WPF App.xaml Root Element

Question

I'm new to Windows Presentation Foundation, and I'm looking for documentation what root elements can be added to the app.xaml file. The default root element is Application, which has sufficient documentation that I have a relatively clear understanding of this tag. Unfortunately I couldn't find any information of a root element of views.

I was following the MVVMCross TipCalc demo when I saw this entry in the App.xaml file: <views:MvxApplication .... I'm trying to understand what this line is doing versus the original line of <Application.

I greatly appreciate if someone could point to the appropriate documentation that explains what root elements can be added to the app.xaml file besides Application, as well as what the <views root element is doing.

Thank you

Answer 1

For some purposes, you may use the root element corresponding to the third-party package in app.xaml when you use the third-party package. As you can see from this document , you could add the xaml:XamlApplication root element to the app.xaml file.

what the <views root element is doing

The role of the view here is to map to custom classes and assemblies. For more mapping content of wpf, you could refer here.

I'm trying to understand what this line is doing versus the original line of <Application.

For the question of <views:MvxApplication>, it is a third-party product MVVMCross, you can ask questions in the forum mentioned here.

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