Laravel 5.2 view set to public folder - angularjs

Question

I am trying to make my routes access to public folder as i am trying to use laravel as api and angular as frontend. I have changed the view file from config folder from
'paths' => [
realpath(base_path('resources/views')),
],
To
'paths' => [
realpath(base_path('public/views')),
],
in my public folder i have created a views folder and placed a file called test.html
Now
Route::get('/',function(){
return view('test.html');
});
it shows error
in FileViewFinder.php line 137
at FileViewFinder->findInPaths('test.html', array('C:\xampp\htdocs\customer_portal\public\views')) in FileViewFinder.php line 79
at FileViewFinder->find('test.html') in Factory.php line 165
at Factory->make('test.html', array(), array()) in helpers.php line 779
at view('test.html') in routes.php line 36
at RouteServiceProvider->{closure}()
Do you know what i am doing wrong?

Answer 1

The problem is that U use return view('test.html') on html file! Its wrong, view should be use for php blade templates. Instead return conent of your file (below code I copy-paste from my project FilesController):
use Response;
...
public function downloadFile(Request $request)
{
...
return Response::download(path_to_your_file, download_file_name);
}
and in routes.php file instead of Route::get('/',function(){... put:
Route::get('/', 'FilesController#downloadFile');