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Version: 11.0.x

How To Implement Multi-page Apps

Content in preparation.

This guide will show you how to employ user controls as page views, and the view locator class, to implement a multiple-page application.

that is added by the Avalonia MVVM solution template.

public class ViewLocator : IDataTemplate
{
public Control? Build(object? data)
{
if (data==null) return null;
var name = data.GetType().FullName!.Replace("ViewModel", "View");
var type = Type.GetType(name);

if (type != null)
{
return (Control)Activator.CreateInstance(type)!;
}

return new TextBlock { Text = "Not Found: " + name };
}

public bool Match(object? data)
{
return data is ViewModelBase;
}
}