What is the difference between an App and Application in c#.net?

Question

Is there any difference between App and Application in c#?

I am trying to use App.current.Resources in control library which is loaded in main WPF application. But it is not possible in a straight way, but at the same time it is allowing me to use Application.current.Resources

Could anyone help me to understand the basic differences between these two. Is there any flaw on using Application.Current.Resources instead of App.current.Resources ?

Answer 1

App is the default class name for your Application . It will be defined in your project by autogenerated code as follows.

public partial class App : Application

So indeed both are same, You're accessing static Current property defined in Application class only.

Application.Current.Resources//Accessing current through base class
App.Current.Resources//Accessing current through derived class