Overriding default templates requires replace().

[davidkellerman]

To override either of the default view-<model>-list or view-<model>-detail templates, you have to use replace(), which shouldn't be necessary.

So, for example, the following code works:

    app.get('base-ui').viewModel('pd_recipe', {
      model: 'pd_recipe',
      displayName: 'Recipe',
      sortField: 'updatedAt', sortDirection: 'DESC',
      modelPopulate: ['app', 'user', 'ingredients']})
    app.get('templater').replace().template(__dirname + "/views/view-pd-recipe-detail.ejs", "page")
    app.get('templater').replace().template(__dirname + "/views/view-pd-recipe-list.ejs", "page")

However, the replacement templates won't take effect if you remove the replace() clauses.