Universal Windows® Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Elements and Attributes

The XAML specification defines rules that map object-oriented namespaces, types, properties, and events into XML namespaces, elements, and attributes. You can see this by examining the following simple XAML snippet that declares a Button control and comparing it to the equivalent C# code:

XAML:

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<Button xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"   Content="Stop"/>

C#:

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Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button b = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button(); b.Content = "Stop";

Declaring an XML element in XAML (known as an object element) is equivalent to instantiating the corresponding object via a default constructor. Setting an attribute on the object ...