allow override for path in a virtual host - apache

Question

There are some PHP files on an external drive which is mapped to the Z: drive on a Windows 10 machine. This code is in the httpd-vhosts.conf Apache file:
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs">
Options Indexes
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
The task at hand is to allow .htaccess overrides for a file path within the path shown above. In the httpd.conf file the rewrite module is enabled. That line looks like this: LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so. I tried adding this code to the httpd.conf file:
<Directory "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs/miscellaneous/WebServiceExamples">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
The Apache web server was stopped and restarted after making these changes. The code in .htaccess looks like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# turn rewrite engine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
# map neat URL to internal URL
RewriteRule ^mobile/list/$ RestController.php?view=all [nc,qsa]
RewriteRule ^mobile/show/([0-9]+)/$ RestController.php?view=single&id=$1 [nc,qsa]
</IfModule>
However, when a URL that should be handled by the rewrite rule in the .htaccess file is entered in the Chrome address bar the result is an Object not found! Error 404. Where did I go astray?
EDIT:
Another thing I tried was putting httpd.conf back to its original state, then modifying httpd-vhosts.conf as follows:
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs">
Options Indexes
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory "Z:/files/xampp/htdocs/miscellaneous/WebServiceExamples">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
After stopping and restarting the Apache web server, the result is still the same as before:
Object not found! Error 404.

Answer 1

Figured this out. The configuration files were left in the state as described in the Edit section in the original post. The Troubleshooting section in this link was a helpful guide for determining that the configuration files were set up correctly.
This was entered as the URL in Chrome's address bar: http://localhost:8080/miscellaneous/WebServiceExamples/SimpleRestfulWebService/mobile/list. Notice there is no trailing forward slash. The rewrite rule was in .htaccess was written in such a way that made a trailing forward slash mandatory. When the rewrite rule lines were modified to make the trailing slash optional, then it worked fine. Here are the modified rewrite rules:
RewriteRule ^mobile/list/?$ RestController.php?view=all [nc,qsa]
RewriteRule ^mobile/show/([0-9]+)/?$ RestController.php?view=single&id=$1 [nc,qsa]