SAPUI5:: Difference between core:view and mvc:view

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Can someone explain in brief or re-direct me to appropriate link to understand the difference between `core:view` and `mvc:view` in XML view of SAPUI5/Fiori application? When we start an application in Eclipse and create XML view using sap.m library we see `core:view`, but in sample applications in SAPUI5 SDK - Demo Kit, we are seeing `mvc:view`. Please help us understanding when to use what. ``` ```

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The `View` control is in `sap.ui.core.mvc`: see `Class sap.ui.core.mvc.View` in the API documentation. Therefore, the namespace for a `View` element in an XML view definition is `sap.ui.core.mvc`. This usually translates to something like: ``` ``` but of course the prefix is arbitrary and you could just as well have: ``` ``` The point is that it's the namespace that's important, at least technically. The confusion probably arises because the XML processor is rather lenient on the namespace specified for the root `View` element. So to answer your question specifically, while `core:View` might be "correct" if you crazily specified `xmlns:core="sap.ui.core.mvc"`, it would be very confusing, so the best way to express it is ``` ```

SAPUI5:: Difference between core:view and mvc:view

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