Platform Class

Base platform class

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
EtoPlatform

Namespace: Eto
Assembly: Eto (in Eto.dll) Version: 2.5.3-dev

Syntax

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public abstract class Platform

Public MustInherit Class Platform

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type Platform =  class end

The Platform type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Platform	Initializes a new instance of the Platform class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AllowReinitialize	Gets or sets a value indicating that the platform should allow reinitialization.
	Context	Gets an object to wrap in the platform's context, when using multiple platforms.
	Detect	Returns the current generator, or detects the generator to use if no current generator is set.
	ID	Gets the ID of this platform
	Instance	Gets the platform for the current thread
	IsAndroid	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is based on Xamarin.Android.
	IsDesktop	Gets a value indicating whether this is a desktop platform. This includes Mac, Gtk, WinForms, Wpf, Direct2D.
	IsGtk	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is based on GTK# (2 or 3)
	IsIos	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is based on Xamarin.iOS
	IsMac	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is a mac based platform (MonoMac/XamMac)
	IsMobile	Gets a value indicating whether this is a mobile platform. This includes iOS, Android, and WinRT.
	IsValid	Gets a value indicating that this platform is valid on the running device
	IsWinForms	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is based on Windows Forms
	IsWpf	Gets a value indicating whether this platform is based on WPF
	SupportedFeatures	Gets the supported features of the platform.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Add(Type, FuncObject)	Add the specified type and instantiator.
	AddT(FuncT)	Add the instantiator for the specified handler type of T
	CacheTKey, TValue	Gets a shared cache dictionary
	Create(Type)	Creates a new instance of the handler of the specified type
	CreateT	Creates a new instance of the handler of the specified type of T
	CreateShared(Type)	Creates a shared singleton instance of the specified type of type
	CreateSharedT	Creates a shared singleton instance of the specified type of T
	Find(Type)	Find the delegate to create instances of the specified type
	FindT	Finds the delegate to create instances of the specified type
	Get	Gets the generator of the specified type
	Initialize(String)	Initialize the generator with the specified platformType as the current generator
	Initialize(Platform)	Initializes the specified platform as the current generator, for the current thread
	Invoke(Action)	Invoke the specified action within the context of this platform
	InvokeT(FuncT)	Invoke the specified function within the context of this platform, returning its value.
	LoadAssembly(Assembly)	Loads the extensions specified by the assembly attribute PlatformExtensionAttribute.
	LoadAssembly(String)	Loads the extensions specified by the assembly attribute PlatformExtensionAttribute.
	OnHandlerCreated	Handles the WidgetCreated event
	OnWidgetCreated	Handles the WidgetCreated event
	Supports(Type)	Gets a value indicating that the specified type is supported by this platform
	SupportsT	Gets a value indicating that the specified type is supported by this platform
	ThreadStart	Used at the start of your custom threads

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Events

	Name	Description
	HandlerCreated	Event to handle when widgets are created by this platform
	WidgetCreated	Event to handle when widgets are created by this platform

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Remarks

This class takes care of creating the platform-specific implementations of each control. All controls the platform can handle should be added using AddT(FuncT).

Reference

Eto Namespace