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.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development - Second Edition

By : Roger Ye
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Book Image

.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development - Second Edition

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By: Roger Ye

Overview of this book

An evolution of Xamarin.Forms, .NET MAUI is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. Using .NET MAUI, you can develop apps that’ll run on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single shared codebase. In this revised edition of .NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development you will be introduced to .NET 8 and get up to speed with app development in no time. The book begins by showing you how to develop a cross-platform application using .NET MAUI, including guidance for migrating from Xamarin.Forms. You’ll gain all the knowledge needed to create a cross-platform application for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows following an example project step by step. As you advance, you’ll integrate the latest frontend technology into your app using Blazor components, including the new Blazor Bindings feature. After this, you’ll learn how to test and deploy your apps. With new coverage on creating mock .NET MAUI components, you can develop unit tests for your application. You will additionally learn how to perform Razor component testing using bUnit. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to develop your own cross-platform applications using .NET MAUI.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: Exploring .NET MAUI
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Part 2: Implementing .NET MAUI Blazor
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Part 3: Testing and Deployment
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Summary

In this chapter, we explored the routing and layout of Blazor, which are essential components for constructing the navigation hierarchy of our application. By the end of this chapter, we are now capable of executing basic navigation, similar to the functionality offered by the XAML version of our app.

Throughout the UI construction process in this chapter, we observed that the UI design technique of Blazor aligns with conventional web UI design practices. This allows for the reuse of code from existing frameworks, such as Bootstrap.

When creating a custom UI, it is often beneficial to design the initial layout in a playground first. Once satisfied with the UI design, the HTML and CSS code can be copied into a Razor file to construct a Razor component. Several playgrounds popular among frontend developers can also be utilized by Blazor developers, including CodePen, JSFiddle, CodeSandbox, and StackBlitz.

In this chapter, we utilized Bootstrap examples to construct...