This article represents the second installment of the XAML for Beginners series, which elucidates the concept of declarative markup in the context of defining UI in .NET applications. All articles within this series are accessible from here.
The initial article focused mainly on introducing XAML and its building blocks.
In this article, the focus will be on the following:
Starting a new series entitled XAML for Beginners elucidates the concept of declarative markup to define UI in .NET applications. All articles within this series can be accessed from here.
The second installment of this series is now available to read here.
XAML is an acronym that stands for eXtensible Application Markup Language. It was first introduced in 2006, accompanying the initial release of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) alongside .NET 3.0.
The principal objective of this methodology is to segregate the UI design from the program logic. This separation allows the design team to focus solely on the UI, while the program logic can be developed and evaluated independently. Consequently, these components can be integrated into a unified system.
The MVVM design pattern is an exemplary framework for accomplishing this. However, XAML also supports the code-behind approach.
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.
This month’s .NET MAUI community standup focuses on Mixed Reality, specifically on building MAUI apps for AR and VR devices, featuring Ed Charbeneau, well-known in the Blazor community.
His article about Mixed Reality features in the most recent edition of Code Magazine.
This is the third article in the recently started series titled Developer Tips, which offers concise hints to enhance productivity. All the articles in the series can be accessed from here.
A style is characterized by a collection of interrelated properties that aim to improve resource management within the application. It is defined as a list of Setters. A Setter has a property and a value.
Styles can be incorporated into the Resources property, of type ResourceDictionary, defined at the VisualElement level.
Starting a new series titled Developer Tips which offers small hints to enhance developer productivity. All the articles in this series can be accessed from here.
We’ll start with the Margin and Padding that effectively position the View.
Both the properties have been appropriately defined at the View level and are of the type Thickness, which is a structure that defines 4 important properties: Left, Top, Right, and Bottom.