McNet's Tips

In the previous post I showed you how to use the Mica background for the Windows head application. Unfortunately Mica backdrop cannot be used with the other platforms. In this one I want to show you how to use different backgrounds depending on the different targets. Add a new class to the App project and named it PageExtensions.cs internal static class PageExtensions {     public static void SetPageBackground(this Page page)     {         Brush brush; #if WINDOWS && !HAS_UNO         brush = new SolidColorBrush(Microsoft.UI.Colors.Transparent); #elif __ANDROID__         var stops = new GradientStopCollection();         stops.Add(new GradientStop() { Color = ColorHelper.FromArgb(0xff, 0x3d, 0x3d, 0x8d), Offset = 0 }); ...

Recently a user asked in uno-platform's discord channel if the WinUIEx package works with Uno Platform. Morten Nielsen , the WinUIEx developer -(AKA   dotMorten )- stated that it can only be used with Windows: "WinUIEx is for use with WinUI/Windows. It’s not a cross platform api in any way.  You can use it in Uno for windows targets only." If you are interested in applying the Mica backdrop to the Windows head of an UNO application, I can show you a tip that worked for me. At the time of writing I was working with Uno Platform 4.7 and WinUIEx 1.8.0. First of all add the WinUIEx package to the Windows project. dotnet add package WinUIEx --version 1.8.0 Important : If you have a background in your xaml covering the backdrop, i.e. a ShellPage with a NavigationView, be sure to set the background Transparent.  If you need a different background color for the other platforms, you can use platform-specific C# code or platform-specific XAML markup . Let me thanks Marten f...