Recipe Book Overview

Welcome to the Chefs Recipe Book - your practical guide to learning Uno Platform features in real-world scenarios!

We call them "recipes" because just like in the kitchen, each one gives you a step-by-step guide on how to put something together - only here, it's about powerful features from the Uno ecosystem. You won’t just learn what a feature does, but also how we used it to solve real problems in the Uno Chefs app.

What you’ll find here

Below is a list of available recipes, organized by category. Click through to explore each one at your own pace.

UI

Customization

• Adding Custom Icons to Controls
• Lightweight Styling for UI Elements
• Page and App Level Lightweight Styles
• ToggleButton Alternate Icons
• App Icons and Splash Screen
• Customizing Status Bar Colors on Mobile
• Theme Switching

Responsive

• Adapting to Safe Area on Mobile
• Making the App Responsive to Screen Sizes

Interactions

• Navigating Between Input Controls with the Keyboard
• Customizing Return Key for Input Controls
• Enabling Selection in ItemsRepeater Control
• Commands for Controls Without a Command Property
• Reactive Carousel Experience

Third-party Components

• Integrating LiveCharts Controls
• Setting Up an Interactive Map

Advanced

• Extending Splash Screen Duration for Custom Loading
• Using DrawerFlyout for Screen Space Management
• Creating Clean Commands
• Binding to Elements Outside of a DataTemplate in XAML

State Management

• MVUX Overview
• Implicit Commands
• Building a Real-Time Search
• Filtering Search Results
• Propagating Changes Across the App
• Selecting Items from a List
• Pagination

Navigation

• Navigation Overview
• Navigation via XAML
• Navigation via Code Behind
• Tab Navigation
• Passing Navigation Data
• Displaying a Custom Dialog
• Creating a Responsive Navigation Shell

Non-UI

Data & Configuration

• Serialization
• Persistent App Settings
• Loading App Data
• How to Mock Kiota Clients

New recipes are always cooking, so stay tuned for more!