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ViewBaseGenerator

Name: ViewBaseGenerator
Author: havendv

The main purpose of the generator is to avoid boilerplate code in the code-behind views files, like this:

public abstract partial class PreviewDropViewBase
: ReactiveUI.Uno.ReactiveUserControl<Ratbuddyssey.ViewModels.PreviewDropViewModel>
{
}

public partial class MainView
{
    public MainView()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        _ = this.WhenActivated(disposables =>
        {
            DataContext = ViewModel;
        });
    }
}

At the same time, the generator supports the ability to add your code anywhere through the definition of partial methods for special cases:

public partial class MainView
{
    partial void BeforeInitializeComponent();
    partial void AfterInitializeComponent();

    partial void AfterWhenActivated(CompositeDisposable disposables);

    public MainView()
    {
        BeforeInitializeComponent();

        InitializeComponent();

        AfterInitializeComponent();

        _ = this.WhenActivated(disposables =>
        {
            DataContext = ViewModel;

            if (ViewModel == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            AfterWhenActivated(disposables);
        });
    }
}

I also recommend not deleting .xaml.cs files, but leaving them empty like this:

namespace YourNamespace.Views;

public partial class MainView
{
}

Nuget

Install-Package ViewBaseGenerator

WPF/UWP/WinUI

  <PropertyGroup>
    <ViewBaseGenerator_Namespace>YourNamespace.Views</ViewBaseGenerator_Namespace>
  </PropertyGroup

  <ItemGroup Label="View Constructors">
    <AdditionalFiles Include="Views\**\*.xaml" ViewBaseGenerator_GenerateConstructor="True" ViewBaseGenerator_SetReactiveUIDataContext="True" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup Label="ViewBase">
    <AdditionalFiles Include="Views\**\*.xaml.cs" ViewBaseGenerator_BaseClass="ReactiveUI.Uno.ReactiveUserControl" ViewBaseGenerator_ViewModelNamespace="YourNamespace.ViewModels" />
  </ItemGroup>

havendv/ViewBaseGeneratorv1.10.0

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ViewBaseGenerator

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WPF/UWP/WinUI

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