CanvasAnimatedControl Class

XAML control intended for displaying animating content. Currently unsupported for WinUI3.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Windows.UI.Xaml.ControlsUserControl
Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.UI.XamlCanvasAnimatedControl

Namespace: Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.UI.Xaml
Assembly: Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas (in Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.dll) Version: 0.0.0.0

Syntax

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public sealed class CanvasAnimatedControl : UserControl, 
	IAnimationObject, IVisualElement, ICanvasAnimatedControl, ICanvasResourceCreatorWithDpi, ICanvasResourceCreator

The CanvasAnimatedControl type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CanvasAnimatedControl	Initializes a new instance of the CanvasAnimatedControl class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ClearColor	The color that the control is cleared to before the Draw event is raised.
	CustomDevice	Gets or sets an application-chosen device for this control.
	Device	Gets the underlying device used by this control.
	Dpi	Gets the current dots-per-inch (DPI) of this control.
	DpiScale	Gets or sets a scaling factor applied to this control's Dpi.
	ForceSoftwareRenderer	Gets or sets the whether the devices that this control creates will be forced to software rendering.
	HasGameLoopThreadAccess	Gets whether the current thread is the game loop thread.
	IsFixedTimeStep	Indicates whether the game loop is running in fixed or variable timing mode.
	Paused	Indicates whether the control's game loop is paused.
	ReadyToDraw	Gets whether the control is in a state where it is ready to draw.
	Size	Gets the current size of the control, in device independent pixels (DIPs).
	TargetElapsedTime	Gets or sets the time between Update events
	UseSharedDevice	Gets or sets whether this control should create a new device each time, or use a device which may common between other controls.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ConvertDipsToPixels	Converts units from device independent pixels (DIPs) to physical pixels based on the current DPI of this control.
	ConvertPixelsToDips	Converts units from physical pixels to device independent pixels (DIPs) based on the current DPI of this control.
	CreateCoreIndependentInputSource	Creates an input source that can process input on a non-UI thread (such as the game loop thread).
	Invalidate	Marks this control as requiring redrawing.
	RemoveFromVisualTree	Removes the control from the last FrameworkElement it was parented to.
	ResetElapsedTime	Ensures that only a single Update event will be raised on the next iteration of the game loop.
	RunOnGameLoopThreadAsync	Schedules the provided callback to run asynchronously on the game loop thread.

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Events

	Name	Description
	CreateResources	Hook this event to create any resources needed for your drawing.
	Draw	Hook this event to draw the contents of the control.
	GameLoopStarting	Occurs on the game loop thread just before the game loop starts.
	GameLoopStopped	Occurs on the game loop thread just after the game loop stops.
	Update	Hook this event to update any data, as necessary, for your app's animation.

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Remarks

CanvasAnimatedControl is currently unsupported for WinUI3

Reference

Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.UI.Xaml Namespace