Prism.Avalonia Templates for dotnet new

The Prism.Avalonia Templates is a collection of dotnet template files for creating Prism.Avalonia apps.

For more information about dotnet new templates see here.

Announcement

Prism.Avalonia is officially moving to Prism Library! ❤️

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
------------------------------------  --------------------------  --------  -----------------------------------------------------
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

• Contributing
• Code-of-Conduct
• Security Policy

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