Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. Converting Figma to .NET MAUI XAML: 4 Tools That Bring Design Closer to Code Building beautiful apps in .NET MAUI starts with beautiful designs — and most designers today work in Figma. But how do you turn those elegant Figma layouts into real, functional XAML code? There’s no “magic button” yet that converts any design perfectly into MAUI XAML, but there are tools that can get you very close — saving hours of manual work. In this detailed guide, we’ll explore four tools that bridge the gap between Figma and .NET MAUI XAML, explain what they generate, and how to refine the output for production-ready code. 🧠 Why Convert Figma to XAML? When you’re building a .NET MAUI app, ...

Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. Sending Messages in .NET MAUI 9 — Modern Alternatives to MessagingCenter Short summary: MessagingCenter was handy in Xamarin.Forms for broadcast-style communication across pages/viewmodels/services. In .NET MAUI (.NET 9) you should use modern, safer, and more testable approaches. This post covers five alternatives. For each option we’ll walk step-by-step: diagram → code (string & class) → detailed explanation. 1. WeakReferenceMessenger (CommunityToolkit.Mvvm) — Recommended Sender → Messenger → Receiver (weak references used by messenger) String Message Example // Send WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send("Hello from Page A"); // Receive WeakReferenceMessenger....

Crashlytics in .NET MAUI with Sentry.io – A Better Alternative to Firebase Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. When it comes to monitoring crashes and errors in mobile applications, Firebase Crashlytics is often the first option developers hear about. However, Firebase can sometimes feel complicated—especially when dealing with configuration, Google services, and platform-specific setups. This is where Sentry.io shines. Sentry is lightweight, flexible, and easy to integrate with modern cross-platform frameworks like .NET MAUI . It not only captures crashes and unhandled exceptions but also provides rich context through breadcrumbs , performance monitoring, and advanced filtering. In this blog, we’ll walk step by...

Integrating AI in .NET MAUI Applications Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. Introduction – Why AI in Apps? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer in the app development landscape. From chatbots and voice recognition to image analysis and recommendation systems, AI allows developers to create apps that are more intelligent, personalized, and responsive. Integrating AI in mobile applications can improve user engagement, automate tasks, and deliver smarter experiences. What is .NET MAUI? .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) is Microsoft’s cross-platform framework for building native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. It is the evolution of Xamarin.Forms and allows you to write code...

🚀 React Native vs .NET MAUI Performance: A Deep Dive in 2025 Tags: #ReactNative, #DotNetMAUI, #CrossPlatform, #MobileAppDevelopment, #PerformanceComparison, #Xamarin, #FlutterAlternative, #Microsoft, #JavaScript, #CSharp Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. 👉 Want more deep-dive tutorials like this? Click here to explore my full .NET MAUI series! Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. 🔍 Introduction As cross-platform mobile developme...

📸 MediaPicker Enhancements in .NET 10 Preview 6 for .NET MAUI – Select Multiple Files & Compress Images! .NET 10 Preview 6 brings exciting new features to .NET MAUI developers, especially around media file handling. With the latest MediaPicker enhancements , developers can now select multiple images and compress them on the fly using simple API parameters. Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. 🔍 In this blog, we’ll explore: What is MediaPicker in .NET MAUI? What’s new in .NET 10 Preview 6? How to select multiple images? How to compress selected images? Real-world usage scenarios Sample Code Reference Links 🧭 What is MediaPicker? MediaPicker is a cross-platfor...

📱 Fixing Layout Overlap in .NET MAUI on Android API 35+: A Developer’s Guide Have you ever opened your beautiful .NET MAUI app on a modern Android device, only to find your layout sneaking under the status bar or navigation bar ? Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. This is a common frustration—especially when targeting Android 15 (API 35) , where edge-to-edge layouts and gesture navigation are the new normal. In this post, we’ll walk through the root cause and a clean, production-grade solution using custom layout handling and AndroidX window insets —all without disrupting your cross-platform codebase. 🚨 The Problem: UI Elements Overlapping System Bars Starting from Android 10 (API 29) , Google began promoti...

🔐 Facebook Login in .NET MAUI Using WebAuthenticator: A Step-by-Step Guide Implementing Facebook login in your .NET MAUI app can greatly simplify user authentication. In this post, we’ll walk through how to integrate Facebook Login using WebAuthenticator , so you can securely sign in users on both Android and iOS. Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. Estimated reading time: ⏱️ 5 minutes 🚀 Why Use WebAuthenticator? .NET MAUI provides WebAuthenticator from Microsoft.Maui.Authentication , a cross-platform API that opens a web-based login page for OAuth providers like Facebook. The benefit is: No SDK to install Secure Built-in callback handling via deep link 🛠 Step 1: Create a Facebook App Go t...

Top 5 Common .NET MAUI (.NET 9) Issues and Developer-Approved Solutions Working with .NET MAUI on .NET 9 can be exciting but challenging. Many developers face recurring issues that may not be well documented. Here are 5 common problems and their proven solutions with references for further help. Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. 1. 🧩 HybridWebView JavaScript Callback Problems Issue: Calling JavaScript using InvokeJavaScriptAsync<T>() without returning a value can throw exceptions. Solution: Ensure your JavaScript functions return serialized values explicitly. JavaScript Example: function setBackground() { document.body.style.backgroundColor = getRandomHexColor(); ...

Stuck at API Level 34? .NET 8 Developers Hit a Wall with Android 35 – Frustration, Fixes & Future If you're a .NET MAUI or Xamarin developer working with .NET 8 , chances are you’ve run into the dreaded wall of API Level 35 . You’ve set everything up, upgraded your Android SDK, and yet your app just won’t target the latest Play Store requirement. You're not alone. Join our exclusive WhatsApp group for Xamarin and .NET MAUI developers to connect with experts, share insights, and get help with your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this group is the perfect place to enhance your skills and collaborate with the community. 🚨 The Problem: .NET 8 Doesn't Support API Level 35 As per Google’s Play Store policy , all new apps and updates must target API level 35 by August 31, 2025 . However, .NET 8 only supports Android API Level 34 . “.NET 8 is locked to net8.0-android34.0 . API Level ...