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Does Mono support XAML?
Specifically I'm thinking of switching to using XAML for new GUI work that I do but also I like to keep my personal projects compilable in Mono. Should I just stick with plain old System.Windows.Forms for now?
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Desktop ApplicationsCurrently Mono does not support WPF, and there are no plans to implement WPF. However, there are several other options available for developing desktop applications.
XAML is dead. No wait - Long live XAML. XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) started life as a simple thin UI markup layer, but has had a surprisingly eventful history. Developers on Microsoft's technology stack have been witnesses to XAML's phenomenal rise as well as its teetering on the edge of life support.
In addition to the officially supported configurations from Microsoft, Mono (as an open source project), still supports the ".
Support for Mono versions 3.0 and 2.10 is been discontinued. No further development of bug fixing is planned for those branches.
Mono supports XAML for Moonlight (the port of Silverlight), but does not, and does not plan to support WPF.
I feel that it's a good idea to keep your logic separate from your UI anyways - if you do that, you can always make sure the logic works correctly in Mono, and use WPF for your UI. If you ever decide you need to port and run on Mono, it would just be a matter of porting/implementing a UI that works with your application correctly.
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MONO support XAML as Moonlight . Not WPF
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