rikosjett

Prevent double initializations of views

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It is best practice to not have the same view as both root view, and target of blank route. Using it for both, causes it to initialize twice.

JSON
"sap.ui5": {
    "flexEnabled": true,
    "rootView": {
      "viewName": "namespace.view.Root",
      "type": "XML",
      "async": true,
      "id": "appControl"
    },
    "routing": {
      "config": {
        "routerClass": "sap.m.routing.Router",
        "viewType": "XML",
        "viewPath": "namespace.view",
        "controlId": "appControl",
        "transition": "slide",
        "controlAggregation": "pages",
        "async": true,
        "bypassed": {
          "target": "notFound"
        }
      },
      "routes": [
        {
          "name": "appHome",
          "pattern": "",
          "target": "Home"
        }
      ],
      "targets": {
        "Home": {
          "viewName": "App",
          "viewId": "appView",
          "viewType": "XML",
          "viewLevel": 1  
        }
      }
    }
  }

Reference: Root View and Controller is instantiated 2 times #1746