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

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

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 Extensions for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Sep 19, 2025
1 Comment on How to Update Extensions for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

The Visual Studio extension manifest UI displays the Install Targets section, highlighting identifiers, version ranges, and product architecture. — The Visual Studio extension manifest UI displays the Install Targets section

Visual Studio 2026, codenamed Dev18, is the next-gen AI-powered IDE. It empowers millions of developers around the world. They create applications for Web, Desktop, Mobile, Gaming, and more.

The VS team shares the public preview version of the IDE with early adopters. This happens before releasing it to the Stable channel.

To match Windows, the Preview channel is now called Insiders. Insiders can try new features before everyone else.

Now, the first VS2026 Insiders release is available for download. Further details in this article.

Visual Studio’s extensibility model adds to its robustness. Several extensions are hosted in the VS Marketplace. They cater to the specific needs of developers in different stages of software development.

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.9

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Sep 15, 2025
4 Comments on What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.9

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.

First and foremost, adding support for the Visual Studio 2026 Insiders release.

To know more about the key features of .NET MAUI 10, consult this comprehensive overview article.

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.

Tags .NET, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET MAUI, .NET MAUI 10, .NET MAUI 8, .NET MAUI 9, All-in-One, Android, Apple, Apps, ASP.NET Core, azure, Blazor, Blazor Hybrid, C#, CD, CI, CI/CD, CLI, Cloud, Comet, Community, CommunityToolkit, CPM, CSharp, Desktop, dotnet, FSharp, GA, GitHub, Global, Global Namespace, Google, Hybrid, IDE, Implicit, Implicit Namespace, Insiders, iOS, iPad, iPhone, JetBrains, Library, Linux, macOS, MainPage, Markup, MAUI, MAUI 9, Mobile, Mobile Apps, MVU, MVVM, Nightly, Nightly Builds, Open Source, Page, programming, Razor, Reactor, Rider, Service Release, Sponsor, SR, Syncfusion, Templates, Toolkit, Tools, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio 2026, VS Code, VS2022, VS2026, VSIX, Web, Window, Windows, WinUI, WinUI3, Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, XAML, Xcode

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.NET MAUI 9: Introducing the HybridWebView Project Template

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Nov 29, 2024
2 Comments on .NET MAUI 9: Introducing the HybridWebView Project Template

.NET MAUI 9 App using HybridWebView - Seamless interaction between .NET and JavaScript

HybridWebView is one of the two prominent enhancements in .NET MAUI 9, the recently released major version of the cross-platform App UI framework.

An article that comprehensively outlines the significant features of this version has already been published and is accessible here.

Consult this article titled Exploring .NET MAUI 9 – HybridWebView to delve into the details of this new control.

Nonetheless, the components that constitute the HybridWebView project must be assembled manually, as there is no inherent template available akin to that of Blazor Hybrid. So, it is appropriate to include one in the .NET MAUI All-in-One Templates pack. As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI, consult the articles linked here to know more about them.

Glad to introduce a new project template using HybridWebView in the templates pack v6.1. This article will describe how to install and utilize this new project template.

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v6.0

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Nov 20, 2024
1 Comment on What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v6.0

.NET MAUI App - VS2022 - Project Options

As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the 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 fully updated.

An article has already been published detailing the comprehensive features of .NET MAUI 9.

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

Install:

From CLI:

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

Tags .NET, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET MAUI, .NET MAUI 8, .NET MAUI 9, All-in-One, Android, Apple, Apps, ASP.NET Core, azure, Blazor, Blazor Hybrid, C#, CD, CI, CI/CD, CLI, Cloud, Comet, Community, CommunityToolkit, CPM, CSharp, Desktop, dotnet, FSharp, GA, GitHub, Google, Hybrid, IDE, iOS, iPad, iPhone, JetBrains, Library, Linux, macOS, MainPage, Markup, MAUI, MAUI 9, Mobile, Mobile Apps, MVU, MVVM, Nightly, Nightly Builds, Open-Source, Page, programming, Razor, Reactor, Rider, Service Release, Sponsor, SR, Syncfusion, Templates, Toolkit, Tools, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2022, VS Code, VS2022, VSIX, Web, Window, Windows, WinUI, WinUI3, Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, XAML, Xcode

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.NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack v5.6: NuGet CPM and Nightly Builds Support

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Jun 12, 2024
2 Comments on .NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack v5.6: NuGet CPM and Nightly Builds Support

.NET MAUI All-in-One Templates - Support for NuGet CPM and Nightly Builds

Firstly, .NET MAUI 9 Preview 5 has just been released. The changelog can be found here. Notably, a new Blazor Hybrid Web template has been introduced in this version.

In short, this new template abstracts the Razor components into a distinct Razor Class Library (RCL). Furthermore, it provides the ability to create Blazor Web projects within the same solution and refers to the shared RCL.

The concept of abstracting the Razor components is already facilitated by the Hybrid project templates within the All-in-One template pack.

dotnet new mauiapp -o MyApp -dp Hybrid -rcl

Will review the modifications and cover them in a distinct article.

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Enhancements in .NET MAUI All-in-One Project Templates

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Jun 7, 2024
1 Comment on Enhancements in .NET MAUI All-in-One Project Templates

Abstracts the Shared components as a separate .NET MAUI Class Library

As we all know .NET MAUI is an evolution of Xamarin.Forms. The underlying architecture transitioned from Renderers to Handlers. The project structure is unified. But for the projects that are getting migrated and developers coming from Xamarin.Forms background would feel at home with the classic multi-project solution structure.

To effectively support this, the All-in-One project templates introduced an option to abstract the Shared components as a separate .NET MAUI Class Library.

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.NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack – 20K Installs

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 27, 2024

The .NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack Visual Studio 2022 extension has achieved the significant milestone of 20K installations. It’s time to celebrate.🎊🎉🎇🎆

The initial version was released on Jul 18, 2021, and it took 2 years and 8 months to reach this stage with an average of 20 installations every day.

To know more about the features offered, consult this What’s New article.

If you would like to recognize the work, kindly consider sponsoring on the GitHub Sponsor page or Buy Me a Coffee page. Thanks in advance.

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

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