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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v9.0 – Hello Avalonia

In line with the annual release cadence, the first public preview of .NET 11, an STS version, was released last month.

The second preview was released this month. It was then followed by the much-awaited preview release of the Avalonia backend for .NET MAUI, which is now available.

Simply put, .NET MAUI renders native controls from the underlying platform. Avalonia uses Skia to draw its controls across different platforms. This allows Avalonia to offer a similar look and feel everywhere.

With Avalonia, you can use the same .NET MAUI codebase to target even more platforms, including Linux and WebAssembly.

Basically, Avalonia offers a set of .NET MAUI Handlers designed to render Skia (Drawn) controls for .NET MAUI views.

Avalonia has announced plans to align its GA with the release of .NET MAUI 11 stable later this year.

Excited to share that preview support for both is now built into the All-in-One templates pack.

As the name suggests, it has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI. To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

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What’s New in .NET MAUI 10: Global and Implicit Namespaces for XAML

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

.NET MAUI 10 is the fifth major release of .NET MAUI, a cross-platform framework for building mobile and desktop apps.

It’s slated for a GA release during the .NET Conf, an annual virtual developer event, scheduled from Nov 11-13, 2025.

It’s packed with many quality of life improvements. The Global and Implicit Namespace for XAML feature is the pick of the lot.

To learn about the key features of .NET MAUI 10, check out this Overview article.

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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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.NET MAUI 10 Preview: What’s New and How to Get Started

.NET MAUI App on .NET 10 Preview
.NET MAUI App on .NET 10 Preview

Last month, the first public preview of .NET 10, an LTS version, was released.

A detailed blog post describing the release overview is here.

Update: .NET 10 Preview 2 is now available and is detailed here. Comes with a lot of exciting new features. Try now.

Like .NET 9, details of preview releases for .NET 10 will also be published in the GitHub discussion, and Preview 1 is here.

And what’s changed in this .NET MAUI 10 Preview 1 is here. Have a look at the tentatively planned features on .NET 10 here and Roadmap here.

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MVVM Toolkit v8.4: Custom Access Modifiers for Partial Properties – How To

MVVM Toolkit - Support for Partial Properties with Custom Access Modifier
MVVM Toolkit - Support for Partial Properties with Custom Access Modifier

This article is part of the MVVM – Made Easy series, with a focus on the initial preview release of v8.4 of the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm (aka Microsoft MVVM Toolkit) NuGet package, which includes support for Partial Properties.

Update as of Dec 2024: The v8.4 stable release is now available. For further details, please refer to this blog post.

Here are the links to other articles in this series.

Support for Partial Properties is one of most sought after features in the MVVM toolkit as it allows to define custom access modifier for property accessors and makes code more readable. The need for an analyzer to track the usage of a field instead of a (generated) property is no longer necessary.

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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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What’s New in .NET MAUI 9 Preview 2

.NET MAUI - Multi-Project App with the option to Select Platforms
.NET MAUI - Multi-Project App with the option to Select Platforms

Yesterday, the second preview release of the .NET MAUI 9 was hot off the press. Here is the changelog.

To install the preview version, please refer to this article: .NET MAUI on .NET 9.

The distinguishing characteristic of .NET MAUI, with its initial design objective, is its single-project architecture.

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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Maps in WinUI 3 App

.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Maps - WinUI 3 App
.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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Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development

Windows Subsystem for Android - Advanced Settings - Developer Mode
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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.NET MAUI – Native Embedding

.NET MAUI - Native Embedding
.NET MAUI - Native Embedding

The Native Embedding feature in .NET MAUI is a charming capability inherited from the legacy of Xamarin.Forms.

The platform project can make use of abstracted .NET MAUI pages and controls directly, showcasing its enhanced capabilities in this aspect.

To gain further insights, please consult my previous article outlining how to implement Blazor Hybrid in the WinUI 3 project.

When compared with the time of Xamarin.Forms, significant progress has been made in the implementation of this feature, such as the definition of a platform-independent extension method called ToPlatform().

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