Render XAML inside Direct3D in Windows Store App

Question

I would like to render XAML to texture/bitmap and draw the texture/bitmap inside Direct3D (for example, place it on a cube side).

To achieve that on Windows Phone I could use UIElementRender. It produces texture, which can be drawn anywhere in 3D world (XNA).

Is it possible to do the same thing in Windows Store App?

SwapChainBackgroundPanel is not very suitable because it only allows overlaying XAML over Direct3D surface, but not rendering XAML to texture.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '12 at 16:14

That would be interesting, but I don't believe it is supported. The 3 available interop mechanisms are only for rendering DX in a XAML app, not the other way around.

If the only thing you want done is to apply 3D transforms to your elements - there is a Projection property that is of Projection type which could be a PlaneProjection that supports basic translate/rotate transforms or Matrix3DProjection which you can use to apply any 3D matrix transforms.

Render XAML inside Direct3D in Windows Store App

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