The UWP Community Toolkit is a collection of helper functions, custom controls, and app services. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building UWP apps for Windows 10.
Please read the getting Started with the UWP Toolkit page for more detailed information about using the toolkit.
Want to see the toolkit in action before jumping into the code? Download and play with the UWP Toolkit Sample App from the Store.
NuGet is a standard package manager for .NET applications that is built into Visual Studio. From your open solution choose the Tools menu, NuGet Package Manager, Manage NuGet packages for solution... to open the UI. Enter one of the package names below to search for it online.
Once you search you should see a list similar to the one below (versions may be different, but names should be the same).
| NuGet Package Name | description |
|---|---|
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp | Main NuGet package includes code only helpers for Colors, Internet Connection detection, Storage file handling, and a Stream helper class. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications | Notifications Package - Generate tile, toast, and badge notifications for Windows 10 via code. Includes IntelliSense support to avoid having to use the XML syntax. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications.Javascript | Notification Packages for JavaScript. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Services | Services Package - This NuGet package includes the service helpers for Bing, Facebook, and Twitter. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI | UI Packages - XAML converters, Visual tree extensions and helpers for your XAML UI. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Animations | Animations and Composition behaviors such as Blur, Fade, Rotate, etc. |
| Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls | XAML Controls such as RadialGauge, RangeSelector, etc. |
- AdaptiveGridView
- HamburgerMenu
- HeaderedTextBlock
- ImageEx
- PullToRefreshListView
- RadialGauge
- RangeSelector
- RotatorTile
- SlideableListItem
Please use GitHub issues for questions or comments.
If you have specific feature requests or would like to vote on what others are recommending visit our UWP Community Toolkit User Voice.
Do you want to contribute? Here are our contribution guidelines.
- Principle #1: The toolkit will be kept simple.
- Principle #2: As soon as a comparable feature is available in the Windows SDK for Windows 10, it will be marked as deprecated.
- Principle #3: All features will be supported for two Windows SDK for Windows 10 release cycles or until another principle supersedes it.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
Read what we plan for next iteration, and feel free to ask questions.