Using the UI package

The UI package is a base package for building out UI components for native applications for Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and the web.

Its main purpose is to be used by the additional MADE.NET UI UI packages. However, it can be used to build your own custom UI elements for your own applications.

Building custom controls for Windows or Uno Platform applications

The MADE.UI.Controls.Control is an extension to the Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Control that provides additional base components to make it easier to build custom controls.

For detail on building the custom control itself, we highly recommend these resources for information on building them.

• Nick's .NET Travels - How to create a XAML templated control

With this base class, you get the following additional features to work with.

IsVisible property

IsVisible is a boolean property that controls the Visibility state of the control.

When updated, the IsVisibleChanged event is fired which can be used to handle additional functions when a control is shown or hidden.

GetChildView{TView} method

GetChildView{TView}(string) is a method which sits on top of the GetTemplateChild method of the underlying Control class.

The method simplifies the understanding and usability of retrieving child UI elements by retrieving your UI elements in the expected type.