Plugin.ClockViews 1.0.0

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dotnet add package Plugin.ClockViews --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Plugin.ClockViews -Version 1.0.0
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<PackageReference Include="Plugin.ClockViews" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Plugin.ClockViews" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="Plugin.ClockViews" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Plugin.ClockViews --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Plugin.ClockViews, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Plugin.ClockViews@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Plugin.ClockViews&version=1.0.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Plugin.ClockViews&version=1.0.0
                    


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Plugin.ClockViews

A collection of self-drawing analog and digital clock views for .NET MAUI, with live ticking, countdown timers with alarms, and a set of themed/animated faces.

Targets .NET 10 for Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst and Windows, plus a plain net10.0 target that carries the platform-agnostic drawing/logic so it can be unit-tested without a platform head.

  • Author: Paul F. Johnson
  • Version: 1.0
  • License: DILLIGAF (see LICENSE.txt)

Install & initialise

Add a reference to the package, then call UseClockViews() in MauiProgram (this registers the audio backend used for countdown alarms):

using Plugin.ClockViews;

builder
    .UseMauiApp<App>()
    .UseClockViews();

The controls themselves need no registration — use them directly in XAML or code.

xmlns:clock="clr-namespace:Plugin.ClockViews;assembly=Plugin.ClockViews"
...
<clock:ClockView IsRunning="True" IsSecondsShown="True" />

Clock views

View Description
ClockView Analog clock. Date (when enabled) appears in a small window at the 5 o'clock position, behind the hands.
ValveClockView Nixie-tube ("valve") clock — glowing numerals in glass tubes with a flashing colon. Always 24-hour.
FlipClock Split-flap ("flip") clock — the old leaf folds down to reveal the new value. Optional AM/PM flap.
MeltingClock Digits melt away and the new digit forms beneath (~0.8s).
DematerialiseClock Sci-fi dematerialise/rematerialise (SciFiTheme: DrWho flicker-fade, StarTrek transporter sparkle).
WatchClock Wristwatch faces (WatchTheme: EightiesDigital 7-segment, AppleWatch, PixelWatch).

All digital clocks flash the : separator every half-second and show the date in their own style (valve = glowing filament, flip = a flip card, melt/dematerialise = styled text, 80s watch = 7-segment numeric, Apple/Pixel = text). The date is half the height of the time (except analog and watch).

Shared properties (ClockViewBase)

Every clock inherits these bindable properties:

Property Type Default Notes
Time TimeSpan 0 Time to show when not running.
IsRunning bool false Ticks live when true.
IsSecondsShown bool false Show seconds.
Is24HourClock bool true 12/24-hour (ignored by the always-24h valve clock).
ClockColor Color Black Primary/accent color (meaning is view-specific).
ShowDate bool false Show the date. Never shown in Unix mode.
ShowAsDayThenMonth bool true dd MMM yyyy when true, else MMM dd yyyy (analog window omits the year).
IsUTC bool false Show UTC instead of local time.
IsUnixTime bool false Show the Unix timestamp (digital clocks only; not analog/watch).
IsCountdownTimer bool false Count down from CountFrom to zero. Disabled while UTC/Unix are on.
CountFrom TimeSpan 1 min Countdown start.
AlarmSound AlarmSource? null Sound played for 5s at zero; falls back to a generated beep.

Events: TimeChanged (each tick / value change), CountdownElapsed (countdown hits zero).

Methods: ResetCountdown() restarts the countdown; supports Start/Stop via IsRunning (Stop freezes the remaining time, Start resumes).

Async getters: every publicly-exposed value has a thread-safe async accessor that marshals to the UI thread — e.g. GetTimeAsync(), GetIsRunningAsync(), GetClockColorAsync(), GetCurrentTimeAsync(), GetCountdownRemainingAsync(). (Bindable getters stay synchronous, as MAUI data binding requires.)

View-specific properties

View Property Type Default
ClockView FaceColor, HandColor, SecondHandColor, DialColor Color black / black / red / white
ValveClockView ValveShellColor Color grey (filament = ClockColor, light red)
FlipClock CardColor Color white
DematerialiseClock SciFiTheme SciFiTheme DrWho
WatchClock WatchTheme WatchTheme PixelWatch
WatchClock WatchBorderThickness WatchBorderThickness Medium (digital 1/3/5px, Apple/Pixel 2/4/6px)

Countdown & alarm

<clock:FlipClock x:Name="Timer"
                 IsCountdownTimer="True"
                 CountFrom="00:05:00"
                 AlarmSound="{x:Null}" />

// Supply the alarm sound (resources / file / URL):
Timer.AlarmSound = AlarmSource.FromResources("alarm.wav");
Timer.AlarmSound = AlarmSource.FromFile("/path/to/alarm.mp3");
Timer.AlarmSound = AlarmSource.FromUrl("https://example.com/alarm.mp3");

Timer.IsRunning = true;   // start
Timer.IsRunning = false;  // stop (freezes remaining)
Timer.ResetCountdown();   // back to CountFrom

At zero the clock raises CountdownElapsed and plays AlarmSound for five seconds.

Enums

  • SciFiTheme — DrWho, StarTrek
  • WatchTheme — EightiesDigital, AppleWatch, PixelWatch
  • WatchBorderThickness — Thin, Medium, Thick
  • AlarmSourceKind — Resources, File, Url

Solution layout

src/Plugin.ClockViews          The library (multi-target: net10.0 + platform TFMs)
tests/Plugin.ClockViews.Tests  NUnit tests for the platform-agnostic logic
samples/Plugin.ClockViews.Sample  MAUI sample app demonstrating every clock and option

Building

dotnet build src/Plugin.ClockViews/Plugin.ClockViews.csproj   # all targets incl. Windows
dotnet test  tests/Plugin.ClockViews.Tests                    # unit tests

The Windows target is enabled unconditionally (EnableWindowsTargeting), so it restores/compiles on any host; producing a Windows app still requires a Windows machine.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-android36.0 is compatible.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-ios26.0 is compatible.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst26.0 is compatible.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed.  net10.0-windows10.0.19041 is compatible. 
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1.0.1 207 7/2/2026
1.0.0 101 7/1/2026

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