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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v9.0 – Hello Avalonia

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 25, 2026
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In line with the annual release cadence, the first public preview of .NET 11, an STS version, was released last month.

The second preview was released this month. It was then followed by the much-awaited preview release of the Avalonia backend for .NET MAUI, which is now available.

Simply put, .NET MAUI renders native controls from the underlying platform. Avalonia uses Skia to draw its controls across different platforms. This allows Avalonia to offer a similar look and feel everywhere.

With Avalonia, you can use the same .NET MAUI codebase to target even more platforms, including Linux and WebAssembly.

Basically, Avalonia offers a set of .NET MAUI Handlers designed to render Skia (Drawn) controls for .NET MAUI views.

Avalonia has announced plans to align its GA with the release of .NET MAUI 11 stable later this year.

Excited to share that preview support for both is now built into the All-in-One templates pack.

As the name suggests, it has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI. To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

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Mastering C# .. Operator: Range, Spread, and Slice Explained

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Dec 8, 2025

C# is a simple yet powerful language for clearly expressing intent. It comes with a variety of operators that simplify the expression while keeping it easy to understand.

In this article, we’ll dive into the .. (dot-dot) operator, which has been gaining popularity in recent releases.

It is used in the following scenarios:

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Run C# Source Files Directly in .NET 10

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Dec 4, 2025

The file app is a new feature in .NET 10 that lets you run a C# source file directly without requiring a project file, like dotnet App.cs. While the build system is tightly integrated with the project file, it operates virtually within the file-based app execution.

Project components like SDK, properties, references, and packages are now defined directly within the C# source file. This is done with the help of C# Ignored Directives. This ensures seamless integration with the virtual project file.

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v8.0

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Nov 28, 2025
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As the name suggests, it has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the Stable channel release of .NET MAUI 10, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been updated.

This v8.0 is the key enhancement for .NET MAUI 10. Check out the articles for v7.9, v7.10, and v7.11 for the feature set.

To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

And to learn about key features by MAUI version, check these articles:

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.11

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Nov 5, 2025
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As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the RC release (with Go-Live support) of .NET MAUI 10, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been updated.

This is the third set of enhancements for .NET MAUI 10. Check out the v7.9 and v7.10 articles for the feature set.

To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

And to learn about key features by MAUI version, check these articles:

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Integrating .NET MAUI with Aspire: A Comprehensive Guide

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Oct 29, 2025
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Aspire is now the talk of the town. You can build and orchestrate all the dependencies from one single place. In fact, it’s stack streamlined. Learn more about Aspire here.

This article discusses how to integrate .NET MAUI, Microsoft’s cross-platform UI framework, with Aspire.

Aspire supports .NET by default, but since .NET MAUI is designed for multi-targeting from a single project, it presents a minor issue. I’ll offer a workaround until it’s officially supported (coming soon).

For this, I’m using .NET 10 File-based Apps for simplicity. Aspire v9.5 supports this new feature. Consult this article to know more about C# File-apps.

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.10

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Oct 16, 2025
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As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the RC release (with Go-Live support) of .NET MAUI 10 and the latest stable release of .NET MAUI 9, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been updated.

To learn about key features by version, check these articles:

To know more about all the features of this template pack, consult the articles linked here.

How to Install:

From CLI:

Here’s the command to install the CLI templates pack.

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How to Update .NET MAUI 9 for Apple Xcode 26

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Oct 15, 2025
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.NET MAUI 9 - Workload update to support Apple Xcode 26

Following its annual release cadence, Apple formally announced its updated hardware and software during the Apple Event in early September.

The OS version numbers are now all v26 to avoid confusion. This includes the updated developer tool, Apple Xcode, which is also at v26.

Regardless of the development framework, apps submitted to the App Store must always target the most recent iOS SDK. Hence, support for the latest version of Xcode is crucial.

.NET MAUI has announced its support for Apple Xcode 26 in the Stable channel of the .NET 9 SDK. More details here.

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Integrated App Hosting Builder Method for .NET MAUI Explained

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Sep 29, 2025
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VijayAnand.MauiToolkit is a toolkit that provides various types and methods to make working with .NET MAUI easier. It’s available as a NuGet package and can be installed using the command below.

dotnet add package VijayAnand.MauiToolkit

The latest addition is the Application, Window, and Page integrated app hosting builder extension method.

Introduction:

From .NET MAUI 9, you need to create your main window to run your app by overriding the CreateWindow() method. Instead of setting the Application’s MainPage, pass the page as a parameter to the constructor of the Window type. Alternatively, set its Page property. This topic has already been covered in detail in an earlier article.

Since the app startup configuration is done in one location, MauiProgram.cs, it’s best to set the main Window while configuring the Application in the UseMauiApp() method. Thus the inherited App type acts as a container for global resources. It also handles app events like Start, Sleep, and Resume.

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What’s New in .NET MAUI 10: Global and Implicit Namespaces for XAML

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Sep 24, 2025
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A .NET MAUI 10 XAML file illustrating the Global Namespace feature.

.NET MAUI 10 is the fifth major release of .NET MAUI, a cross-platform framework for building mobile and desktop apps.

It’s slated for a GA release during the .NET Conf, an annual virtual developer event, scheduled from Nov 11-13, 2025.

It’s packed with many quality of life improvements. The Global and Implicit Namespace for XAML feature is the pick of the lot.

To learn about the key features of .NET MAUI 10, check out this Overview article.