now you can use ItemsSource on CoverView (for net>=4.5)

HandyControlDemo/ViewModel/DemoViewModelBase.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using GalaSoft.MvvmLight;
+
+namespace HandyControlDemo.ViewModel
+{
+    public class DemoViewModelBase<T> : ViewModelBase
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     数据列表
+        /// </summary>
+        private IList<T> _dataList;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     数据列表
+        /// </summary>
+        public IList<T> DataList
+        {
+            get => _dataList;
+            set => Set(ref _dataList, value);
+        }
+    }
+}