.Net MAUI, .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

Exploring DockLayout from .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

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…

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Exploring the ProgressBar in .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…

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Toast in .NET MAUI

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,…

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Animating color properties using .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

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…

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Getting started with Image Caching in .NET MAUI

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…

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Windows Sizing & Positioning in .NET MAUI

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…

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Exploring Christmas UI in .NET MAUI

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…

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Pointer gesture recognizer in .NET MAUI

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…

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Organizing elements with ZIndex in .NET MAUI

Knowing how to organize the visual elements on our screen will help us create more friendly, flexible interfaces and, above all, using the least amount of resources. For this reason, today we will quickly learn how to organize the visual elements on the Z axis in .NET MAUI applications. But surely you are wondering what the Z axis is…🤔 since…

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Vibrations in .NET MAUI 💚

We must take advantage and use the functionalities of our devices, through vibration we have access to inform actions / processes to our users through a physical reaction. Today we will learn in a very simple and quick way how to send vibrations from .NET MAUI! 🔧  First of all… What do I need? Let’s start by adding some platform…

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#7DaysChallenge – Day 6: Proportional and Auto values with Grid in Xamarin & .NET MAUI

Hello!! 🙋‍♀️ Continuing with the #7DaysChallenge initiative, as our sixth challenge, we’re going to work with Proportional and Auto values with Grids in Xamarin and .NET MAUI! The challenge shows you a code which you must analyze carefully to see the final result! The solution is below, but don’t see it before analyse your answer! Let us begin! I invite you to…

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