7 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb b/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 491faf4af9..643cc6b0ee 100644
--- a/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require 'fileutils'
 
 require 'active_support'
 require 'action_controller'
+require 'action_view'
 require 'rails/all'
 
 module TestApp
diff --git a/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb b/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00ba433a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/test/application/basic_rendering_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+require 'isolation/abstract_unit'
+require 'rack/test'
+
+module ApplicationTests
+  class BasicRenderingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+    include ActiveSupport::Testing::Isolation
+    include Rack::Test::Methods
+
+    def setup
+      build_app
+    end
+
+    def teardown
+      teardown_app
+    end
+
+    test "Rendering without ActionView" do
+      gsub_app_file 'config/application.rb', "require 'rails/all'", <<-RUBY
+        require "active_model/railtie"
+        require "action_controller/railtie"
+      RUBY
+
+      # Turn off ActionView and jquery-rails (it depends on AV)
+      $:.reject! {|path| path =~ /(actionview|jquery\-rails)/ }
+      boot_rails
+
+      app_file 'app/controllers/pages_controller.rb', <<-RUBY
+        class PagesController < ApplicationController
+          def render_hello_world
+            render text: "Hello World!"
+          end
+
+          def render_nothing
+            render nothing: true
+          end
+
+          def no_render; end
+
+          def raise_error
+            render foo: "bar"
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      get '/pages/render_hello_world'
+      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+      assert_equal "Hello World!", last_response.body
+      assert_equal "text/plain; charset=utf-8", last_response.content_type
+
+      get '/pages/render_nothing'
+      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+      assert_equal " ", last_response.body
+      assert_equal "text/plain; charset=utf-8", last_response.content_type
+
+      get '/pages/no_render'
+      assert_equal 500, last_response.status
+
+      get '/pages/raise_error'
+      assert_equal 500, last_response.status
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/railties/test/application/url_generation_test.rb b/railties/test/application/url_generation_test.rb
index 2767779719..efbc853d7b 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/url_generation_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/url_generation_test.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
       boot_rails
       require "rails"
       require "action_controller/railtie"
+      require "action_view/railtie"
 
       class MyApp < Rails::Application
         config.secret_key_base = "3b7cd727ee24e8444053437c36cc66c4"
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 42b6275932..2f0dfc7d3e 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_generator_if_skip_action_view_is_given
+    run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-action-view"]
+    assert_file "config/application.rb", /#\s+require\s+["']action_view\/railtie["']/
+  end
+
   def test_generator_if_skip_sprockets_is_given
     run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-sprockets"]
     assert_file "config/application.rb" do |content|
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/generators_test_helper.rb b/railties/test/generators/generators_test_helper.rb
index 7fdd54fc30..32a3d072c9 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/generators_test_helper.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/generators_test_helper.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Rails.application.load_generators
 
 require 'active_record'
 require 'action_dispatch'
+require 'action_view'
 
 module GeneratorsTestHelper
   def self.included(base)
diff --git a/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb b/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
index a3295a6e69..913e2b5e29 100644
--- a/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/railties/test/isolation/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ module TestHelpers
     def make_basic_app
       require "rails"
       require "action_controller/railtie"
+      require "action_view/railtie"
 
       app = Class.new(Rails::Application)
       app.config.eager_load = false
@@ -242,6 +243,12 @@ module TestHelpers
       end
     end
 
+    def gsub_app_file(path, regexp, *args, &block)
+      path = "#{app_path}/#{path}"
+      content = File.read(path).gsub(regexp, *args, &block)
+      File.open(path, 'wb') { |f| f.write(content) }
+    end
+
     def remove_file(path)
       FileUtils.rm_rf "#{app_path}/#{path}"
     end
diff --git a/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb b/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
index a9b237d0a5..e45a5228a1 100644
--- a/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/rails_info_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 
+ActionController::Base.superclass.send(:include, ActionView::Layouts)
+
 module ActionController
   class Base
     include ActionController::Testing