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When will wpf be cross-platform

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.NET Core Version: (e.g. 3.0 Preview1, or daily build number, use dotnet --info)
Windows version: (winver)
Does the bug reproduce also in WPF for .NET Framework 4.8?: Yes/No
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**Problem description:The technology is very good but the platform is too weak

**Actual behavior:Because of platform my company will drop it and use ###javafx!!!(Worried about the market? The desktop was your strong point, but now it has become an expired product)

**Expected behavior:Quickly cross-platform I will so happy and keep happy working.

**Minimal repro:Plz faster!!!

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:11
Comments:14 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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thomasclaudiushubercommented, Jan 6, 2021

@BruceQiu1996 I don’t think there is any intent to bring WPF cross-platform. It relies on underlying infrastructure, like MilCore and DirectX.

But there are solutions in the pipeline and solutions already ready today.

a) From Microsoft:

.NET MAUI: There will be a cross-platform framework with .NET 6 that is called Multi-Platform App UI (MAUI), and you can use it to build desktop apps for Windows and MacOS (and also apps for iOS and Android and more platforms supported by the community). Find the repo here: .NET MAUI repo

b) From Community/Open Source

Platform UNO: Available today to bring your XAML/C# app to Android, iOS or even to the browser via WebAssembly. Find it here: https://platform.uno/. Uno uses the latest XAML dialect from UWP/WinUI.
Avalonia UI: Very similar to WPF. Find it here: https://avaloniaui.net

If it’s so super urgent, I recommend you to take a look at one of the open source projects mentioned above.

Note: This issue is a duplicate of #48 #2967 #3356.

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ClosetBugSlayercommented, Jan 7, 2021

WPF is still literally the most powerful UI framework in existence. It deserves a renaissance and it’ll get one. Wait till everyone discovers how easy MVVM is with C#9.