessor<IServiceProvider>>().Value = context.ServiceProvider;
         }
     }
 }