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CommunityToolkit.Mvvm: Resolving Windows 10 MVVM Project Build Issues

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Oct 2, 2024

Undoubtedly, CommunityToolkit.Mvvm, aka Microsoft MVVM Toolkit, has recently become one of the most popular NuGet packages among MVVM developers.

It effectively abstracts away the boilerplate code, enabling developers to concentrate exclusively on the task.

However, after the release of package version 8.3 and later, while building the project referencing this Toolkit has encountered failures, accompanied by perplexing error messages like System.TypeInitializationException or Found conflicts between different versions of 'WinRT.Runtime' that could not be resolved. when targeting the Windows 10 platform.

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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Maps in WinUI 3 App

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 7, 2024

.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Maps - WinUI 3 App

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.

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Update on Windows Subsystem for Android

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 6, 2024

In a shocking revelation, Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). Consequently, from Wed, Mar 5, 2025, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all associated applications and games reliant on WSA will no longer receive support.

Effective Mar 6, 2024, Amazon Appstore will no longer be available for download on Windows 11 devices via Microsoft Store. 😞

Tags .NET MAUI, ADB, Amazon, Android, Appstore, C#, Code, Debug, Desktop, DevLoop, DevOps, Emulator, End of Support, Google, Hybrid, iOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, Microsoft, Mobile, Simulator, Subsystem, Visual Studio, VS Code, Windows, Windows 11, WinUI, WSA, Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms

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Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 5, 2024
1 Comment on Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development

Windows Subsystem for Android - Advanced Settings - Developer Mode

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.

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Windows 11 Update

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Aug 2, 2021

If you work on Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Forms or .NET MAUI, then think before you upgrade to Windows 11 on that machine. The reason being Android Emulator fails to start and seems many of them have already reported this issue via Windows Feedback and on other channels. I’m yet to find a solution to this issue. I updated to Windows 11 21H2 OS build 22000.100. And it’s currently running OS build 22000.194 (same as RTM version). The only possibility, for now, is to make use of a physical device. Thanks to Wi-Fi debugging.

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