How do I automatically load a layout into my AvalonDock instance?

Question

I have integrated AvalonDock 2.0 into my application. I\'ve bound the document and anchor-able sources to my view-model which are rendered with the proper user controls via

Answer 1

I had to add this in the XAML...

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...and this in the code-behind...

class LayoutUpdateStrategy : ILayoutUpdateStrategy
{
    private bool BeforeInsertContent(LayoutRoot layout, LayoutContent anchorableToShow)
    {
        var viewModel = (ViewModelBase) anchorableToShow.Content;
        var layoutContent = layout.Descendents().OfType().FirstOrDefault(x => x.ContentId == viewModel.ContentId);
        if (layoutContent == null)
            return false;
        layoutContent.Content = anchorableToShow.Content;
        // Add layoutContent to it's previous container
        var layoutContainer = layoutContent.GetType().GetProperty("PreviousContainer", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(layoutContent, null) as ILayoutContainer;
        if (layoutContainer is LayoutAnchorablePane)
            (layoutContainer as LayoutAnchorablePane).Children.Add(layoutContent as LayoutAnchorable);
        else if (layoutContainer is LayoutDocumentPane)
            (layoutContainer as LayoutDocumentPane).Children.Add(layoutContent);
        else
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        return true;
    }
    public bool BeforeInsertAnchorable(LayoutRoot layout, LayoutAnchorable anchorableToShow, ILayoutContainer destinationContainer)
    {
        return BeforeInsertContent(layout, anchorableToShow);
    }
    public void AfterInsertAnchorable(LayoutRoot layout, LayoutAnchorable anchorableShown) {}
    public bool BeforeInsertDocument(LayoutRoot layout, LayoutDocument anchorableToShow, ILayoutContainer destinationContainer)
    {
        return BeforeInsertContent(layout, anchorableToShow);
    }
    public void AfterInsertDocument(LayoutRoot layout, LayoutDocument anchorableShown) {}
}