How to resolve the rendering issue with Syncfusion controls using the latest MVVMCross
To render the Syncfusion control in release mode of the UWP, you need some additional step to add their renderer as mentioned in the following link.
https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin/charts/getting-started#universal-windows-platform-uwp
In MVVMCross version 6.12 and above, even added those will not render the Syncfusion control. This article mainly to know how to render even with mentioned MVVMCross version with example of SfChart control.
The following UI with MVVMCross application in debug mode.
But in release mode, it will be rendered with empty screen even with adding their renderer as follows.
sealed partial class App
{
public App()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs activationArgs)
{
base.OnLaunched(activationArgs);
List<Assembly> assembliesToInclude = new List<Assembly>();
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(Syncfusion.SfChart.XForms.UWP.SfChartRenderer).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(activationArgs, assembliesToInclude);
}
}
How to resolve this issue
It has been resolved by changing the MvxFormsWindowsSetup<Core.App, FormsUI.App> with MVVMCrossSetup as shown in the following code samples:
Before code changes
public abstract class UWPApplication : MvxWindowsApplication<MvxFormsWindowsSetup<Core.App, FormsUI.App>, Core.App, FormsUI.App, MainPage>
{
}
After code changes
public abstract class UWPApplication : MvxWindowsApplication<MVVMCrossSetup, Core.App, FormsUI.App, MainPage>
{
}
public class MVVMCrossSetup : MvxFormsWindowsSetup<Core.App, FormsUI.App>
{
public override IEnumerable<Assembly> GetViewAssemblies()
{
var syncfusionChartRendererAssembly = new List<Assembly>()
{
typeof(Syncfusion.SfChart.XForms.UWP.SfChartRenderer).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
};
syncfusionChartRendererAssembly.AddRange(base.GetViewAssemblies());
return syncfusionChartRendererAssembly;
}
}
Output
