improve ui

Stars Assistant/App.axaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <Application xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:materialIcons="clr-namespace:Material.Icons.Avalonia;assembly=Material.Icons.Avalonia"
              x:Class="StarsAssistant.App"
              xmlns:local="using:StarsAssistant"
              RequestedThemeVariant="Default">
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
   
     <Application.Styles>
         <FluentTheme DensityStyle="Compact" />
+        <materialIcons:MaterialIconStyles />
         <StyleInclude Source="avares://Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid/Themes/Fluent.xaml"/>
     </Application.Styles>
 </Application>

Stars Assistant/Stars Assistant.csproj

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="11.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="33.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Material.Icons.Avalonia" Version="2.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.8" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.1.3" />

Stars Assistant/ViewModels/BuColViewModel.cs

@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ using Splat;
 
 namespace StarsAssistant.ViewModels;
 
-public partial class BuColViewModel : ViewModelBase, IActivatableViewModel
+public partial class BuColViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
-    public ViewModelActivator Activator { get; } = new ViewModelActivator();
-
     public BuColViewModel()
     {
         this.WhenActivated((CompositeDisposable disposables) => 

Stars Assistant/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
+using System.Reactive.Disposables;
-using System.Reactive.Disposables;
 using System.Reactive.Linq;
 using ReactiveUI;
 using ReactiveUI.SourceGenerators;
@@ -8,10 +7,8 @@ using StarsAssistant.Model;
 
 namespace StarsAssistant.ViewModels;
 
-public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase, IActivatableViewModel
+public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
-    public ViewModelActivator Activator { get; } = new ViewModelActivator();
-
     [Reactive]
     private string _dbPath;
 
@@ -20,6 +17,8 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase, IActivatableViewModel
 
     public MainWindowViewModel()
     {
+        InitializeCommands();
+
         using var db = Locator.Current.GetService<StarsDatabase>()!;
         DbPath = Path.GetFullPath(db.DbPath);
 
@@ -32,6 +31,15 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase, IActivatableViewModel
         });
     }
 
-    
+    [ReactiveCommand]
-
+    private void New() 
+    {
+        this.Log().Info("New button hit");
+    }
+
+    [ReactiveCommand]
+    private void Open() 
+    {
+        this.Log().Info("Open button hit");
+    }
 }

Stars Assistant/ViewModels/PlanetViewModel.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,43 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Reactive.Disposables;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using ReactiveUI;
 using StarsAssistant.Model;
 using Splat;
 
 namespace StarsAssistant.ViewModels;
 
-public partial class PlanetViewModel(Planet planet) : ViewModelBase
+public partial class PlanetViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
+    public PlanetViewModel(Planet planet)
+    {
+        Planet = planet;
+
+        this.WhenActivated((CompositeDisposable disposables) => 
+        {
+            // /* handle activation */
+            // Disposable
+            //     .Create(() => { /* handle deactivation */ })
+            //     .DisposeWith(disposables);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private readonly Planet Planet;
+
+    public string Name => Planet.Name;
+
+    public string Owner => Planet.OwnerId ?? String.Empty;
+
+    public int Value => Planet.Value ?? 0;
+
+    public int Population => Planet.Population ?? 0;
+
+    public int SurfaceIronium => Planet.SurfaceIronium ?? 0;
+
+    public int SurfaceBoranium => Planet.SurfaceBoranium ?? 0;
+
+    public int SurfaceGermanium => Planet.SurfaceGermanium ?? 0;
+
     public static ObservableCollection<PlanetViewModel> LoadAll() 
     {
         using var db = Locator.Current.GetService<StarsDatabase>()!;
@@ -18,20 +49,4 @@ public partial class PlanetViewModel(Planet planet) : ViewModelBase
         }
         return result;
     }
-
-    private readonly Planet planet = planet;
-
-    public string Name => planet.Name;
-
-    public string Owner => planet.OwnerId ?? String.Empty;
-
-    public int Value => planet.Value ?? 0;
-
-    public int Population => planet.Population ?? 0;
-
-    public int SurfaceIronium => planet.SurfaceIronium ?? 0;
-
-    public int SurfaceBoranium => planet.SurfaceBoranium ?? 0;
-
-    public int SurfaceGermanium => planet.SurfaceGermanium ?? 0;
 }

Stars Assistant/ViewModels/ViewModelBase.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using ReactiveUI;
+using Splat;
 
 namespace StarsAssistant.ViewModels;
 
-public class ViewModelBase : ReactiveObject
+public class ViewModelBase : ReactiveObject, IEnableLogger, IActivatableViewModel
 {
+    public ViewModelActivator Activator { get; } = new ViewModelActivator();
 }

Stars Assistant/Views/BuColView.axaml.cs

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ public partial class BuColView : ReactiveUserControl<BuColViewModel>
 {
     public BuColView()
     {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        
         this.WhenActivated(disposables => 
         {
         });
 
-        InitializeComponent();
     }
 }

Stars Assistant/Views/MainWindow.axaml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:vm="using:StarsAssistant.ViewModels"
         xmlns:views="clr-namespace:StarsAssistant.Views"
+        xmlns:materialIcons="clr-namespace:Material.Icons.Avalonia;assembly=Material.Icons.Avalonia"
         mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
         x:Class="StarsAssistant.Views.MainWindow"
         x:DataType="vm:MainWindowViewModel"
@@ -18,7 +19,24 @@
         <vm:MainWindowViewModel/>
     </Design.DataContext>
 
-    <TabControl>
+    <Grid ColumnDefinitions="64,*" RowDefinitions="*">
+        <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" 
+            HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top"
+            Margin="0" Spacing="12"
+            >
+
+            <materialIcons:MaterialIcon Kind="DeathStar" Width="48" Height="48" />
+
+            <Button Height="56" Width="56" x:Name="NewButton">
+                <materialIcons:MaterialIcon Kind="NewBox" Width="48" Height="48" />
+            </Button>
+
+            <Button Height="56" Width="56" x:Name="OpenButton">
+                <materialIcons:MaterialIcon Kind="OpenInApp" Width="48" Height="48" />
+            </Button>
+        </StackPanel>
+
+        <TabControl Grid.Column="1">
             <TabItem Header="Stars Assistant">
                 <Grid ColumnDefinitions="Auto, *" RowDefinitions="Auto, Auto">
                     <Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,5,5,5" Padding="3">Database Path:</Label>
@@ -30,4 +48,5 @@
                     DataContext="{Binding BuColViewModel}" />
             </TabItem>
         </TabControl>
+    </Grid>
 </Window>

Stars Assistant/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs

@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ public partial class MainWindow : ReactiveWindow<MainWindowViewModel>
 {
     public MainWindow()
     {
+        InitializeComponent();
+
         this.WhenActivated(disposables => 
         {
             this.OneWayBind(ViewModel, vm => vm.DbPath, v => v.DbPath.Text)
                 .DisposeWith(disposables);
+
+            this.BindCommand(ViewModel, vm => vm.NewCommand, v => v.NewButton)
+                .DisposeWith(disposables);
+
+            this.BindCommand(ViewModel, vm => vm.OpenCommand, v => v.OpenButton)
+                .DisposeWith(disposables);
         });
-        
-        InitializeComponent();
     }
 
 }