Does the XAMLStudio supports WinUI 3 apps?

[inoyakaigor]

I'm newbie in building desktop apps with MSFT products. I have pet project based at WinUI3 and when I tried to see at a Settings windows of my app I got an error:

I've tried to delete proprties Title, then got an error:

(Here I'd like to post just text but can't select it from pink notification)
If I remove Systembackdrop I'll got next error, but according autosuggestion I can use Systembackdrop.

So I assume XAMLStudio isn't supposed to work with WinUI3, right?

[michael-hawker]

Welcome! Thanks for trying XAML Studio and making a post! 🦙❤️

Most of the XAML between things will be the same (even if it's still running on UWP, eventually there are plans to natively run on WinUI 3 as well, see #34).

If you just copy the contents of your Window (the Grid) in to XAML Studio, it should work better (outside of controls specific to WinUI 3). XAML Studio just doesn't know how to deal with the top-level Window type, it knows about Page, UserControl, ContentDialog, and ResourceDictionary right now (or other base FrameworkElement based controls really).

I'd also recommend checking out my video series for some background on working with Windows Development! This one talks about organization of XAML: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM7Txg78Y7E&list=PLfYoThk3lXSTR6nkF_w8fPjI1M8LSQS8k&index=2