What is XAML?
XAML is based on Extensible Markup Language (XML). This would seem like a great thing as XML is a flexible markup language familiar to most developers. It is indeed flexible and powerful, but it has some drawbacks.
The primary problem with Microsoft’s implementations of XAML is that there have been so many variations of the XAML language created for different development platforms over the years. Currently, WinUI/UWP, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and .NET MAUI (formerly Xamarin.Forms) applications all use XAML as their UI markup language, in addition to some third-party UI frameworks. However, each of these uses a different XAML implementation or schema, and the markup cannot be shared across the platforms. In the past, Windows 8, Silverlight, and Windows Phone apps also had additional.
If you have never worked with XAML before, you’re probably ready to see an example of some UI markup. The following XAML is a fragment that defines Grid containing...
