Windows 10: Windows.UI.Xaml.Markup.XamlParseException UWP app error on Windows 10

WinClub · Mar 31, 2019

The UWP platform is fairly new, yet it works great, and Microsoft is betting big on it. With the power of .NET Core and XAML, it helps developers build applications for Windows 10 which are more modern and beautiful and [...]

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Brink · Mar 31, 2019

XAML Islands - A deep dive Part 1 for Windows App Developers

XAML Islands is a technology that enables Windows developers to use new pieces of UI from the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on their existing Win32 Applications, including Windows Forms and WPF technologies. This allows them to gradually modernize their apps at their own pace, making use of their current code as much as they want.

Background: How did we get here?

In 2012, with Windows 8, we introduced a new framework to modernize the Win32 APIs called Windows Runtime, with many new UI Controls. These UI Controls were part of the visual framework called XAML, which is part of the Windows Runtime. Back then, if you wanted to use any of these new XAML Controls, you would need to create a new App.

In the middle of 2015, with the introduction of Windows 10, UWP was born. The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) allows you to create apps that work across Windows devices (Xbox, Mobile, HoloLens, Desktop, etc).

In 2015 we announced Project Centennial, later Desktop Bridge, a set of tools that allowed developers to bring their existing apps (Win32) to the Microsoft Store (i.e. the new packaging system), so they could convert, for example, their MSI to an APPX. That was the first step on allowing even more apps to be delivered to customers in a safe and reliable way. Later on, we added even more capabilities to this bridge, allowing developers to enhance their apps leveraging some of the new Windows 10 APIs into their existing apps, like live tiles and notification on the new action center. But still, no new UI controls.

And now, at Build 2018, Kevin Gallo announced that Microsoft would be introducing a way for developers to use the new Windows 10 controls into their current WPF, Windows Forms and native Win32 apps, without fully migrating their apps to the Universal Windows Platform. That was branded as UWP XAML Islands, and it is huge! Now you can have your “Islands” of UWP controls wherever you want inside your WPF apps without rewriting thousands of lines of code.

Who is it for?

XAML Islands are intended for existing Win32 Apps that wants to improve their user experience by leveraging new UWP controls and behaviors but, due to effort or cost being prohibitive, are unable to do a full rewrite of the App. You could already leverage Windows 10 APIs, but up until XAML Islands, only non-UI related APIs.

If you are developing a new Windows App, a UWP App is probably the right approach.
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Read more: XAML Islands - A deep dive - Part 1 - Windows Developer Blog

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Brink · Mar 31, 2019

Windows UI Library Preview released for Windows 10

The Windows UI Library (or WinUI for short) is a new way to get and use Fluent controls and styles for building Windows 10 UWP apps: via NuGet packages.

The WinUI NuGet packages contain new and popular UWP XAML controls and features which are backward-compatible on a range of Windows 10 versions, from the latest insider flights down to the Anniversary Update (1607).

Benefits of the Windows UI Library

Previously, the UWP XAML app development framework was shipped and updated solely as part of Windows and the SDK. In order to get new features or fixes, you had to wait for a new version of Windows. And just as importantly, you had to wait for your users to update their OS as well.

Using the new WinUI NuGet package(s) has two main benefits for UWP XAML app developers:

It lets you start building and shipping apps with new UWP XAML features immediately: since the NuGet packages are backward-compatible with a wider range of Windows 10 versions, you no longer have to wait for your users to update their OS before they can run your app with the latest features.

It makes it simpler to build version adaptive apps: you usually won’t have to include version checks or conditional XAML markup to use controls or features in a WinUI package when you’re building an app that targets multiple versions of Windows 10.

Release Details

The Windows UI Library is built and maintained by the same engineering team responsible for the standard Windows 10 SDK, and follows the same development and testing process. However, shipping via NuGet gives our engineering team more flexibility in how we plan, release, and update the UWP XAML platform.

This initial release includes previews of the first two Windows UI packages:

Microsoft.UI.Xaml

Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Core.Direct

These are prerelease packages, similar to a Windows Insider SDK. A future release will include “RTM” versions of these packages, and may have additional features or breaking changes. The prerelease versions are fully functional for testing and evaluation purposes, but we recommend using the RTM versions for production apps.

Not all of the XAML platform is in WinUI. For future versions we’re evaluating moving more of the XAML platform to WinUI packages, and are also exploring options for moving our development process to an open source model on GitHub.

Until then, we look forward to hearing any issues or feedback you may have through the Feedback Hub or through the UWP UserVoice forum!

Getting Started

You can find more info on how to install and get started with the Windows UI Library preview in the documentation, which will be expanded in the coming weeks:

Microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

The NuGet packages for WinUI can be found via the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio, or by visiting the package pages:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Micro...ml.Core.Direct

The dev branch of the Xaml Controls Gallery sample app available in the Microsoft Store has also been updated to use WinUI as a usage example:

https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows...s/XamlUIBasics

Note that to use the Windows UI Library, your UWP project’s Min version must be 14393 or higher and the Target version must be 17134 or higher.

Windows UI Library Contents

1) Existing controls and features, with wider version support

The Microsoft.UI.Xaml package includes a number of controls that are also part of the standard Windows 10 SDK, plus Fluent design elements like Reveal highlighting and the Acrylic material.

For example, apps often use a TreeView control to display and navigate a hierarchical list. A new native UWP Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TreeView control was added to Windows 10 as part of the April 2018 Update (1803), which means end-users have to install the April 2018 Update before they can run apps that use it. And not every user may be running that version of Windows 10 yet, especially in enterprise environments which evaluate and roll out updates at a slower pace.

However with WinUI, TreeView is also available as a separate Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.TreeView class which provides the same functionality as the default Windows 10 SDK, with added benefits:

It works on a wider range of previous Windows 10 versions

It includes new functionality which hasn’t been released in the standard SDK version yet

Apps can freely use both the default SDK version and the WinUI version of the same control. But you may as well use the WinUI version of a control when there’s one available since there’s little downside.

More info on the package contents is available in the documentation:

Microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

2) New and preview controls

The Microsoft.UI.Xaml package also includes new controls that will likely be included in the standard SDK with a future release of Windows, like CommandBarFlyout and MenuBar.

Prerelease versions of the packages may additionally contain early prerelease features and controls. For example, this first prerelease version contains some controls like Repeater, Scroller, and LayoutPanel: these controls are functional, but we’re still working on them and so they likely won’t be included in the first upcoming RTM release of WinUI.

3) XamlDirect

The Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Core.Direct package is a preview of a new standalone WinRT library for middleware developers.

It provides lower level access to most of the XAML framework, enabling better CPU and working set performance for middleware components.

It is functional on the Windows April 2018 Update and previous versions of Windows 10, but will provide improved performance on current RS5 insider builds and upcoming versions of Windows 10!
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Source: Windows UI Library Preview released! - Windows Developer BlogWindows Developer Blog

FordGT90Concept · Mar 31, 2019

Microsoft Adds Ability to Block Win32 Apps from Install on Windows 10

Yes, UWP is an interpreter, an app running in UWP can't function without the interpreter. Only the UWP core has access to the actual hardware, the app does not.

By not having direct access to the hardware, they perform slower. UWP has to translate everything and make sure it passes safety and security checks.

If UWP has issues, all of the apps running on top of it also will. I've seen that in early release of Windows 10 where all UWP based, Windows-included apps broke (Edge, Calculator, Mail, etc.). Granted, it was only broke in one user account.

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