Terminal.Gui Native AOT Example

This project is an AOT-safe mini AllViewsTester. Unlike UICatalog's AllViewsView (which uses Activator.CreateInstance and MakeGenericType), this example statically constructs every IDesignable view and calls EnableForDesign() to populate demo data.

What it exercises

Every view type that implements IDesignable is instantiated and displayed in a scrollable list of titled frames. This exercises the full configuration initialization pipeline — ConfigurationManager.Initialize, DeepCloner, SourceGenerationContext, and all config-property-hosting types — under actual AOT trimming.

A ViewPropertiesEditor panel (linked from UICatalog's EditorsAndHelpers/ — no copy, no reflection) lets you edit properties of the focused view. This proves the editor infrastructure is also AOT-safe.

Views tested: Button, CheckBox, ColorPicker, DatePicker, DropDownList, FlagSelector, GraphView, HexView, Label, Line, Link, ListView, NumericUpDown, OptionSelector, ProgressBar, ScrollBar, Shortcut, SpinnerView, Tabs, TextField, TextValidateField, TextView, TreeView, CharMap, FrameView, MenuBar, Menu, StatusBar, MessageBox (via dialog), Dialog (via Wizard base).

Publishing

Native AOT publishing must target the same platform as the host. Cross-compilation is not supported.

bash

# Linux
dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained

# macOS
dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained

# Windows
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained

Debugging

To debug the native AOT binary, attach to the process and select Native Code.