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    copied!<p>I want to start using dependency injection in my WPF application, largely for better unit testability. My app is mostly constructed along the M-V-VM pattern. I'm looking at <a href="https://code.google.com/p/autofac/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">autofac</a> for my IoC container, but I don't think that matters too much for this discussion.</p> <p>Injecting a service into the start window seems straightforward, as I can create the container and resolve from it in App.xaml.cs. </p> <p>What I'm struggling with is how I can DI ViewModels and Services into User Controls? The user controls are instantiated via XAML markup, so there's no opportunity to <code>Resolve()</code> them.</p> <p>The best I can think of is to place the container in a Singleton, and have the user controls resolve their ViewModels from the global container. This feels like a half-way solution, at best, as it still required my components to have a dependency on a ServiceLocator.</p> <p>Is full IoC possible with WPF?</p> <p>[edit] - Prism has been suggested, but even evaluating Prism seems like a big investment, I'm hoping for something smaller</p> <p>[edit] here's a code fragment where I'm stopped</p> <pre><code> //setup IoC container (in app.xaml.cs) var builder = new ContainerBuilder(); builder.Register&lt;NewsSource&gt;().As&lt;INewsSource&gt;(); builder.Register&lt;AViewModel&gt;().FactoryScoped(); var container = builder.Build(); // in user control ctor - // this doesn't work, where do I get the container from VM = container.Resolve&lt;AViewModel&gt;(); // in app.xaml.cs // this compiles, but I can't use this uc, //as the one I want in created via xaml in the primary window SomeUserControl uc = new SomeUserControl(); uc.VM = container.Resolve&lt;AViewModel&gt;(); </code></pre>
 

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