Microsoft's UWP Community Toolkit updated with new parsers, brushes, and more

Microsoft is rolling out another big update to its UWP Community Toolkit. The latest update ticks the toolkit upwards to version 2.2 and packs a number of new features, including parsers for markdown and RSS, XAML brushes, forth with new controls, helpers, and more.

Here'south a quick look at the highlights in version 2.2, from Microsoft:

Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers and MarkdownTextBlock: V2.0 of the UWP Community Toolkit introduced several new .NET Standard packages, with a commitment to support more than cross platform APIs. Edifice on top of that delivery, V2.ii introduces a new .Internet Standard packet: Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers. This packet includes parsers for markdown and RSS that tin can be used beyond UWP and other platforms that support .NET Standard 1.4 or above.

Staggered panel: A new panel has been added to enable staggered layout where items are added to columns with the least amount of space.

XAML Brushes: V2.two introduces a new namespace (Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Media) and adds seven composition based brushes, including a RadialGradientBrush. The backdrop brushes apply the effect to whatever is behind the chemical element in the app.

MSAL support and cross-platform Microsoft Graph and OneDrive service: A .Internet Standard version of both the Graph and OneDrive services has been introduced and the erstwhile OneDrive service has been marked obsolete. The .Net Standard versions of each service now support Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and consumption outside of purely UWP apps. The new service tin can be found in the Microsoft.Toolkit.Services package.

Notifications package support for My People shoulder taps: With the latest update, the notifications package at present includes new toast features for My People shoulder taps, so developers tin can easily enable this feature in their apps.

Microsoft first introduced the UWP Community Toolkit in 2022 as a handy open-source resources for developing UWP apps. Developer with help from a community of UWP developers, the toolkit has made steady progress, adding support for new features every couple of months or and so with major releases. Concluding Baronial, the toolkit added support for Fluent Design and the necessary tools for developers to have advantage of new Fall Creators Update APIs with version ii.0. The toolkit's 2.1 update followed with additional changes targeting the Fall Creators Update.

If you're interested in checking out all of what's new, y'all tin notice the UWP Customs Toolkit on Github alongside the detailed release notes for version two.two.

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