🚀 React Native vs .NET MAUI Performance: A Deep Dive in 2025 Tags: #ReactNative, #DotNetMAUI, #CrossPlatform, #MobileAppDevelopment, #PerformanceComparison, #Xamarin, #FlutterAlternative, #Microsoft, #JavaScript, #CSharp 👉 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 development gains traction, React Native and .NET MAUI have emerged as two powerful frameworks promising native-like performance and code reusability. But which one truly delivers the best performance? Let’s dive deep and find out. ⚙️ Technology Overview Feature React...

🔐 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...

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 ...

📦 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...

Publishing Your App to Android and iOS Stores Publishing a mobile app on both Android and iOS platforms is an essential step in the app development lifecycle. .NET MAUI allows you to build cross-platform applications for Android and iOS, and in this blog, we will cover the detailed steps for publishing your app to both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. 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 guide you through: How to generate an APK or AAB file for Android. How to generate an IPA file for iOS. How to use Transporter to upload your app to the App Store . How to make your app available for testing ...

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...

Applying the MVVM Pattern for Cleaner Architecture in .NET MAUI Building cross-platform apps in .NET MAUI is exciting — but if your code isn’t organized well, you’ll quickly end up with tangled spaghetti. That’s where MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) comes to the rescue. 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: Cover both basic and advanced MVVM implementation Write and explain a reusable BaseViewModel Learn how to use async APIs, loading indicators, and commands Help you prepare for interviews with a curated question list at the end 🎯 At the end of the blog, you'll find MVVM interview questions to help you prepare for job interviews. Comme...

Why Do You Need Two Xcode Versions? Xamarin: Many Xamarin projects rely on older Xcode versions for compatibility. For instance, Xamarin might require Xcode 15 or earlier for building iOS applications. .NET MAUI: The latest versions of .NET MAUI require Xcode 16 or higher to ensure compatibility with the latest iOS SDKs. Since macOS does not allow simultaneous use of multiple Xcode installations without manual intervention, switching between versions becomes necessary. Installing and Managing Two Xcode Versions Step 1: Download the XcodesApp Visit the release page for XcodesApp v2.4.1b30 . Download the xcodes.zip file. ...

Introduction In the world of mobile development, Xamarin and .NET MAUI are powerful frameworks for building cross-platform applications. As developers delve into these technologies, they often face a series of common questions during interviews or while exploring best practices. This blog provides concise answers to frequently asked questions about Xamarin and .NET MAUI, covering various aspects from basic concepts to advanced topics. Whether you’re preparing for an interview or looking to sharpen your knowledge, these insights will help you navigate the intricacies of these frameworks with ease. 1. Introduce yourself? This is where you would introduce yourself and provide a brief overview of your background, experience, and expertise in Xamarin and .NET MAUI. 2. What is Xamarin? Xamarin is an open-source platform for building modern and performant applications for iOS, Android, and Windows with .NET. 3. What is Xamarin.Forms? Xamarin.Forms is a cross...

  Introduction In today's digital age, creating a seamless and visually appealing ecommerce application is crucial for attracting and retaining customers. As a developer, leveraging the right tools and frameworks can make a significant difference in the efficiency and quality of your app development process. .NET MAUI and Xamarin are two powerful frameworks that enable you to build cross-platform applications with a single codebase. In this blog, we will explore the UI design for an ecommerce app using .NET MAUI and Xamarin, focusing on the essential pages that make up the core of any ecommerce platform. Below are the pages, click on them to get the code: Authentication Dashboard Product Category View Product Checkout Page New Entry Conclusi...