WinUI feature: Navigation with dependency injection

[gabor-budai]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

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Describe the solution you'd like

The generated ConfigureServices() in App.xaml.cs can be misleading, since it registers pages as services. When NavigationService.NavigateTo() is called, a type is passed to _frame.Navigate() instead of an instance. As I have seen WinUI’s API does not support passing instance to the Frame.Navigate() method. (it also makes parametrized constructors prohibited)

I found a solution to enable Frame.Navigate() to instantiate a page via an IServiceProvider interface. When Frame.Navigate() is called, it retrieves an IXamlType from the App, IXamlType.ActivateInstance() method is responsible for creating the instance from a type. The ActivateInstance() method can be redirected, and I created a sample app that shows how this redirection is implemented. I think it would be great that the App.DI.cs could be included in the TemplateStudio’s source generator.

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Additional context

Here is my example app.

Applies to the following platforms:

• [X] WinUI
• [ ] WPF
• [ ] UWP

[adstep]

This would be awesome to have! Was looking to see how to use DI during navigation to instantiate pages myself.

[gabor-budai]

I made a source generator nuget.