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 settings. To implement them, follow the instructions added below:

We have two ways to do it, let’s see:

 Go to  Platform Android  AndroidManifes.cs and add the following Permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />

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  Or just go to your AssemblyInfo.cs and add the following:

[assembly: UsesPermission(Android.Manifest.Permission.Vibrate)]

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 For iOS/macOS and Windows you don’t need an additional configuration.

Let’s start!

The Vibration can be requested for a certain time or the default value of 500 milliseconds, let’s see how to do it:

 Sending Vibration

Through the .Default property we can access the Vibration method which allows us to send vibrations to our device, it accepts a TimeSpan as a parameter that represents a time interval.

	private void SendVibrationButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) =>
	Vibration.Default.Vibrate(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));

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Canceling Vibration

But also, we have the Cancel method that allows us to stop the vibration emitted.

	private void CancelVibration_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) =>
	Vibration.Default.Cancel();

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Platform differences

• Only vibrates for 500 milliseconds.
• Once started, vibration cannot be cancelled.
• It only vibrates when the device is set to “Vibrate when ringing”.

 For Android and Windows you don’t have platform diferences.

Spanish post:  https://es.askxammy.com/vibracion-en-net-maui-/

References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/platform-integration/device/vibrate?tabs=android?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-50033