magento 2 how to add phtml file after after_body_start

Question

In magento1 we use this reference to add block after body tag.

<reference name="after_body_start">
</reference>

same also use in magento 1

 <reference name="before_body_end"></reference>

what is replacement of this code in magento 2?

Answer 1

You can check inside page_layout/empty.xml file inside module-theme/base folder.

<container name="after.body.start" as="after.body.start" before="-" label="Page Top"/>

<container name="before.body.end" as="before_body_end" after="-" label="Page Bottom"/>

You can check reference from vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/layout/default.xml here also:

<referenceContainer name="after.body.start">
    <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Js\Components" name="head.components" as="components" template="Magento_Catalog::js/components.phtml"/>
</referenceContainer>

So in Magento 2 , you can use referenceContainer node to define same as in Magento 1. Thanks.

Answer 2

Refer working example, you can place it default.xml or specific layout file in your module.

<referenceContainer name="content">
<block class="Vendorname\Modulename\Block\Manufacturer\Grid" name="manufacturer_grid" template="templates\test.phtml"  before="before.body.end">
            </block>
</referenceContainer>   

If you want to add before or after you can create reference container as posted.

before= "before.body.end"
after = "before.body.end"

Here is an excellent answer from Raphael

Hope this helps ....:)