Introducing the Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Preview

It’s no secret that Uno Platform has been getting a ton of buzz recently, and rightfully so. Imagine being able to write your applications with .NET using XAML and C#, and then deploying it on Windows, iOS, Mac, Android, Linux, and running in the browser with WebAssembly. All from a single code base. It's every .NET developers dream.

Today, I am excited to announce the immediate availability of Infragistics Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Preview. Yes, that's right... you can now take advantage of our blazing fast, feature rich, easy to use components in your Uno Platform applications which are targeting multiple platforms and multiple devices.

Now, I’m not just giving paying customers early access to the Infragistics Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Preview controls. I’m giving everyone access to the Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Preview controls for FREE!  That’s right, no purchases necessary.  Anyone from the community can download these great controls and start using them NOW.  All I ask is that you contact support for any issues or bugs you run into, submit any feature requests to the Infragistics Product Ideas website, and you send me your honest feedback directly. I want to know what you think of these controls and what you need in order to be successful building Uno Platform apps. So, what are you waiting for?

Download the FREE Infragistics Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Preview

What is Uno Platform?

Uno Platform is an open source project which enables your C# and XAML code to run anywhere - Windows, macOS, Linux, WebAssembly, iOS and Android. Because of its unique rendering engine, it allows you to control every pixel on every platform. This lets you to build cross platform applications for desktop, mobile, and web using Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider, or VS Code, along with C#, XAML, and the UWP APIs and tooling. You can also take advantage of powerful Visual Studio features such as XAML Hot Reload and C# Edit and Continue during the development process.  It also provides support for Fluent and Material design right in-the-box. Uno also provides support for the popular Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern on all platforms, with binding, styling, custom controls and data-templating features. If you’re a Prism developer, you can even use Prism in your Uno applications.

Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Components

Although this is just a preview, Ultimate UI for Uno Platform is packed with 9 new Uno Platform components. Now, let's take a moment to quickly cover all the great components you can start using in your Uno Platform applications.

Uno Data Grid

The Ultimate UI for Uno Platform Data Grid is a tabular grid component that allows you to quickly bind and display your data with little coding or configuration. Features of the Uno Platform data grid include inline editing, filtering, sorting, templates, row selection, row grouping, row pinning and movable columns and more. When we designed the core grid component, we optimized for live, streaming data, with the ability to handle unlimited data set size in number of rows or columns. With a large portion of our customer base being financial services, these are the most important attributes – load time, scroll time, unlimited rows, unlimited columns – with buttery-smooth scrolling under heavy loads. At the same time, many of you are coming from feature-packed enterprise line-of-business apps. We are delivering the features you need as well.

Uno Bullet Graph

The bullet graph component provides you with the ability to create attractive data presentations, replacing meters and gauges that are used on dashboards with simple yet straightforward and clear bar charts. A bullet graph is one of the most effective and efficient ways to present progress towards goals, good/better/best ranges, or compare multiple measurements in as little horizontal or vertical space as possible.

Uno Category Chart

This touch-enabled charting control makes visualizing category data a breeze. Built on top of a high-performing and feature-rich data chart, the category chart filters the complexities of data visualization into a simplified API that anyone can use.

Uno Charts

The chart control has been the powerhouse of Infragistics for many years on other platforms. Now, you can take advantage of the power and massive feature set provided by the Data Chart in your Uno Platform applications. There are literally too many features to even fathom talking about all of them in this post. So, I will simply sum them up and you can go play with the Data Chart yourself. Make sure you set aside a year or so to really dive in. That’s just how many features we pack into this cross platform data chart. The Uno Data Chart comes with over 50 chart types including bar, column, line, area, spline, waterfall, point, OHLC, polar, radial, and many, many more. Besides a crazy number of supported chart types, there are an even larger number of features with each chart. Crosshairs, legends, markers, panning, zooming, and much more. Basically, the Uno Data Chart is the Chuck Norris of charts. Nothing else needs to be said.

Uno Doughnut Chart

Display your data with multiple series using this rich Doughnut Chart. Similar to a Pie Chart, the Doughnut Chart shows categorical statistics expressed in percentages. With its hollow center, it's best for displaying multiple series using concentric rings where each ring represents a data series. Bind easily to data, configure the inner radius, display exploded slices, customize themes, and more with this well-rounded control.

Uno Linear Gauge

Make data visualizations and dashboards more engaging with a Linear Gauge that shows off KPIs with rich style and interactivity. The gauges are powerful, easy to use, and highly configurable to present dashboards.

Uno Pie Chart

Create simple or exploded pie charts. Customize the threshold for inclusion in the Other category, and display text labels and images that can be within or outside of the pie in a manner that avoids overlap. Users can click or drill down to view underlying data, explode out a section of the pie, and find information via tooltips.

Uno Radial Gauge

The Uno Radial Gauge makes your data visualizations and dashboards more engaging and shows off KPIs with rich style and interactivity. The gauges are powerful, easy to use, and configurable to present dashboards capable of displaying clocks, industrial panels, automotive dashboards, and aircraft cockpits.

Uno Sparkline

The Uno Sparkline control is a data-intense, design-simple graphic that allows end users to spot trends, variations, and patterns in data in a clear and compact representation.

Let’s Wrap this Baby Up!

Seeing the release of this preview probably has you asking yourself, “Brian, these controls are amazing and I can’t wait to use them, but what’s next?  What’s your long-term plan for Uno Platform?”. Well, I’m glad you asked. We have a long-term plan for supporting your Uno Platform application needs, and we are committed to bringing you the market’s best, highest performing, and most beautiful Uno Platform controls period. But in order to accomplish this, we need your help.

If you find an issue in this preview let me know. If you have ideas about new features we should bring to our components, let me know. If you discover important issues we need to fix, or even brand-new components you’d like us to introduce, let me know. Follow and engage with us on Twitter via @infragistics. You can also follow and contact me directly on Twitter at @brianlagunas. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to be notified of new videos, and follow me on Twitch to watch me stream live.