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

A .NET MAUI 10 XAML file illustrating the Global Namespace feature.
A .NET MAUI 10 XAML file illustrating the Global Namespace feature.

.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:

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.

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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v10.0: How to Fix BindingContext Issues with Behaviors

.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v10.0 - How to Fix Behaviors BindingContext Issues
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v10.0 - How to Fix Behaviors BindingContext Issues

Yesterday marked the official release of the highly anticipated .NET MAUI Toolkit (CommunityToolkit.Maui) package v10.0, introducing native support for .NET 9.

Though it is the extended arm of .NET MAUI app development, for newcomers, this officially supported toolkit offers a comprehensive collection of essential components—such as Alerts, Behaviors, Converters, Extensions, Layouts, and Views—that are crucial for developing real-world apps.

This new release has some breaking changes, with the most notable being aligning with the design change introduced in .NET MAUI 9, where Behaviors no longer automatically inherit the BindingContext of their parent (a major shift from the original Xamarin.Forms design).

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What’s New in .NET MAUI 9: A Comprehensive Overview

.NET MAUI 9 - Window and TitleBar
.NET MAUI 9 - Window and TitleBar

.NET 9, the next major version of .NET following the annual release cadence, will be a Short-Term Support (STS) release, which will be supported for 18 months from release.

This release is packed with a broad set of features. The primary highlight is the support for Native AOT across app models.

In this article, we’ll explore the high-level features of .NET MAUI 9.

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.NET MAUI – BindableLayout

This is the second article in the newly started series titled Developer Tips, which offers concise hints to enhance productivity. The inaugural article is about Margin and Padding. All the articles in this series can be accessed from here.

The BindableLayout functions as an item repeater, enabling an ILayout to interact with a data-bound IEnumerable.

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