Prism.Avalonia Templates for dotnet new
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The Prism.Avalonia Templates is a collection of dotnet template files for creating Prism.Avalonia (old repo) apps.
For more information about dotnet new templates see here.
Announcement
Prism.Avalonia is officially moving to Prism Library! :heart:
Installing Templates
Run from a command line:
dotnet new install Templates.Prism.Avalonia
# Install
dotnet new prism.avalonia.app -n MySuperAwesomeApp
# Help
dotnet new prism.avalonia.app -h
The templates are now be available in dotnet new list:
Project Templates
Template Name Short Name Language Tags
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Prism.Avalonia .NET - Empty App prism.avalonia.app [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Prism.Avalonia .NET - Sample Dialog App prism.avalonia.app.dialog [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Prism.Avalonia .NET - Sample Full SideBar App prism.avalonia.app.full [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Item Templates
Template Name Short Name Language Tags
------------------------------------ -------------------------- -------- -----------------------------------------------------
Prism Avalonia Event prism.avalonia.event [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Prism Avalonia UserControl prism.avalonia.usercontrol [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Prism Avalonia ViewModel prism.avalonia.viewmodel [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Prism Avalonia Window prism.avalonia.window [C#] Desktop/Xaml/Axaml/Avalonia/Prism/Windows/Linux/macOS
Commands
For more help, dotnet new prism.avalonia.app -h
Prism.Avalonia .NET - Empty App (C#)
Author: Damian Suess
Description: An empty cross-platform Avalonia UI Application using the Prism.Avalonia framework with the MVVM pattern.
Usage:
dotnet new prism.avalonia.app [options] [template options]
Options:
-n, --name <name> The name for the output being created. If no name is specified, the name of the output
directory is used.
-o, --output <output> Location to place the generated output.
--dry-run Displays a summary of what would happen if the given command line were run if it would result
in a template creation.
--force Forces content to be generated even if it would change existing files.
--no-update-check Disables checking for the template package updates when instantiating a template.
--project <project> The project that should be used for context evaluation.
-lang, --language <C#> Specifies the template language to instantiate.
--type <project> Specifies the template type to instantiate.
Template options:
-F, --Framework <net8.0> The target framework for the project.
Type: choice
net8.0 Target net8.0 (default)
Default: net8.0
-A, --AvaloniaVersion <11.1.3> The target version of Avalonia NuGet packages.
Type: choice
11.1.3 Target 11.1.3 (Latest stable)
Default: 11.1.3
-P, --PrismVersion <9.0.537.11130> The target version of Prism.Avalonia NuGet packages.
Type: choice
9.0.537.11130 Target 9.0.537.11130 (Latest stable).
Default: 9.0.537.11130
Contributing
Local Test and Build
.\install-dev-templates.ps1
.\tests\build-test.ps1
References
- Templates based on Avalonia .NET Templates
Sponsored by: Suess Labs, Inc.
- skunkworks of Xeno Innovations