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diff --git a/MVVMExample/App.axaml b/MVVMExample/App.axaml
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diff --git a/MVVMExample/App.axaml.cs b/MVVMExample/App.axaml.cs
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+using System.Linq;
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
+using Avalonia.Data.Core;
+using Avalonia.Data.Core.Plugins;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+using MVVMExample.ViewModels;
+using MVVMExample.Views;
+
+namespace MVVMExample
+{
+ public partial class App : Application
+ {
+ public override void Initialize()
+ {
+ AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
+ }
+
+ public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
+ {
+ if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
+ {
+ // Avoid duplicate validations from both Avalonia and the CommunityToolkit.
+ // More info: https://docs.avaloniaui.net/docs/guides/development-guides/data-validation#manage-validationplugins
+ DisableAvaloniaDataAnnotationValidation();
+ desktop.MainWindow = new MainWindow
+ {
+ DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel(),
+ };
+ }
+
+ base.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted();
+ }
+
+ private void DisableAvaloniaDataAnnotationValidation()
+ {
+ // Get an array of plugins to remove
+ var dataValidationPluginsToRemove =
+ BindingPlugins.DataValidators.OfType().ToArray();
+
+ // remove each entry found
+ foreach (var plugin in dataValidationPluginsToRemove)
+ {
+ BindingPlugins.DataValidators.Remove(plugin);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/MVVMExample/MVVMExample.csproj b/MVVMExample/MVVMExample.csproj
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diff --git a/MVVMExample/Program.cs b/MVVMExample/Program.cs
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+using System;
+using Avalonia;
+
+namespace MVVMExample
+{
+ internal sealed class Program
+ {
+ // Initialization code. Don't use any Avalonia, third-party APIs or any
+ // SynchronizationContext-reliant code before AppMain is called: things aren't initialized
+ // yet and stuff might break.
+ [STAThread]
+ public static void Main(string[] args) => BuildAvaloniaApp()
+ .StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
+
+ // Avalonia configuration, don't remove; also used by visual designer.
+ public static AppBuilder BuildAvaloniaApp()
+ => AppBuilder.Configure()
+ .UsePlatformDetect()
+ .WithInterFont()
+ .LogToTrace();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/MVVMExample/ViewLocator.cs b/MVVMExample/ViewLocator.cs
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+using System;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Controls.Templates;
+using MVVMExample.ViewModels;
+
+namespace MVVMExample
+{
+ public class ViewLocator : IDataTemplate
+ {
+
+ public Control? Build(object? param)
+ {
+ if (param is null)
+ return null;
+
+ var name = param.GetType().FullName!.Replace("ViewModel", "View", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+ var type = Type.GetType(name);
+
+ if (type != null)
+ {
+ return (Control)Activator.CreateInstance(type)!;
+ }
+
+ return new TextBlock { Text = "Not Found: " + name };
+ }
+
+ public bool Match(object? data)
+ {
+ return data is ViewModelBase;
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/MVVMExample/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/MVVMExample/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
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+namespace MVVMExample.ViewModels
+{
+ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
+ {
+ public string Greeting { get; } = "Welcome to Avalonia!";
+ }
+}
diff --git a/MVVMExample/ViewModels/ViewModelBase.cs b/MVVMExample/ViewModels/ViewModelBase.cs
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+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace MVVMExample.ViewModels
+{
+ public class ViewModelBase : ObservableObject
+ {
+ }
+}
diff --git a/MVVMExample/Views/MainWindow.axaml b/MVVMExample/Views/MainWindow.axaml
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+using Avalonia.Controls;
+
+namespace MVVMExample.Views
+{
+ public partial class MainWindow : Window
+ {
+ public MainWindow()
+ {
+ InitializeComponent();
+ }
+ }
+}
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