Avalonia Templates for dotnet new

For more information about dotnet new templates see here.

Installing the templates

Clone this repository and run:

dotnet new --install [path-to-repository]

The templates should now be available in dotnet:

Templates                   Short Name         Language        Tags
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Console Application         console              [C#], F#      Common/Console
Class library               classlib             [C#], F#      Common/Library
Unit Test Project           mstest               [C#], F#      Test/MSTest
xUnit Test Project          xunit                [C#], F#      Test/xUnit
ASP.NET Core Empty          web                  [C#]          Web/Empty
ASP.NET Core Web App        mvc                  [C#], F#      Web/MVC
ASP.NET Core Web API        webapi               [C#]          Web/WebAPI
Avalonia .NET Core App      avalonia.app         [C#]          ui/xaml
Avalonia .NET Core MVVM App avalonia.mvvm        [C#]          ui/xaml
Avalonia UserControl        avalonia.usercontrol [C#]          ui/xaml
Avalonia Window             avalonia.window      [C#]          ui/xaml
Solution File               sln                                Solution

Creating a new MVVM Application

MVVM is the recommended pattern for creating Avalonia applications. The MVVM application template uses ReactiveUI to ease building applications with complex interactions.

To create a new MVVM application called MyApp in its own subdirectory, run:

dotnet new avalonia.mvvm -o MyApp

Creating a new Application

To create a new barebones application called MyApp in its own subdirectory, run:

dotnet new avalonia.app -o MyApp

Creating a new Window

To create a new Window called MyNewWindow, in the namespace MyApp run:

dotnet new avalonia.window -na MyApp -n MyNewWindow

Creating a new UserControl

To create a new UserControl called MyNewView, in the namespace MyApp run:

dotnet new avalonia.usercontrol -na MyApp -n MyNewView