Merge pull request #1803 from unoplatform/dev/ds/expose-maui-content

Expose created Maui view on the Maui Host

samples/MauiEmbedding/MauiEmbedding/Presentation/MainPage.xaml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 		<embed:MauiHost Grid.Row="1"
 						x:Name="mauiContent"
+						VisualElementChanged="OnVisualElementChanged"
 						Source="external:SyncfusionDemoPage" />
 
 	</Grid>

samples/MauiEmbedding/MauiEmbedding/Presentation/MainPage.xaml.cs

@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ private void MainPage_DataContextChanged(FrameworkElement sender, DataContextCha
 	{
 
 	}
+
+	private void OnVisualElementChanged(object sender, VisualElementChangedEventArgs args)
+	{
+
+	}
 }

src/Uno.Extensions.Maui.UI/MauiHost.cs

@@ -46,19 +46,21 @@ dependencyObject is not MauiHost mauiHost ||
 
 			// Allow the use of Dependency Injection for the View
 			var instance = ActivatorUtilities.CreateInstance(mauiContext.Services, type);
-			if(instance is VisualElement page)
+			if(instance is VisualElement visualElement)
 			{
-				mauiHost.EmbeddedView = page;
-				page.Parent = app;
-				page.BindingContext = mauiHost.DataContext;
+				mauiHost.VisualElement = visualElement;
+				visualElement.Parent = app;
+				visualElement.BindingContext = mauiHost.DataContext;
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				throw new MauiEmbeddingException(string.Format(Properties.Resources.TypeMustInheritFromPageOrView, instance.GetType().FullName));
 			}
 
-			var native = page.ToPlatform(mauiContext);
+			var native = visualElement.ToPlatform(mauiContext);
 			mauiHost.Content = native;
+
+			mauiHost.VisualElementChanged.Invoke(mauiHost, new VisualElementChangedEventArgs(visualElement));
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex)
 		{
@@ -80,8 +82,6 @@ dependencyObject is not MauiHost mauiHost ||
 	private static ILogger GetLogger() =>
 		IPlatformApplication.Current?.Services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<MauiHost>>() ?? throw new MauiEmbeddingInitializationException();
 
-	private VisualElement? EmbeddedView;
-
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Initializes a new instance of the MauiContent class.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ private void OnActualThemeChanged(FrameworkElement sender, object args)
 
 	private void OnMauiContentLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 	{
-		var page = GetPage(EmbeddedView);
+		var page = GetPage(VisualElement);
 		page?.SendAppearing();
 	}
 
 	private void OnMauiContentUnloaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 	{
-		var page = GetPage(EmbeddedView);
+		var page = GetPage(VisualElement);
 		page?.SendDisappearing();
 	}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,17 @@ private void OnMauiContentUnloaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 #endif
 
 	/// <summary>
-	/// Gets or sets the <see cref="Type"/> of the Maui Content Source
+	/// Fires when the VisualElement has changed.
+	/// </summary>
+	public event EventHandler<VisualElementChangedEventArgs> VisualElementChanged = delegate { };
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets the Maui <see cref="VisualElement"/> created by the Source.
+	/// </summary>
+	public VisualElement? VisualElement { get; private set; }
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets or sets the <see cref="Type"/> of the Maui Content Source.
 	/// </summary>
 	public Type? Source
 	{
@@ -174,19 +184,19 @@ private void OnLoading(FrameworkElement sender, object args)
 			treeElement = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(treeElement);
 		}
 
-		if (!_initializedResources && EmbeddedView is not null)
+		if (!_initializedResources && VisualElement is not null)
 		{
-			EmbeddedView.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(resources.ToMauiResources());
+			VisualElement.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(resources.ToMauiResources());
 			_initializedResources = true;
 		}
 	}
 
 	void OnDataContextChanged(FrameworkElement sender, DataContextChangedEventArgs args)
 	{
-		if (EmbeddedView is not null &&
-			EmbeddedView.BindingContext != DataContext)
+		if (VisualElement is not null &&
+			VisualElement.BindingContext != DataContext)
 		{
-			EmbeddedView.BindingContext = DataContext;
+			VisualElement.BindingContext = DataContext;
 		}
 	}
 #endif

src/Uno.Extensions.Maui.UI/VisualElementChangedEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace Uno.Extensions.Maui;
+
+public class VisualElementChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
+{
+	public VisualElementChangedEventArgs(VisualElement content)
+	{
+		Content = content;
+	}
+
+	public VisualElement Content { get; }
+}