UWP set allows developers to experience the continuation of cross-platform framework
Not long ago a friend in Facebook posted a link about Uno Platform (hereinafter referred to as Uno), the point of curiosity looked into, find it very interesting, this is a UWP allows developers to quickly get started cross-platform (UWP / iOS / Android / webAssembly) frame.
According to the official website of explanation, Uno in the development of the above interface is almost the UWP xaml is the same, this is a very interesting place. Before writing Xamarin Forms are always some embarrassing part, although Xamarin Forms also used xaml, but the original is accustomed UWP's xaml grammar or some distance, sometimes you want to apply some of the original skills on the UWP or WPF is unlikely achieve. Uno brings a full range of UWP xaml, this change will make the original UWP developers to enter the threshold of cross-platform development is further reduced.
Uno was not completely replace Xamarin, it replaces the position of this piece is part of Xamarin Forms xaml UI using Uno develop cross-platform applications (Android / iOS) still need Xamarin as a substrate. Uno official website of the organization chart below:
Source: https: //platform.uno/#Architecture
To be used in the Visual Studio Uno is actually quite easy, but you have to install Xamarin development environment, then just install Uno Platform Solution Templates extensions can be used.
Then, you can directly create cross-platform project using the project template Uno Plateform of:
After the completion of the establishment Explorer program will present several projects, mainly designed xaml UI part in App1.Shared.
Open MainPage.xaml, it looks simply a standard set of UWP xaml plan surface, but more troubling is that Intellisense seems to have no effect, do not know is just the way, or my Visual Studio has been messing around I messed up.
Official website https://platform.uno/
official blog https://medium.com/@unoplatform
Original: Big Box acquaintance Uno Platform