unless ActiveAdmin::Dependency.cancan? || ActiveAdmin::Dependency.cancancan? ActiveAdmin::Dependency.cancan! end require 'cancan' # Add a setting to the application to configure the ability ActiveAdmin::Application.inheritable_setting :cancan_ability_class, "Ability" module ActiveAdmin class CanCanAdapter < AuthorizationAdapter def authorized?(action, subject = nil) cancan_ability.can?(action, subject) end def cancan_ability @cancan_ability ||= initialize_cancan_ability end def scope_collection(collection, action = ActiveAdmin::Auth::READ) collection.accessible_by(cancan_ability, action) end private def initialize_cancan_ability klass = resource.namespace.cancan_ability_class klass = klass.constantize if klass.is_a? String klass.new user end end end