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Behaviors library for .NET MAUI

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Many years ago I wrote a behaviours library for Xamarin.Forms. The conventional view was that behaviours extend the functionality of controls, with typical e...

Display a map with .NET MAUI

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Many apps, whether mobile or desktop, require the ability to show a map. However, .NET MAUI doesn’t currently have a view (control) capable of displaying a m...

Playing video with .NET MAUI

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Many apps, whether mobile or desktop, require the ability to play video. That video may be remote, stored in the app bundle, or be chosen from the user’s dev...

Implicit usings in .NET MAUI

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.NET MAUI Preview 11 now uses implicit usings to reduce the number of using statements you need to specify at the top of each file. For more information abou...

Invoke platform code in .NET MAUI

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Xamarin.Forms has the DependencyService class, which is a service locator that enables apps to invoke native platform functionality from cross-platform code....