Insert a view on a custom page or block

This tutorial show toy how to insert an existing views into a custom page or custom block.

Render a views block.

Example : Show Who's online block

$view = Views::getView('who_s_online');

if (is_object($view)) {

  $view->setDisplay('who_s_online_block');

  $view->preExecute();

  $view->execute();

  //$content = $view->buildRenderable('who_s_online_block');

  //$content = $view->buildRenderable('block', $args);

  $content = $view->buildRenderable();

  $output[] = $content;

}

Render a views page with selected exposed filter.

Example : Show People page with user name's contains 'admin' and has administrator role

$view = Views::getView('user_admin_people');

if (is_object($view)) {

  $view->setExposedInput([

    'role' => 'administrator',

    'user' => 'admin',

  ]);

  $view->setDisplay('page_1');

  $view->preExecute();

  $view->execute();

  //$content = $view->buildRenderable('page_1');

  $content = $view->buildRenderable();

  $output[] = $content;

}

Few other configurations:

$view->setArguments([]);

$view->setItemsPerPage(10);

$view->setOffset(5);

$view->setTitle("A new title");