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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

3 (1)
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
9
Part 2: Implementing .NET MAUI Blazor
13
Part 3: Testing and Deployment
16
Other Books You May Enjoy
17
Index

Implementing platform-specific code

In the realm of .NET MAUI application development, there are numerous instances where we might need to write platform-specific code. In this section, we will examine the guidelines for implementing such code. Following that, we will explore the two most common scenarios that necessitate writing platform-specific code in this chapter. The first scenario involves accessing platform features that are not readily available in .NET MAUI APIs. The second scenario may require creating custom controls or customizing existing controls.

Before delving into how to access platform APIs, it’s important to distinguish between the terms .NET MAUI API and platform API. In Chapter 1, Getting Started with .NET MAUI, we have the following architecture diagram of a .NET MAUI application (Figure 7.1).

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Figure 7.1: .NET MAUI architecture

Since most of the components in the architectural diagram are open-source, I’ve numbered the components...