https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/desktop-to-uwp-extend
This explains a process of showing a UWP app in a separate window than the WPF app. Is it possible to display them in the same window? Eg. display the UWP app inside a WPF control. Or even better : display a UWP control inside a WPF control.
Things have changed and Windows now supports hosting UWP controls inside Win32 applications such as WPF or Windows Forms.
You can find documentation on XAML islands and the hosting process on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xaml-platform/using-the-xaml-hosting-api. The article also references sample apps that should help you get started.
I consulted your issue with our team, and as Steven Wick mentioned:
It is currently not possible to display WPF and UWP UI/controls within the same window. A Desktop Bridge app can contain both WPF and UWP components, but their UI will need to reside in separate windows.
It seems like the UI betwwen WPF and UWP can't be mixed stuff, they may in different technologies.
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I love the implementation of fluent UI on Windows 10 and 11 and I thought I would be able to implement it into my mobile applications that have Xamarin.Forms as a platform, planning to move to .NET MAUI soon once it is released without previews.
My question is, is it even possible with the above-mentioned frameworks? All I am seeing is that fluent UI on mobile works on React Native which I don't use.
But then I also see the Microsoft apps using Fluent UI on mobile, so maybe it's for them only?
It's not officially supported, but it's made possible with the Xamarin Community Toolkit, specifically via the C# markup.
It's about as "Fluent UI" as you'll get in Xamarin.
Is UWP or Xamarin is usable for enterprise applications like CRM, ERP, etc...
Is the any sample on market, or there are any patterns?
These platform are firstly mobile platforms, but they had a excellent support, a lot of graphically possibility and very modern look and feel. These platform are designed for mobile application in first line, but they are ready for enterprice applications?
Of course the are lot of extension in built control (DataGrid, Charts) which makes possible to create enterprise application. But I did not find any. Is there and problem or drawback of this platforms?
Thank you
Is UWP/Xamarin ready for enterprise applications?
The answer is yes. Xamarin UWP applies not only to mobile platforms but also to desktop platforms(Windows 10). You could also run it in the desktop client. This benefits from the native universal window platform.
For pattern, there many pattern you could select such as publish-subscribe MVVM etc. For more you could refer Enterprise Application Patterns using Xamarin.Forms.
For enterprise publish, you could think of Xamarin UWP application as UWP application, and Distribute LOB apps to enterprises document has described the details of publish process.
And this blog describe the possibility of Xamarin.Form enterprise application that you could refer.
Can someone explain to me the difference between Adobe Air, Flex, and Flash Builder?
I went to the Adobe website and it said that with Air I can build standalone apps for the desktop or mobile. They said the same thing with Flex.
It said Flash Builider is an Eclipse based development tool. What does THAT mean? And then it said that I could again build applications for the desktop and mobile.
There is so much overlap, I don't really understand what first to learn and what direction to take. (I know Flash and AS2 & AS3 very well.)
What is Flex
Flex is a powerful, open source application framework that allows you to easily build mobile applications for iOS, Android™, and BlackBerry Tablet OS devices, as well as traditional applications for browser and desktop application.
Flex has different SDK Version, more details
The Flex SDK contains hundreds of out-of-the-box components. DataGrids, Charts, Formatters, Validators, and numerous other UI controls are the building blocks for applications of all sizes. Components can be styled and skinned to fit the look and feel you want. There are also hundreds of third party open source and commercial components available for Flex. Mapping APIs, Data Visualization libraries, and Cloud APIs provide the building blocks for assembling great applications.
You will use the following two languages two develop flex applications.
1 . MXML is an XML-based markup language that is primarily used to layout application display elements.
2 . ActionScript is an ECMAScript-compliant object-oriented programming language that is primarily used for application logic
What is Flash Builder
Flash Builder is an enterprise-class Eclipse-based IDE to develop Flex applications.
Flash Builder includes state-of-the-art productivity features (code assist, refactoring, etc),
on-device debugging, and mobile simulators that allow developers to test their applications
on different screen sizes and densities. Flash Builder allows developers to package native
application files (ipa, apk, bar) for release on the Apple App Store, Android Marketplace,
and BlackBerry App world.
What is AIR
Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that enables you to use your existing ActionScript or HTML/JavaScript development skills and tools to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) outside the browser(Desktop) and on mobile devices.
It's very easy:
Adobe Air is a Flash Runtime for desktops and mobile devices. In other words, Flash applications use, and need it to work in the desktop or in mobile devices. This would be the equivalent to the Flash Player that you use in your web browser every day.
Flex is a framework that provides you with a set of user interface components, containers and utilities that make it easier to develop visual applications.
Flash Builder is the software you use to edit the code, to "compile" it, to test it, to debug it...
Starting from flash, Inventor of RIA(Rich internet applications). First came as a much designer friendly platform where the users can develop some cool animations and banners. Become a big success. Then making the animation interactive like listening for end users actions through keyboard and mouse added a programming language (Actionscript).
Flex a much developer friendly tool, which felicitate the development of rich internet applications in the beginning, They put Flex SDK(Software Development Tool) along with flex which makes the application development much easier.
Adobe AIR is a flash runtime running on your desktop and mobile devices, making the same user experience and to allow the developers to create multi platform desktop applications and giving some sort of access to the developers to the os level. Later on have put their effort in Mobile devices and put forward an idea of creating cross platform applications for mobile devices.
In a nutshell.
Flex can be considered as a development toolkit for for the Flash Player.
AIR is a runtime environment that enables you to run your application on the desktop/mobile device.
Flash builder is a development tool for creating applications
I'm trying to start develop an Adobe Air app for Android.
I have Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 standard and when I choose new project I see two options:
Flex mobile project
ActionScript mobile project
What are the differents between these two options?
In brief, the Flex Mobile uses the Flex framework. You need to decide if this framework will help or hinder your product. It will allow you to use a lot of declarative markup (MXML) and a lot of built in controls and data handling methods. On the other side, it locks you into the "Flex" way of doing things.
Is it possible i can use WPF in ASP.NET application. if so, how can i create an ASP.NET web site with WPF.
Thisng is, i have created a website through visual studio. Then i was trying to add a web page as WPF. But i couldnt. I am very new to WPF. Please help me. Is it WPF is only for winform application? We could not add WPF in web forms?
Regards
WPF (Windows Presentation Framework) is primarily a desktop technology. It is possible to embed a WPF application inside a web page as a XBAP (XAML Based APlication) but that is different than creating pages with WPF.
Silverlight is the framework to chose if you want to build a Rich Internet Application. Is has better integration with the pages that it is embedded on as well as any Javascript on that page.
Both WPF and Silverlight use XAML and a common set of controls so Silverlight should be somewhat familiar.
WPF can be placed inside an ASP.NET page (or any other web technology) with the browser's WPF Plugin (or ActiveX for Internet Explorer), called XBAP.
But WPF is a large set of components and need the .NET Framework installed on the user machine to work. In other words, the plugin just place the WPF content on that position and calls the .NET Framework to load there.
The closest approach is to use Silverlight, wich is a small subset of WPF components, fully based on browser's plugin (like Flash does). It has less "things" than the full WPF API, but is very good for most uses.
Resuming, Silverlight needs the plugin installed on the users' browser (like Flash needs). And WPF needs both the plugin and also the .NET Framework installed on the users' machine.
Worth mentioning that silverlight RIA will run in IE and firefox (safari etc) on a Windows box and in linux with Moonlight if its compiled to Silverlight 2.0 or earlier (but not yet if its compiled to Silverlight 3 or later).
WPF XBAPS will only run in IE on Windows box.