.NET MAUI First Look

Get the foundational concepts and skills that you need to start building applications using .NET MAUI.

Introduction

• Introduction
• What you need
• Exercise files

1. Getting Started with .NET MAUI

• What is .NET MAUI?
• Setting up your development environment
• Creating a .NET MAUI solution
• Application startup and configuration

2. Working with the Shell

• Components of a Shell application
• Organizing Shell content
• Adding menu items
• Navigating to Shell items
• Navigating outside the Shell
• Passing data when navigating
• Other page types
• Challenge: Add a content page
• Solution: Add a content page

3. Organizing Pages with Layouts

• Stack layouts
• Grid layout
• Flex layout
• Absolute layout
• Table view
• Challenge: Change flex layout to grid
• Solution: Change flex layout to grid

4. Displaying and Capturing Data

• Data binding basics
• Displaying lists of data
• Displaying data in a grid
• Binding data for input
• Databinding configuration
• Change notifications
• Additional views
• Challenge: Add a collection view
• Solution: Add a collection view

5. Styles and Visual State

• Applying styles to controls
• Using triggers to apply styles
• Understanding visual state manager
• Applying styles with visual state
• Challenge: Add a style to a control
• Solution: Add a style to a control

6. Platform Integration

• Defining a platform-neutral service
• Creating the Android service
• Creating the iOS service
• Using the Essentials library
• Additional Essentials
• Configuring Essentials
• Challenge: Add Windows service
• Solution: Add Windows service

Conclusion

• What's next?