New templates

This release supports the new mcs-uno-markup2 and mcs-uno-view templates in Modern.CSharp.Templates 1.5.0:

• The mcs-uno-view template is used by the New-View.ps1 script, which is included in mcs-uno-markup2
• Improved frictionless startup for both existing and new Uno solutions - whether created with Uno's dotnet new unoapp template or with the Uno solution wizard for Visual Studio.
• Add support for .NET 8 / .NET 7, as well as model types MVUX / MVVM / none
• Now pre-structured with best practices for maintainability and code reuse of C# Markup 2 UI.

New methods

This release adds / changes the following methods:

• Add content alignment convenience extension methods for Control: LeftContent, HCenterContent, RightContent, TopContent, VCenterContent, BottomContent, CenterContent, StretchContent
• Add Stretch convenience extension method for FrameworkElement
• Add overload for Page Content extension method with different parameter order for better markup readability

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-64...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-66

This release is fully updated to the awesome Uno 5 release and .NET 8 GA. You can use the Uno Solution Wizard for Visual Studio and add a C# Markup 2 project to it at any time with one command. All Uno wizard customizations are supported: combine C# Markup 2 with MVUX or MVVM, XAML or Uno C# Markup, use Uno Navigation extensions, and target .NET 8 or .NET 7. All Uno target platforms are supported.

A brand new dotnet new C# Markup 2 project template gets you going in no time - carefully optimized for an optimal developer experience: uncluttered solution explorer view, automatic file grouping of markup and logic files, uncluttered markup source, focused Intellisense, clear starting points for markup extensions in your code, plus fast hot reload - both automatic and with a hot reload button overlay in debug mode, for the platforms that your IDE can hot reload but cannot (yet) update the UI automatically.

Enjoy general C# Markup 2 improvements, plus C# Markup 2 API's for 5 additional Uno libraries:

• Support for Uno's UI Toolkit, Reactive / MVUX extension and Navigation extensions
• Support for the awesome LiveCharts2
• All ThemeResources searchable in C# Intellisense, strongly typed

The getting started is fully up to date. Examples in this repo and the readme will be updated soon to show off the new features.

NJoy concise C# Markup!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-62-dev-2...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-63-dev-13

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-61-dev-9...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-62-dev-2

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-60-dev-3...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-61-dev-9

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-60-dev-1...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-60-dev-3

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-wpf-2-2-21...csharpmarkup2-winui-2-3-60-dev-1

Windows App SDK

• Fix to add missing layout type helpers for many types of content properties - both collection and single item type content:
  VisualStateGroup, CommandBar, Hub, MenuBarItemFlyout, MenuFlyout, MenuFlyoutSubItem, CommandBarFlyoutCommandBar, RadioButtons, TabView and more
• Fix helpers for ItemsRepeater ItemTemplate property plus add manual lambda DataTemplate helper
• Fix for multiple ContentAttribute implementations used in Windows App SDK
• Fix for multiple GradientStop collection types used in Windows App SDK
• Fix for inconsistent parameter order for GradientStop between WinUI and Uno - add manual overload to allow specifying offset and color by value without ambiguity
• Shorten generated code: omit namespaces that are in using statements from type names

Uno Platform

• Fix to add missing layout type helpers for many types of content properties - both collection and single item type content:
  VisualStateGroup, CommandBar, Hub, MenuBarItemFlyout, MenuFlyout, MenuFlyoutSubItem, CommandBarFlyoutCommandBar, RadioButtons, TabView, Border, Flyout, MediaPlayerPresenter, SplitView, Viewbox and more
• Fix helpers for ItemsRepeater ItemTemplate property plus add manual lambda DataTemplate helper
• Shorten generated code: omit namespaces that are in using statements from type names

WPF

• Shorten generated code: omit namespaces that are in using statements from type names

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-wpf-2-1-14...csharpmarkup2-winui-wpf-2-2-21

Windows App SDK

• Updated to latest stable Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.3.230602002

Uno Platform

• Updated to latest stable Uno.WinUI 4.9.20
• Map Uno NotImplemented attribute to .NET UnsupportedOSPlatform attribute Now you will get compile warnings when a WinUI API is not implemented by Uno Platform for a specific target platform; This is the equivalent of the Uno0001 warning

WPF

• Version of CSharpMarkup.WPF NuGet aligned to version of CSharpMarkup.WinUI NuGet
• Enable Source Link

Full Changelog: https://github.com/VincentH-Net/CSharpForMarkup/compare/csharpmarkup2-winui-2-0-0...csharpmarkup2-winui-wpf-2-1-14

Major Release

C# Markup 2 target platforms are now updated and expanded:

• .NET 7 and C# 11 for all target platforms
• Supports latest version of Windows App SDK for targeting Windows - no dependency on Uno Platform
• Supports latest version of Uno.WinUI for targeting Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, WebAssembly, Skia/Tizen, Skia/WPF, and Skia/GTK for Linux
• Supports platform specific API's and API variations (separate C# Markup API's generated for each target platform, compiled into separate assemblies)
• Built for multi-targeting
• Adds Source Link for easy debugging and discovery of API's and API patterns
• Comes with high-quality mcs-winui3-app and mcs-winui3-view dotnet new templates
  • All code built to the highest C# standards: nullable enabled, zero warnings, fully compliant with the mcs-editorconfig template
  • Supports rebuild UI on C# Hot Reload - including smart workarounds for various MS hot reload defects
  • Has built-in debug navigator overlay to quickly build out your pages in hot reload
  • Has New-View.ps1 to quickly add views from within Visual Studio's terminal. Create views with or without viewmodel.
  • Uses a combination of CommunityToolkit.Mvvm and PropertyChanged.Fody for an optimal developer experience with viewmodels
  • Automatic file nesting of <view>.cs and <view>.logic.cs in solution explorer
  • Application main window content is now also a C# Markup view (in App.cs and App.logic.cs)
• new .Content() extension method on Page allows to configure existing page instances (created by navigating to a page) fully in C# Markup instead of in the .logic.cs file