Choose a Template
The Avalonia for Visual Studio extension includes some solution templates that you can use to start an Avalonia UI project. To get started, you will use the simplest of these templates.
Follow this procedure to choose the template:
- Run Visual Studio, click Create a new project.
- Type 'Avalonia' in the search box.
- Click Avalonia Application (the first item in the search results - for C#), then click Next.
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- Complete the Configure you new project dialog, and click Create.
The template will create a new solution and project for you with the Avalonia UI dependencies set, and 5 files.
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You are now ready to explore the app.