Avalonia.Controls.Maui.SkiaSharp.Views

Avalonia.Controls.Maui.SkiaSharp.Views

Avalonia-backed handlers for SkiaSharp.Views.Maui, enabling SKCanvasView and SKGLView to render when .NET MAUI runs on Avalonia. In short, this can be used for controls that require using .WithSkiaSharp().

• SKCanvasView — CPU raster SkiaSharp drawing surface
• SKGLView — GPU-accelerated drawing surface (uses GRContext from Avalonia's Skia lease when available, with CPU fallback)
• Image sources — SKBitmapImageSource, SKImageImageSource, SKPixmapImageSource, and SKPictureImageSource convert to Avalonia bitmaps via direct pixel copy

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 11 SDK
• Avalonia.Controls.Maui configured in your project

Installation

Add the NuGet package to your project:

<PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Controls.Maui.SkiaSharp.Views" Version="..." />

Usage

Call UseAvaloniaSkiaSharp() in your MauiProgram.cs after UseAvaloniaApp():

public static class MauiProgram
{
    public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
    {
        var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
        builder
            .UseMauiApp<App>()
            .UseAvaloniaApp()
            .UseAvaloniaSkiaSharp()
            .ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
            {
                fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
            });

        return builder.Build();
    }
}

This registers Avalonia handlers for SKCanvasView, SKGLView, and all SkiaSharp image source types. Your existing SkiaSharp.Views.Maui code works without changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.