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Transitioning from Frame to Border in .NET MAUI

This is an article in the Developer Tips series, which offers concise hints to enhance productivity. You can access all the articles in this series here.

Border:

From .NET MAUI 9 onwards, the Frame control has been marked as obsolete, paving the way for more robust Border control.

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

The Border serves as a container control, akin to the Frame; however, it exhibits significantly greater flexibility, enabling the user to delineate any enclosed geometric shape.

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Transitioning from Application’s MainPage to Window’s Page in .NET MAUI 9

This article analyzes a significant change introduced in .NET MAUI 9, specifically the deprecation of the Application’s MainPage property, which has been replaced by the Window’s Page property.

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

The MainPage has existed since the inception of Xamarin.Forms, at which time it functioned as a single-window UI framework.

Nevertheless, the design of .NET MAUI incorporates the concept of a Window to effectively support Desktop form factors, including WinUI and Mac Catalyst.