What’s New in .NET MAUI 10 – A Comprehensive Overview

.NET 10, the next major version of .NET, will follow the annual release cadence. It is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, set to launch during .NET Conf, an annual virtual developer event, scheduled from Nov 11-13, 2025. Support will last for 3 years from release.

This release is packed with a broad set of features. The theme is enhanced security, performance, diagnostics, and developer productivity.

Consult these articles on .NET 10 and C# 14 features:

• Run a C# source file using dotnet run with C# Ignored Directives
• C# 14 – Extension Members

The STS support policy has recently changed: from .NET 9 onwards, support will last for 2 years instead of 18 months. Support for both .NET 8 LTS and .NET 9 STS will continue until Nov 2026. Full details here.

It’s to be noted that .NET MAUI does not have concept of STS/LTS. Each major version is supported for 18 months after its release, so support for .NET MAUI 9 will be available only till mid-May, 2026. The official support policy is here.

To know more about the key features of .NET MAUI 9, consult this overview article.

Key Features:

In this article, we’ll explore the high-level features of .NET MAUI 10.

• Global and Implicit Namespace
  • Clean and Concise XAML
  • Map CLR and XAML namespaces to a new Global MAUI namespace for easier type access without prefixes. No more messy root node.
    • To avoid name collisions, you can use a prefix.
  • Implicit works even without a namespace definition, taking it a step further. But still as a preview feature.
  • The only exception is the properties defined in the XAML 2009 Spec namespace, which use the x prefix. These include x:Class, x:DataType, and so on, as it is closely tied to the core logic.
  • In the featured image, the ViewModel type is from a different folder. That CLR namespace is part of the Global namespace definition. This inclusion allows it to be used like a local type without necessitating a prefix.
  • The All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.9 now supports the Global namespace feature for .NET MAUI 10 projects. For more details, consult this article.
  • This feature is discussed in a detailed article.
• Binding support in CheckBox with Command and CommandParameter properties.
• Switch – OffColor property – Spice up the app.
• RefreshView – IsRefreshEnabled property
  • Granular control over the Refresh feature alone.
  • This is not the same as the IsEnabled property, which controls the view.
• Nullable DatePicker and TimePicker
  • Clear the value by setting it to null.
• SearchBar – ReturnType and SearchIconColor
• Programmatic Control of Picker States via IsOpen property
  • Support for Opened and Closed events to define user logic
• Intercept Web Requests – For BlazorWebView and HybridWebView
  • WebResourceRequested event
    • The event argument includes info about the requested resource. This includes Uri, Headers, Query Parameters, and Platform Arguments (if any). These help in handling it correctly.
• HybridWebView – Initialization Events
  • WebViewInitializing
  • WebViewInitialized
  • Enables platform-specific customization before and after initialization.
• Ability to call a JavaScript method without specifying a return value in HybridWebView using InvokeJavaScriptAsync().
• Fine-tuned control over Window type in Desktop apps
  • IsActivated
  • IsMaximizable
  • IsMinimizable
• async methods that return Task are suffixed with Async
  • DisplayAlertAsync and DisplayActionSheetAsync
  • All Animation methods like Rotation, Scaling, and Translation.
• Control soft keyboard in SearchHandler
• Source generation for XAML. (included in RC2)
  • Opt-in by defining this node as the project property.
  • <MauiXamlInflator>SourceGen</MauiXamlInflator>
• The PointerGestureRecognizer now has a Buttons property to find the button that initiated the gesture. (included in RC2)
  • It is also included as part of PointerEventArgs.
• The DisplayRotationStateTrigger to handle display rotation. (included in RC2)

App Startup:

• Environment property for MauiAppBuilder
• Aspire Integration
  • Consult the linked article to know more about this.
  • To support this, MauiAppBuilder type now implements the IHostApplicationBuilder interface.
  • AddServiceDefaults() builder extension method (defined to target the type that implements that interface).
    • Configures OpenTelemetry metrics and tracing.
    • Adds service discovery functionality.
    • Configures HttpClient to work with service discovery.
  • Template support for Aspire Integration is now released. Check out the What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.11 article for details.

Essentials:

• Geolocation – IsEnabled property checks if location services are on.
• The MediaPicker now automatically handles EXIF info (metadata) when working with images.
  • Auto-Rotate Images based on EXIF info
  • Preserve EXIF Info for images picked by MediaPicker
  • Pick by Size by specifying Maximum Width and/or Height.
• SpeechOptions type now includes a Rate property that controls the speech rate.
• Vibration and HapticFeedback – IsSupported read-only property to detect platform support.
• WebAuthenticator‘s AuthenticateAsync method overload now accepts a CancellationToken to cancel the operation programmatically.
• Microphone permission for Windows (included in RC2)

What’s Made Public:

• StackNavigationManager on Android
• TabbedPageManager
• ShadowTypeConverter
• GridLengthTypeConverter (included in RC2)

Platform-Specific Changes:

iOS:

• New CollectionView and CarouselView handlers are now default in .NET MAUI 10.
• Modal as Popover on iOS and Mac Catalyst
  • Use platform-specific SetModalPopover* method to define the view.
  • Then use Navigation.PushModalAsync() to navigate.
• Secondary Toolbar Items
  • Modern iOS pattern
  • Automatic detection based on the Order property
  • Priority ordering based on the Priority property
  • Platform positioning – Menu appears on the far right (or left when RTL is enabled)
  • Customizable icon – By overriding the protected virtual method
• SafeArea Enhancements with TypeConverter support
  • Enhanced SafeAreaEdges at various controls like Layout, ContentPage, ContentView, Border, and ScrollView.
  • iOS SafeArea fixes including extra bottom space in ScrollView
  • Improved defaults for a more consistent behavior
• Preview support for Apple Xcode 26 beta release on .NET MAUI 9. .NET MAUI 10 support will come in a future release.
• Build Binding Projects on Windows faster without needing a remote Mac.
• Support for Apple Xcode 26 is available in both .NET MAUI 9 stable and the .NET MAUI 10 preview. Refer to this article on how to update.

Android:

• RippleColor property for Button and ImageButton
• JavaScriptEnabled property for WebView
• Videos hosted in a WebView can now be played full screen by including allowfullscreen in the iframe.
• The native view of Editor and Entry view have changed from AppCompatEditText to MauiAppCompatEditText. This change adds support for the SelectionChanged event.
• dotnet run support for .NET for Android projects
  • Only for native platform project and not for .NET MAUI
• The default supported OS version in the templates is now Android 24, preventing runtime crashes from Java’s Default Interface Methods. Although the minimum supported version remains as 21.
• Experimental support for CoreCLR runtime instead of Mono runtime.
• Marshall methods enabled by default.
• SafeAreaEdges support akin to iOS (included in RC2)
• Bindings support for Android API 36.1. This will be an opt-in feature. (included in RC2)
  • Update the Target Framework as net10.0-android36.1

What’s Removed:

• Accelerator and AcceleratorTypeConverter
  • Use KeyboardAccelerator instead
  • But ToolbarItem lacks functionality
• ClickGestureRecognizer and ClickedEventArgs
  • Use TapGestureRecognizer instead
• MessagingCenter
  • Use WeakReferenceMessenger from the MVVM Toolkit instead.

What’s Obsolete:

• ListView
• Cells
• TableView
• Cell (since used internally, not marked as obsolete, but consider it done)
  • Use CollectionView instead of the four above
• FontImageExtension
  • Use FontImageSource instead
• Page’s IsBusy property

Further Reading:

• What’s new in .NET MAUI for .NET 10

Happy coding. Stay connected as we continue to learn and share the experiences from this exciting journey of being a .NET developer.