Is there any cross-platform tool for AvaloniaUI to log events?

May 12, 2023

What logger should i use at AvaloniaUI? I know about Serilog, but is it cross-platform? Is there any built-in tool for this?

Moreover i need to log info to the .log file. This must be cross-platform (Windows, Linux and MacOS).

>Solution :

Avalonia can log warnings and errors using System.Diagnostics.Trace.
To enable logging the LogToTrace method call should be present in
your Program.cs file:

public static AppBuilder BuildAvaloniaApp()
    => AppBuilder.Configure<App>()
        .UsePlatformDetect()
        .LogToTrace();

And yes, you can log to file.

By default these trace messages would be logger to your IDE output
window. If you want to re-route these messages to different location,
use API provided by System.Diagnostics.Trace.

See more info about this at official site.