Shiny Core

Shiny.Core is the foundational library for the Shiny ecosystem. It provides the hosting model, platform abstractions, lifecycle hooks, connectivity/battery monitoring, and the AOT-friendly type registry that all other Shiny modules build upon. Storage and DI registration are layered on via the Shiny.Extensions.DependencyInjection and Shiny.Extensions.Stores source-generated packages — these are pulled in transitively by Shiny.Core so you don't add them manually.

When to Use This Skill

• The user needs to set up Shiny hosting in a MAUI, native, Blazor, or Linux/macOS app
• The user asks about IHost, HostBuilder, or UseShiny
• The user needs key-value storage (IKeyValueStore, settings, secure store) via Shiny.Extensions.Stores
• The user wants source-generated persistence with [Bind] partial properties or a service-attributed DI registration with [Service] / [Singleton] / [Scoped] / [Transient]
• The user asks about platform abstractions (IPlatform, directories, main thread invocation)
• The user needs Android, iOS, or macOS lifecycle hooks (IAndroidLifecycle, IIosLifecycle, IMacLifecycle)
• The user needs startup tasks (IShinyStartupTask, ShinyLifecycleTask)
• The user asks about AccessState, permission handling, or PermissionException
• The user needs network connectivity monitoring (IConnectivity) or battery status (IBattery)
• The user needs an entity repository (IRepository, IRepositoryEntity) — provided by Shiny.Extensions.Stores
• The user asks about remote configuration (IRemoteConfigurationProvider) or Shiny.Extensions.Configuration
• The user needs observable collections (INotifyReadOnlyCollection<T>, INotifyCollectionChanged<T>, BindingList<T>)