How to embed a user control in a window

[reelthymeos]

Hi,

Forgive me if this is a basic question, but I am having a tough time finding a straightforward answer. I have started a new project in Avalonia for desktop, and I am trying to use the MVVM approach. First, I have made several XAML user controls with their associated code-behinds and stored those in my Views folder. What I want to do is now lay those user controls out in my MainWindow.axaml view. Is it possible to do the following in my MainWindow view?

<Window xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:vm="using:Foo.ViewModels"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:views="clr-namespace:Foo.Views"
        mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
        x:Class="Foo.Views.MainWindow"
        Icon="/Assets/avalonia-logo.ico"
        Title="Foo">

	<Grid DataContext="{Binding MainViewModel}" ColumnDefinitions="Auto Auto Auto"
		  RowDefinitions="Auto Auto Auto">
		<SystemConfig Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"></SystemConfig> 
	</Grid>	
</Window>

What I am trying to do here is define my overall main window as a grid, and have the element of a certain row-column be of the type 'SystemConfig' which is a user control that I have created. SystemConfig is itself using the Grid layout. Visual Studio is telling me that it's unable to resolve the type 'SystemConfig'. In my main window XAML I have this line xmlns:views="clr-namespace:Foo.Views" which I thought would provide a reference for that user control, since that Views namespace is where I defined the user control.

Am I going about this wrong? Basically, I have created a bunch of separate views (XAML/code-behind files) and I want to display them all in a single window.

[stevemonaco]

You need to use the XML namespace. Those types aren't automatically imported into the default XML namespace. eg. <views:SystemConfig Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" />

I prefer the "using" syntax for the xmlns: xmlns:views="using:Foo.Views"

[reelthymeos]

thanks @stevemonaco