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WinUI Styles, ControlTemplate, DataTemplate, and Selectors to Avalonia

Table of Contents

1. Scope and APIs
2. Concept Mapping
3. Conversion Example
4. Migration Notes

Scope and APIs

Primary WinUI APIs:

• Style, Setter, ControlTemplate, DataTemplate, DataTemplateSelector

Primary Avalonia APIs:

• Style, Setter, ControlTheme, ControlTemplate, DataTemplate, IDataTemplate

Concept Mapping

WinUI idiom	Avalonia idiom
WinUI control/template/state pipeline	Avalonia control theme/style/selector pipeline
x:Bind or {Binding} data flow	{CompiledBinding ...} and typed x:DataType flow
WinUI layout/render invalidation model	Avalonia InvalidateMeasure/InvalidateArrange/InvalidateVisual model

Conversion Example

WinUI XAML:

<Page
    x:Class="MyApp.Views.SamplePage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:MyApp.Controls">
  <ListView ItemTemplate="{StaticResource PersonTemplate}" />
</Page>

WinUI C#:

var view = new ListView();

Avalonia XAML:

<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:vm="using:MyApp.ViewModels"
             xmlns:local="using:MyApp.Controls"
             x:DataType="vm:SampleViewModel">
  <ListBox ItemTemplate="{StaticResource PersonTemplate}" />
</UserControl>

Avalonia C#:

var list = new ListBox { ItemTemplate = personTemplate };

Migration Notes

1. Start by porting behavior and state contracts first, then restyle and retune visuals.
2. Prefer typed compiled bindings and avoid reflection-heavy dynamic binding paths.
3. Keep UI-thread updates explicit when porting WinUI async/event flows.

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