Meteor package: Templates not found

Question

I am trying to write a package with its own templates. In my package.js I am doing

api.imply([
    'meteor-platform',
    ...
]);

api.addFiles([
    'client/templates/brain_layout.html',
    ...
], 'client');
api.addFiles([
    'client/templates/brain_layout.js',
    ...
], 'client');

In my brain_layout.html I am doing

<template name="brainLayout">
    <div id="wrap">
    ...
    </div>
    {{> footer}}
</template>

and in my brain_layout.js I am doing

if (Meteor.isClient) {
    Meteor.startup(function () {
        console.log(Template);
        console.log(Template.brainLayout);
        Template.brainLayout.events({
        ...
        });
    });
}

The result is that I get an error by iron router saying Couldn't find a template named "brainLayout" or "brainLayout". Are you sure you defined it? Couldn't find a template named "brainLayout" or "brainLayout". Are you sure you defined it? and in the console I get TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'Template.brainLayout.events') as well as the output of my console.log lines. Those yield: a correctly defined Template constructor function and an undefined Template.brainLayout .

I have looked through several guides and stack overflow discussions but can't find the cause. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Make sure to api.use('templating', 'client'); in your package.js . Without that dependency, package templates won't be recognized.

Also note that you don't need the if (Meteor.isClient) check in brain_layout.js if that file is only added to the client.