Catel InitializeAsync is Not Called in ViewModel

Question

I have an issue where every single view model that inherits from Catel.MVVM.ViewModel is never calling InitializeAsync(). What could I be missing that blocks this call?

I'm using Catel.MVVM v5.12.22.

Answer 1

The fix is to change the control type from UserControl to catel:UserControl.

<catel:UserControl xmlns:catel="http://schemas.catelproject.com">

Edit: you might want to include validation messages.

<catel:UserControl>
    <catel:InfoBarMessageControl>
        [XAML Goes Here]
    </catel:InfoBarMessageControl>
</catel:UserControl>