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CommunityToolkit.Mvvm: Resolving Windows 10 MVVM Project Build Issues

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 9 Preview 5 XAML Compilation Issue: Resolving Content Property Error

After the installation of .NET MAUI 9 Preview 5, an XAML compilation (XAMLC) issue has arisen.

In general, it is not necessary to explicitly specify the default property such as Content, Children, etc.

The Content is the default property for Page, View, and Toolkit’s Popup, and this XAMLC issue is about the Content property.

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.NET 8 SDK – Visual Studio 2022 Compatibility

Today being the second Tuesday of the month marks the occurrence of Patch Tuesday, signifying the release of a new set of updates.

The second preview for .NET 9 is now available in the Preview channel, while Quality updates have been made accessible in the stable channel.

Quite like the SDK, Visual Studio 2022 has also received updates. The latest update includes VS2022 17.10.0 Preview 2.0 and 17.9.3 in the Stable channel.

Note: The stable version 17.9.3 release incorporates .NET MAUI 8.0.7 (SR2) workload update, which was previously available as a NuGet package update.

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Update on Windows Subsystem for Android

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. 😞

Update on Windows Subsystem for Android
Update on Windows Subsystem for Android
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.NET MAUI – Blazor Hybrid – WinUI 3

.NET MAUI and Blazor – Best of both modern technologies for Mobile, Desktop, and Web solutions from a single codebase.

But app development is of two categories: Existing ones and Greenfield development. New features can be part of the latter quite easily as they’re done from scratch but definitely not that easy on the former as existing investments need to be protected. Changes can be quite expensive as they need to be thoroughly validated before rolling out to production use.

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Windows 11 Update

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.