How to pass a constructor argument to a Page using ContentTemplate

Question

I am trying to pass a constructor argument to a ContentPage inside a Shell like so:

<FlyoutItem Title="Page1" >
    <ShellContent Title="Page1"
                  Route="Page1" ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:Page1}"/>
</FlyoutItem>

I am unable to find a way to accomplish this.

The following code works, but it loads the page on application startup which is too slow.

<FlyoutItem Title="Page1" >
    <ShellContent Title="Page1"
                  Route="Page1">
        <views:Page1>
            <x:Arguments>
                <x:Int32>
                    0
                </x:Int32>
            </x:Arguments>
        </views:Page1>
    </ShellContent>
</FlyoutItem>

I need a way to pass a constructor argument using the ContentTemplate/DataTemplate method

Answer 1

The solution is to pass in all data through a DataTemplate like this:

<FlyoutItem Title="Page1" >
    <ShellContent Title="Page1"
                  Route="Page1">
        <ShellContent.ContentTemplate >
            <DataTemplate>
                <views:Page1>
                    <x:Arguments>
                        <x:Int32>
                            0
                        </x:Int32>
                    </x:Arguments>
                </views:Page1>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ShellContent.ContentTemplate>
    </ShellContent>
</FlyoutItem>