Mailboxer with rails 4 (undefined local variable or method `root_url')

Question

Update

The error was that rails cant find the root_url

Visit <%= link_to root_url, root_url %> and go to your inbox for more info.

for a quick fix and I dont need to sent the user to the root_url just a notification for the user to go to the app. I change the code to this: on the mailbox email views

Visit **messages** and go to your inbox for more info.

Question

I got devise set with my rails 4 app. Im following the example mailboxer-app when I sent the message I get a error:

`error undefined local variable or method `root_url' for #<#<Class:0x007ffe0b881678>:0x007ffe0b068298>`

Stuff I have fix to get it working

Got the form sending message to user with email
user can sent and reply
mark as delete
view inbox,sentbox and trash

this are my steps

install gem -v 0.12.1
rails g mailboxer:install
run migration
use the code from the example app(controller,view,routes)
add to my user.rb acts_as_messageable and

Conversations Controller

  before_filter :authenticate_user!
  helper_method :mailbox, :conversation

  def index
        @inbox ||= current_user.mailbox.inbox.paginate(:page => params[:inbox], :per_page => 5  )
        @sentbox ||= current_user.mailbox.sentbox.paginate(:page => params[:sentbox], :per_page => 5    )
        @trash ||= current_user.mailbox.trash.paginate(:page => params[:trash], :per_page => 5  )
  end
  def create
    recipient_emails = conversation_params(:recipients).split(',')
    recipients = User.where(email: recipient_emails).all

     conversation = current_user.
      send_message(recipients, *conversation_params(:body, :subject)).conversation

    redirect_to :conversations
  end

form

<%= bootstrap_form_for :conversation, url: :conversations do |f| %>
    <%= f.text_field :recipients%>
    <%= f.text_field :subject%>
    <%= f.text_field :body %>
    <div class="form-actions">
      <%= f.primary "send" %>
      <%= submit_tag 'Cancel', type: :reset, class: 'btn btn-danger' %>
    </div>
  <% end %>

View

<% @inbox.each do |conversation| %>
<%= conversation.originator.username%>
<%= link_to  raw(truncate(strip_tags(conversation.subject), :length => 15)), conversation_path(conversation) %>
 <% end %>

Find tutorial in Google. What is the problem of current codes above? — Raptor, Jun 20 '14 at 02:50
I have look for 1 week and nothing that can help me. The part that i need help its setup the basic views to work with mailboxer. after that I can work my self on the rest I got this code form the tut. and working my way but having a hardtimes with the views — Frank004, Jun 20 '14 at 03:26
I was look for any basic guide for setup rails 4. the problem that Im getting is the tutorials and guides that I found are old version and not working. But ill try posting what I got on my views and controllers — Frank004, Jun 20 '14 at 03:44
I change my Question and info see now its better thank you for your time. — Frank004, Jun 20 '14 at 05:52
I try just the simple stuff and still get this error ActionView::MissingTemplate - Missing partial mailboxer/conversations/_conversation with this simple code <%= render current_user.mailbox.inbox %> — Frank004, Jun 21 '14 at 03:08
@Raptor I re-write the post and found a answer to my question I like is you can check my negative post point on this post. thank you I learning to use this places put I think is to sever with newcomers. — Frank004, Jun 23 '14 at 00:45

Frank004 · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-12T11:50:33.573

Ok got the fix to this problem. what happen is that the mailboxer mailer was looking for root_url. Rails 4.1 wont generate the views for that just copy the files from the source code and works greate.

and just change that part of the code here.

view/mailboxer/all of this files message_mailer notification_mailer

change this

Visit <%= link_to root_url, root_url %> and go to your inbox for more info.

to this

Visit **messages** and go to your inbox for more info.

Thanx to this guy supremebeing7. on the mailboxer issue page

Mailboxer with rails 4 (undefined local variable or method `root_url')

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