C++/WinRT Native XAML Library (2019 demo)

Theodore Hall 121 Reputation points
2020-08-07T20:20:39.36+00:00

I've now watched this C++/WinRT XAML demo several times -- dated May 7, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41j_gzSwOY&feature=youtu.be

especially stepping through between 44:20 - 53:53. Is that stuff still experimental? It's referenced from the top of a page on "Introduction to C++/WinRT"

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/intro-to-using-cpp-with-winrt

I can find no definitions or documentation for several essential symbols in the example code: xaml_page, xaml_app, xaml_user_control, xaml_member. They're supposedly defined in "winrt/xaml.h", which the presenter quickly mentions is "experimental" and which still appears not to exist. I have <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.h>, but it does not define those symbols.

As one trying to learn and use C++/WinRT XAML, it's a little confusing and frustrating for the "Introduction" page to begin with a demonstration of features that aren't yet available.

Many of the examples I can find are still only in C#, or C++/CX, not C++/WinRT.

Any prediction for when the features demonstrated there will be released for consumption?

I'm currently running Visual Studio 2019, Windows 10 version 1909.

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
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