Material.Avalonia

Customizable Material Design implementation for AvaloniaUI framework.

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Overview

This library is a collection of styles and controls to help you customize your Avalonia application with Material Design theme.

• Material Design styles for almost all Avalonia controls
• Additional controls to support the Snackbars, side sheets, floating buttons, cards, dialogs and more
• Easy configuration of palette (at design and runtime), according to Material Guidelines guidelines
• Full Material Design Icons icon pack support (must be installed separately, in favor of small library size)
• Demo applications included in the source project

Getting started

Check out the getting started wiki page. Or follow these very quick instructions:

1. Add Material.Avalonia nuget package to your project:

   dotnet add package Material.Avalonia

   

2. Edit App.xaml file:

   If you install 3.0.0-* version or higher, use this:

   <Application ...
     xmlns:themes="clr-namespace:Material.Styles.Themes;assembly=Material.Styles"
     ...>
     <Application.Styles>
       <themes:MaterialTheme BaseTheme="Dark" PrimaryColor="Purple" SecondaryColor="Lime" />
     </Application.Styles>
   </Application>

   If you install 2.5.1 or lower, use this:

   <Application ...
     xmlns:themes="clr-namespace:Material.Styles.Themes;assembly=Material.Styles"
     ...>
     <Application.Resources>
       <themes:BundledTheme BaseTheme="Light" PrimaryColor="Teal" SecondaryColor="Amber"/>
     </Application.Resources>
     <Application.Styles>
       <StyleInclude Source="avares://Material.Avalonia/Material.Avalonia.Templates.xaml" />
     </Application.Styles>
   </Application>

3. Installing additional packages:

   All styles will be included automatically if you using MaterialTheme

   • If you want to use DataGrid control, add Material.Avalonia.DataGrid package:

     dotnet add package Material.Avalonia.DataGrid

     

   • If you want to use dialogs provided from Material.Avalonia, add Material.Avalonia.Dialogs package:

     dotnet add package Material.Avalonia.Dialogs

     

Useful links

• Advanced theming wiki page
• Nightly packages wiki page
• Material Design Icons icon pack support
• DialogHost.Avalonia that provides a simple way to display a dialog