List could not be found at site in autohosted app

Question

I have a sharepoint autohosted app integrated with mvc model (DocumentsMvc project)

I created a list (AwaitingDocuments) by adding it to sharepoint project (Documents) and created a simple view in which I want to display some basic information from the list.

However when I try to debug the app it catches exception stating that:

List 'AwaitingDocuments' does not exist at site with URL https://someserver.sharepoint.com/sites/somesite

I tried to access the list directly through https://someserver.sharepoint.com/sites/somesite/someapp/lists/AwaitingDocuments and it was there.

Here is a look at my solution setup:

Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

Any list you deploy as part of you App will be added to the AppWeb (yes such a web is created when you add SharePoint items to your App, even though the App is Autohosted) not to the HostWeb

Answer 2

I am presuming that your app doesn't have the proper "read" permissions to see this list.

Add the read permission to the AppManifest for the list service. This should then work.