Creating your first Uno Platform project

In this section, we are going to create a new Uno Platform project that will be the basis of our cross-platform version of the My Media Collection application that we created in several of the earlier chapters of this book. Before we can create a new Uno Platform project, we need to install the extension:

1. Start by opening Visual Studio and go to Extensions | Manage Extensions to open the Manage Extensions window.
2. In the Search field, search for Uno Platform.
3. The Uno Platform extension should be the first result. Click Install and restart Visual Studio to complete the installation.
4. When you open Visual Studio again, select Create a new project.
5. In the Search for templates field, enter Uno Platform. You will get several results for the different Uno Platform project types.
6. Select the Uno Platform App template and click Next.
7. Name the project UnoMediaCollection and select Create. This will launch Uno Platform Template...