Integrating AI in .NET MAUI Applications 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 once and run it on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. With MAUI, you can leverage modern UI, native performance, and powerful integrations—all from a single codebase. Scope of AI in .NET MAUI Though .NET MAUI doesn’t have built-in AI capabilities, it can seamlessly integrate with AI s...

📱 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(); ...

Top 10 UI Patterns in .NET MAUI You Should Know (with Examples) 💡 Mastering these patterns will not only improve your UI/UX design skills in .NET MAUI, but also help you crack real-world interviews with confidence. 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. Master-Detail Pattern (SplitView) Use when: You want to display a list of items and the details of a selected item side-by-side. <Grid> <CollectionView x:Name="ItemList" SelectionChanged="OnItemSelected"/> <ContentView x:Name="DetailView" /> </Grid> 📋 2. Tabbed Navigation Pattern Use when: Your app has top-level navigation items (e.g., Home, Profile, Settings). <TabbedPage xmlns="...

📦 How the .NET MAUI Project Structure Works – A Beginner's Guide .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) is the evolution of Xamarin.Forms, designed to simplify cross-platform development by unifying Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows apps into a single project structure. Unlike Xamarin, where developers needed to juggle multiple projects per platform, .NET MAUI introduces a cleaner and more maintainable single-project approach . This blog will walk you through the entire structure of a MAUI project in detail, breaking down each part so you understand exactly what's happening under the hood. 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. 📁 Solution Explorer: First Look - MyMauiApp - Dependencies - Platforms - Andro...

Storing Data Locally Using SQLite and Preferences in .NET MAUI In modern mobile applications, data storage is essential for providing offline capabilities, caching data, or saving user preferences. .NET MAUI offers several ways to store data locally, two of the most popular being SQLite and Preferences . In this blog, we'll dive deep into both approaches, explaining how they work, their use cases, and how to implement them in your .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. 1. Storing Data with SQLite SQLite is a lightweight, serverless, self-contained database engine that is commonly used in mobile applications. .NET MAUI supports SQLite through the SQLite-net-pcl library, which allows you to st...

A Detailed Guide to UI Layouts, Controls, and Navigation in .NET MAUI Introduction Creating intuitive, functional, and visually appealing user interfaces is a key aspect of mobile app development. .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) empowers developers to create cross-platform applications for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows with a single codebase. In this blog, we’ll take a detailed look at UI layouts, controls, and navigation in .NET MAUI. By mastering these concepts, you'll not only be able to build great apps but also be well-prepared to crack your next interview! 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 blog will walk you through essential concepts, provide detailed code examples, and explain t...

In this blog post, we will explore how to create dynamic tab bars in a .NET MAUI application and manage different deployment environments (Development, Staging, Production) using configuration files.  A special thank you to Gowtham Nagiri for inspiring this topic! Your insights have helped shape this exploration, and I appreciate your contribution to the .NET MAUI community. This approach allows your application to adapt to different environments without changing the codebase. Let's dive into the details! Understanding the Dynamic Tab Bars Dynamic tab bars enable you to display different tabs based on the application's current environment or other configurations. For example, in a Development environment, you might want to show additional features or diagnostic tabs that aren’t present in Production. This feature is particularly useful in mobile applications, where the user experience can be customized based on the environment in which the application is runnin...