Visual Studio Code Extension

To get started on using VS Code, head over to our guides.

In this page, you'll find other topics about VS Code support, such as code snippets or how to upgrade an existing app to use VS Code.

Explore other features

The Uno Platform extension provides additional features to help you develop your application.

You can explore them by pressing F1 or Ctrl-Shift-P and typing Uno Platform to see the list of available commands.

Using code snippets

Adding a new Page

1. In the MyApp folder, create a new file named Page2.xaml
2. Type page then press the tab key to add the page markup
3. Adjust the name and namespaces as needed
4. In the MyApp folder, create a new file named Page2.xaml.cs
5. Type page then press the tab key to add the page code behind C#
6. Adjust the name and namespaces as needed

Adding a new UserControl

1. In the MyApp folder, create a new file named UserControl1.xaml
2. Type usercontrol then press the tab key to add the page markup
3. Adjust the name and namespaces as needed
4. In the MyApp folder, create a new file named UserControl1.xaml.cs
5. Type usercontrol then press the tab key to add the page code behind C#
6. Adjust the name and namespaces as needed

Adding a new ResourceDictionary

1. In the MyApp folder, create a new file named ResourceDictionary1.xaml
2. Type resourcedict then press the tab key to add the page markup

Other snippets

• rd creates a new RowDefinition
• cd creates a new ColumnDefinition
• tag creates a new XAML tag
• set creates a new Style setter
• ctag creates a new TextBlock close XAML tag

Updating an existing application to work with VS Code

An existing application needs additional changes to be debugged properly.

1. At the root of the workspace, create a folder named .vscode
2. Inside this folder, create a file named launch.json and copy the contents of this file.
3. Replace all instances of MyExtensionsApp._1 with your application's name in launch.json.
4. Inside this folder, create a file named tasks.json and copy the contents of this file.

Advanced debugging

You can find advanced Code debugging topic here.