Posts that are specific to .NET 9
Yesterday, the second preview release of the .NET MAUI 9 was hot off the press. Here is the changelog.
To install the preview version, please refer to this article: .NET MAUI on .NET 9.
The distinguishing characteristic of .NET MAUI, with its initial design objective, is its single-project architecture.
This article provides a comprehensive guide on leveraging the Maps feature from the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit in a WinUI 3 App through the robust Embedding feature.
The CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps NuGet package provides access to Bing Maps through a WebView on Windows. The Handler definitions for the Windows platform for the .NET MAUI Maps feature are hosted in this package.
To ensure the Maps feature functions correctly on the native WinUI 3 App, it is imperative to slightly adjust the feature initialization in the MAUI pipeline.
Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA) enables your Windows 11 device to run Android applications.
Even though optimization techniques such as Intel HAXM are available, there is a marginal performance tradeoff when using the Android Emulator.
The Subsystem has been designed to function as an integral OS component, providing superior performance compared to the Android Emulator.
From my perspective, the only drawback of using WSA is the lack of support for Google Play Services (as it works with Amazon Appstore). So any apps that rely on those services, WSA might not be the best fit. So continue to use the Android Emulator or the Physical device.
The Native Embedding feature in .NET MAUI is a charming capability inherited from the legacy of Xamarin.Forms.
The platform project can make use of abstracted .NET MAUI pages and controls directly, showcasing its enhanced capabilities in this aspect.
To gain further insights, please consult my previous article outlining how to implement Blazor Hybrid in the WinUI 3 project.
When compared with the time of Xamarin.Forms, significant progress has been made in the implementation of this feature, such as the definition of a platform-independent extension method called ToPlatform().
Last Tuesday, the first preview of .NET 9, an STS release, was released along with Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 1.0
Nov 2024 Update: An article has already been published detailing the comprehensive features of .NET MAUI 9.
A detailed blog post describing the Vision for .NET 9 is here. Moving forward, preview releases will be published in the GitHub discussion and for Preview 1 here.
And what’s changed in this .NET MAUI 9 Preview 1 is here. Have a look at the tentatively planned features on .NET 9 here and Roadmap here.
.NET 9 Preview 2 is available now:
Windows Forms and WPF are proven solid frameworks for creating high-performance Windows desktop client applications.
Blazor, a framework for full-stack web development with C# and Razor.
When these two technologies come together, then it’s certainly a delight for the .NET developers as it paves the way to leverage the skills they’re already familiar with and an option to modernize the existing applications.