As I always say, the more control we have over how elements behave in our apps, the better experience we can provide to users. In this article, we’ll explore an interesting feature of the virtual keyboard: how to show or hide it strategically to improve usability. With .NET MAUI, you can achieve this easily in just a few steps. Let’s…
Have you tried adding a .gif to your .NET MAUI application, but only see a still image and wonder why it doesn’t animate? 🤔 Well, today you will discover how to solve this quickly and easily! 🚀✨ Let’s start! GIFs are made up of a series of images that create a silent, repetitive animation. Adding a .gif to your application…
Hello! 🙋♀️ In this article, we’ll replicate an E-Book Onboarding UI, a design sourced from Dribbble. This piece will help you strengthen your skills in managing XAML in a quick and easy way. The most fun part is that you’ll learn to build it yourself! 😍 Explanation Insights 🗒 Before diving in, here are some guidelines to enhance your experience…
Hello! 🙌 Recently, I came across a post by David Ortinau that I found extremely helpful. Motivated by this, I chose to create a summary into an article format. 📝 In this post, you’ll find crucial information about important dates you need to know if you’re in the process of transitioning from Xamarin to .NET MAUI or if you’re still…
Imagine an app without text; it would be practically non-functional, wouldn’t it? 🤷♀️ Text is an essential element in any application, and handling it appropriately according to different requirements is very important. In this article, we will focus on techniques for truncating and wrapping text using the LineBreakMode property to enhance the readability of our text. Let’s get started! 🚀…
While .NET MAUI layouts are extremely useful for developing graphical interfaces, it’s always nice to have additional options for arranging elements on the screen. In this article, you will learn about the DockLayout, a layout provided by the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit! To facilitate the understanding of this explanation, I will divide it into the following subtopics: 🔹 .NET MAUI…
When performing an operation that takes time, it’s crucial to inform users that a process is ongoing and that they need to wait before taking further action. Progress indicators are a good option to achieve this, as they visually show the percentage of progress that a process takes. In this article, we will learn how to use them in .NET…
Consider the following scenario: you’re using an application, but your Internet connection goes down. As a result, the app can’t show the resources needed for interaction. Unfortunately, this sort of event happens frequently, so keeping the user informed is essential. One possible approach is to employ Toasts, which enable us to show informative text on the screen. In this article,…
Providing users with information about their interactions within apps is critical for ensuring a positive user experience. For example, if a user clicks on a button and the process takes a few seconds to respond, it’s important to indicate that their request is being executed. One option for accomplishing this is to change the button’s color and/or text and include…
Have you ever wondered how to cache images in your app? .NET MAUI already includes this functionality! In this article, we will quickly learn how to use it and adapt it to our specific needs. The explanation will be divided into the following points: 🔹 How does image caching work? 🔹 Learning about its structure 🔹 Properties available Let’s start! How does image…
An Avatar is a graphical representation that is associated with a specific user for identification purposes. This is widely used in our everyday applications, and that is why it’s important that you have the tools at hand that will help you achieve it.. In this article we will learn how to implement the .NET Maui Community Toolkit AvatarView in very…
Have you had the need to add drawing functionality to your .NET MAUI apps? 🤔 .. Probably yes, .. but beyond drawing… Have you required the user of your banking App to sign through it? In this article, we learn how to do it with the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. We will learn to integrate it in a simple way!…
When developing your desktop applications in .NET MAUI, you can control both the size and position of your application windows. In this article you will learn how to do it very quickly! Let’s start! Preparing the stage First of all, you have to override the CreateWindows Method which allow you to handle the Window’s settings. Go to your App.xam.cs and add it! To overwrite…
Merry Christmas! 🎄 I hope you are very well on these dates and you are happy with yours! 💓 It’s a time where we usually set goals for the next year with the aim of continuing to grow every day! And to contribute to your goals of practicing XAML, I have brought you this article as my last gift of…
We can now identify Pointer Gestures in .NET MAUI ! Which will allow us to add interactions, make decisions based on what our user is doing and in this way to be able to improve their experience! In this article we will learn to implement them in a very fast and easy way! Let’s start! Starting with Pointer Gestures Pointer Gesture…