MauiWindowsExtensions.AddWindowsDevice Method
Definition
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Overloads
| AddWindowsDevice(IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>) |
Adds a Windows device resource to run the MAUI application on the Windows platform. |
| AddWindowsDevice(IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>, String) |
Adds a Windows device resource to run the MAUI application on the Windows platform with a specific name. |
AddWindowsDevice(IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>)
- Source:
- MauiWindowsExtensions.cs
Adds a Windows device resource to run the MAUI application on the Windows platform.
public static Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiWindowsPlatformResource> AddWindowsDevice(this Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiProjectResource> builder);static member AddWindowsDevice : Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiProjectResource> -> Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiWindowsPlatformResource><Extension()>
Public Function AddWindowsDevice (builder As IResourceBuilder(Of MauiProjectResource)) As IResourceBuilder(Of MauiWindowsPlatformResource)Parameters
- builder
- IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>
The MAUI project resource builder.
Returns
A reference to the IResourceBuilder<T>.
Examples
Add a Windows device to a MAUI project:
var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var maui = builder.AddMauiProject("mauiapp", "../MyMauiApp/MyMauiApp.csproj");
var windowsDevice = maui.AddWindowsDevice();
builder.Build().Run();
Remarks
This method creates a new Windows platform resource that will run the MAUI application targeting the Windows platform using dotnet run. The resource does not auto-start and must be explicitly started from the dashboard by clicking the start button.
The resource name will default to "{projectName}-windows".
Applies to
AddWindowsDevice(IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>, String)
- Source:
- MauiWindowsExtensions.cs
Adds a Windows device resource to run the MAUI application on the Windows platform with a specific name.
public static Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiWindowsPlatformResource> AddWindowsDevice(this Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiProjectResource> builder, string name);static member AddWindowsDevice : Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiProjectResource> * string -> Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResourceBuilder<Aspire.Hosting.Maui.MauiWindowsPlatformResource><Extension()>
Public Function AddWindowsDevice (builder As IResourceBuilder(Of MauiProjectResource), name As String) As IResourceBuilder(Of MauiWindowsPlatformResource)Parameters
- builder
- IResourceBuilder<MauiProjectResource>
The MAUI project resource builder.
- name
- String
The name of the Windows device resource.
Returns
A reference to the IResourceBuilder<T>.
Examples
Add multiple Windows devices to a MAUI project:
var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var maui = builder.AddMauiProject("mauiapp", "../MyMauiApp/MyMauiApp.csproj");
var windowsDevice1 = maui.AddWindowsDevice("windows-device-1");
var windowsDevice2 = maui.AddWindowsDevice("windows-device-2");
builder.Build().Run();
Remarks
This method creates a new Windows platform resource that will run the MAUI application targeting the Windows platform using dotnet run. The resource does not auto-start and must be explicitly started from the dashboard by clicking the start button.
You can add multiple Windows device resources to a MAUI project by calling this method multiple times with different names.