VijayAnand.FormsTemplates 1.4.0

CLI Project and Item Templates for developing Xamarin.Forms App that runs on iOS, Android, and Windows

Project template for Xamarin.Forms Class Library and is named as formsclasslib

Item templates for ContentPage, ContentView, ShellPage, and ResourceDictionary in XAML and named as forms-page, forms-view, forms-shell, and forms-resdict respectively.

All of these templates currently target Xamarin.Forms 5.0 Service Release 9 (ver. 5.0.0.2337).

To install the template NuGet package, use the below .NET CLI command:

dotnet new --install VijayAnand.FormsTemplates

If you've already installed this package, then it can be updated to the latest version with the below command:

dotnet new --update-check

dotnet new --update-apply

Use the below .NET CLI command to create the project, pages, and views out these templates:

dotnet new formsclasslib -n MyApp.Core

Class library project templates take the below optional parameters to include the officially supported CommunityToolkit and Essentials NuGet packages:

• -it | --include-toolkit - Default value is false
• -im | --include-markup - Default value is false
• -ie | --include-essentials - Default value is false
• -imt | --include-mvvm-toolkit - Default value is false

dotnet new formsclasslib -n MyApp.UI -it -im -imt -ie

Page:

dotnet new forms-page -n LoginPage -na MyApp.Views

dotnet new forms-page-cs -n HomePage -na MyApp.Views

View:

dotnet new forms-view -n CardView -na MyApp.Views

dotnet new forms-view-cs -n ContactView -na MyApp.Views

Shell:

dotnet new forms-shell -n AppShell -na MyApp

Resource Dictionary:

With C# code-behind file:

dotnet new forms-resdict -n DarkTheme -na MyApp.Themes

Without C# code-behind file - Xaml Only (Option can be -xo or --xaml-only):

dotnet new forms-resdict -n DarkTheme -na MyApp.Themes -xo

Here -n denotes the name of the project/page/view that is to be created (for pages/views, don't need to suffix it with .xaml, it will be added automatically) (Can also be specified as --name).

Note: If name parameter is not provided, the .NET CLI template engine will take the current folder name in the context as its name.

And -na denotes the namespace under which the file is to be created (Can also be specified as --namespace).