zoft.MauiExtensions

Set of tools designed to be used in MAUI projects, including Views, ViewModels, Services, Extensions and more...

Nuget Package	Current Version
zoft.MauiExtensions.Core

Getting Started

Install nuget package: zoft.MauiExtensions.Core

Install-Package zoft.MauiExtensions.Core

Create Windows MainThreadService

using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
using zoft.MauiExtensions.Core.Services;

namespace <your.app.base.namespace>.Platforms.Windows.Services
{
    public sealed class WindowsMainThreadService : MainThreadService
    {
        protected override DispatcherQueue MainThreadDispatcher => WinUI.App.Dispatcher;
    }
}

Register MainThreadService depending on platform

return builder
    .UseMauiApp<App>()
    .ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
    {
        fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
        fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Semibold.ttf", "OpenSansSemibold");
    })
#if WINDOWS
    .Services.AddSingleton<IMainThreadService, Platforms.Windows.Services.WindowsMainThreadService>();
#else
    .Services.AddSingleton<IMainThreadService, MainThreadService>();
#endif
    .Build();

How To Use

Refer to the sample to have a better understanding of package capabilities. Bellow you can find the most common features and how to use them

Localization Service

The package provides a set of tools to implement localization in your app:

• ILocalizationService: Interface for the localization service. The interface exists to make it easier to use iwith IOC and to override the base implementation
• ResourceManagerLocalizationService: Implementation of the ILocalizationService using resource files (.resx)

builder.Services.AddSingleton<ILocalizationService>(new ResourceManagerLocalizationService(AppResources.ResourceManager, SupportedLanguages.DefaultLanguage));

• TranslationMarkup: XAML markup that provides an easy way to apply the translation directly in XAML

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:zoft="http://zoft.maui.extensions"
             x:Class="zoft.MauiExtensions.Sample.Views.LocalizationView"
             Title="{zoft:Translate LocalizationPage_Title}">
    ...
    ...
    <ScrollView>
        <VerticalStackLayout Spacing="10">
            <Label Text="{zoft:Translate LocalizationPage_Label1}" FontSize="16" FontAttributes="Bold"/>
            <Label Text="{zoft:Translate LocalizationPage_Label2}" />
            <Label Text="{zoft:Translate LocalizationPage_Label3}" FontAttributes="Italic" BackgroundColor="LightGray"/>
        </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ScrollView>
    ...
</ContentPage>

MainThread Service

At current time, the MAUI essentials implementation of MainThread is not working for Windows. This package provides a wrapper interface IMainThreadService and an implementation for all platforms, including Windows. To use, you just need to register the correct service depending of the platform:

public sealed class WindowsMainThreadService : MainThreadService
{
    protected override DispatcherQueue MainThreadDispatcher => WinUI.App.Dispatcher;
}

Base Models

Based on the Component Models of the CommunityToolkit.MVVM, the package provides a set of base models that can be used to create Models, ViewModels and Services in your app.

• ZoftObservableObject: Based on the ObservableObject class, provides a base implementation of the INotifyPropertyChanged interface
• ZoftObservableRecipient: Based on the ObservableRecipient class, provides a base implementation of the ObservableRecipient class
• ZoftObservableValidator: Based on the ObservableValidator class, provides a base implementation of the ObservableValidator class
  • Override OnErrorsChanged to handle logic when the validation results change

Busy Notification Management

Base models provide methods to execute code in a background thread, while providing with updated on IsBusy and BusyMessage properties that can be bound to an UI element (i.e. ActivityIndicator)

await DoWorkAsync(() => ..., "Busy Message");

var result = await DoWorkAsync(() => return some_object, "BusyMessage");

Weak Subscription

The package provides a set of extension methods to subscribe to events using weak references, avoiding memory leaks when the subscriber is not disposed.