AutoGenMaui 1.1.0

AutoGenMaui

Library for automatic generated GUI for MAUI

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 or newest, with module .NET Multi-platform App UI
• MaUI project version .NET 7, where we want use framework

Instalation

Add NuGet Packages: https://www.nuget.org/packages/AutoGenMaui/

Or install via Packat Manager Console:

NuGet\Install-Package AutoGenMaui -Version 1.0.1

Or add source code, that is on github: https://github.com/Brano5/AutoGenMaui

Using

In our MaUI project, we will create a simple class for demonstration. For example:

public class SimpleClass
{
    public string stringType { get; set; }
    public int intType { get; set; }
}

We can test it, for example, on the main page. So in the "MainPage.xaml" file, we add the line:

<autoGenMaui:AutoGen Context="{Binding Source={x:Reference this}, Path=simpleClass}"/>

If we want to use "AutoGen" we need to add a reference to this class:

xmlns:autoGenMaui="clr-namespace:AutoGenMaui;assembly=AutoGenMaui"

And also name:

x:Name="this"

Subsequently, in the background code in the "MainPage.xaml.cs" class, we create the attribute that we want to generate:

public SimpleClass simpleClass { get; set; }

And we initialize this attribute in the constructor:

simpleClass = new SimpleClass();
simpleClass.intType = 5;

After running the application, for example, in Windows applications, the main page is displayed, which already contains the generated class.

Supported types

• simple - Byte, Int, Double, Char, String, Bool, DateTime, Enum
• complex - any object that consists of supported types
• enumerable - array, list, dictionary

Customization options

Setting attributes for appearance modification can be done in two ways:

• Determination of parameters of the main component for generation

<AutoGen Context="obj" Presentation="Control" Layout="Horizontal" Margin="30" />

• Adding attribute metadata directly to an object or attribute

public class AllTypes
{
    [Layout(LayoutEnum.Vertical)]
    public string simpleType { get; set; }

    [Presentation(PresentationEnum.Control)]
    [Padding(30, 50)]
    public int[] enumerableType { get; set; }
}

We can modify the generated view by adding one of these attributes:

• Layout
• Presentation
• Margin
• Padding
• Name
• Ignore

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License