Importing namespaces in Xaml for .Net for Metro Style

author John Fowler calendar May 22, 2012 · 1 min read · .Net For Metro Style Apps Metro Prism WinRT  ·
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Importing namespaces in XAML is different in .Net Metro applications compared with WPF. The difference is subtle and caught me unawares…

In WPF, one imports a namespace using.

1<Grid xmlns:Core\="clr-namespace:Namespace;Assembly=AssemblyName"

This has changed to :

1<Gridxmlns:Core\="using:Namespace”

Note the ‘using:‘ rather than ‘clr-namespace:’

So its similar to syntax of import statements in c# code behind. The bonus is that you no longer need to specify the assembly name ( it is handled for you automatically).