Convert to Visual Studio extension

[MagicAndre1981]

Can you please convert it to a Visual studio extension, read the open xaml file and render it inside the IDE?

[MagicAndre1981]

you could use the Community.VisualStudio.Toolkit to develop the extension easier.

[GMPrakhar]

@MagicAndre1981 : It looks like the Toolkit supports only WPF controls, not sure how we will be able to render MAUI components inside WPF.

[MagicAndre1981]

ok, I just see that XAML island only works for WinUI2 and not for WinUI3.

I'll leave it open if there are changes in MAUI/WinUI3 that allow this.

[MagicAndre1981]

one of the MAUI devs played a bit with adding WPF as MAUI platform:

dotnet/maui#12947
https://github.com/PureWeen/maui/tree/wpf_separate_project/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample.WPF

[dr3adl0rd]

If it were an extension it would limit its use for others, like the Rider users as example.