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Install

Stable Release

Either search for Avalonia on the Plugins settings page or visit the Plugin Marketplace.

Development Release

To install a development release (automatically published for every push into a development branch), first add the custom plugin repository into your IDE (see the documentation on how to do that).

Custom plugin repository address: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugins/dev/14839

Then, install the plugin as usual via the IDE plugin settings screen.

How to Use

Previewer

Make sure your Avalonia project is built, open an XAML file, and you'll see an XAML preview in Rider.

Preview Screenshot

It's possible to interact with the previewer using the mouse, and zoom with Ctrl+Scroll Wheel.

There's a separate button to debug the previewer process for the current file, but it's hidden by default. To enable that feature, go to the Avalonia settings page in Rider and enable the Developer mode checkbox.

File templates

Right-click a directory or an Avalonia-enabled project and choose among the available file templates:

Live templates

Type in an editor to use Live templates:

Documentation