Often it’s necessary to show or hide UI elements based on the users authentication. This short post will show a way to use an application context to work as source.
The application context is a class I have placed in the root of my project. It contain a static property called Current used to gain easy access to it’s properties. It implements INotifyPropertyChanged so it’s possible to notify if a property is changed. In this sample I have added a bool property called IsAuthenticated.
To actually use the application context in bindings in the xaml it’s necessary to point to a resource that points to the class. In the sample below I have called the namespace root and called the resource Context. Furthermore I have added a resource to a bool to visibility converter from the Quebec framework and called it BoolToVisibilityConverter.
Now it’s possible to use the IsAuthenticated property from the application context to show or hide an UI element.
You can download the complete sample here.
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