/// <summary>
/// loads themes from the Themes directory into a collection of ThemeWraps
/// </summary>
public void LoadThemes()
{
if (Directory.Exists(themePath))
{
//lets do this the stoneage way for better exception handling
themeList = new ObservableCollection <ThemeWrap>();
var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(themePath, "*.json");
foreach (string file in files)
{
try
{
var theme = new ThemeWrap
{
Theme = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Theme>(File.ReadAllText(file, Encoding.UTF8)),
//need to delete the themepath here so we just get the filename. maybe there is a better way to do this.
Path = file.Replace(themePath + "\\", "")
};
if (theme != null)
{
themeList.Add(theme);
}
}
catch (JsonSerializationException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("couldn't deserialize theme: {0}", file);
}
catch (JsonReaderException e) {
Console.WriteLine("Error parsing theme: {0}", file);
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Changes the theme of the application and automatically stores it as the new default in the application properties
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wrap">The themeWrap that the theme should be changed to.</param>
public void ChangeTheme(ThemeWrap wrap)
{
//save themepath in the application properties.
SaveTheme(wrap.Path);
var dict = wrap.Theme.toResourceDictionary();
foreach (var key in dict.Keys)
{
Application.Current.Resources[key] = dict[key];
}
Console.WriteLine("Changed Theme to {0}", wrap.Theme.ThemeName.English);
}
private static void ChangeTheme(ThemeWrap wrap)
{
//save path of the theme
SaveTheme(wrap.Path);
//change the theme to json file format to provide meta info about the themes
var dict = wrap.Theme.toResourceDictionary();
foreach (var key in dict.Keys)
{
Application.Current.Resources[key] = dict[key];
}
}
public static void SetTheme(ThemeWrap theme)
{
ChangeTheme(theme);
}