SimpleIoc is no longer inherited from IServiceLocator in Std10 version.

[manupstairs]

Hi, I have a question about SimpleIoc.
Why is SimpleIoc no longer inherited from IServiceLocator in Std10 version?
This will cause compatibility issues with ServiceLocator.

I checked the code, seems we don't need CommonServiceLocator any more.
We can use the SimpleIoc directly.

I'm just curious why we needed CommonServiceLocator before. Could you please help to explain?

I would appreciate it if you could help answer this question.
Thanks.

[jamesmcroft]

@manupstairs at the time that MvvmLight was ported to .NET standard, the CommonServiceLocator didn't support .NET Standard so was removed.

[tjmullen2]

By removing compatibility with CommonServiceLocator, unit testing through Moq to return our mocks in case of GetInstance is now not possible. We used to be able to mock the GetInstance<> returns via CommonServiceLocator. Is there any word on when this functionality will be changed back? Or do you have suggestions on how to do this with the current implementation?