Héctor's Feed
- Full Camera Control in .NET MAUI: Flash, Zoom, Torch and Recording
Héctor Pérez walks through the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit's CameraView, building an app that takes photos, records video, and drives flash, zoom, and torch in-app. Part of MAUI UI July 2026, this ~13 minute video takes you from NuGet install to testing on a real device.
Read more - Building Chat Applications with the .NET MAUI Chat (Conversational UI) Control
Héctor Pérez walks through Telerik's RadChat control for .NET MAUI, building a chat application that uses AI models to provide healthy eating tips. The post covers the control's architecture, message types, and integrating LLM models into a conversational UI.
Read more - XAML Visual Designer for Building .NET MAUI Apps
Hector Perez demonstrates a XAML Visual Designer for building .NET MAUI applications. The video showcases how a visual design surface can speed up XAML UI development across platforms.
Read more - Master .NET MAUI Shell Navigation: Manual Routing, Hierarchical Paths & Menu Customization - Part 5
Hector Perez Rojas shows how to move beyond default Shell behavior and design explicit navigation routes for larger .NET MAUI apps. You’ll see how manual routing, hierarchical paths, and customized menu items can make navigation clearer, safer, and easier to evolve.
Read more - Master .NET MAUI Shell Hierarchy: Organize Menus with Flyouts, Tabs, and Custom Tools - Part 2
This video shows how to organize Shell navigation with FlyoutItems and Tabs so utility-heavy .NET MAUI apps stay clean and discoverable. Hector Perez Rojas demonstrates grouping tools into meaningful sections and testing the hierarchy as features grow.
Read more - SkiaSharp in .NET MAUI
Héctor Pérez explores SkiaSharp in .NET MAUI, covering “What Is SkiaSharp” and “Using SkiaSharp in .NET MAUI Projects”. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - The Definitive Guide: MAUI Blazor Hybrid & Web
Hector Perez Rojas builds a shared AI image generator experience across Blazor Web and .NET MAUI Hybrid from one codebase mindset. The session covers shared UI and logic, OpenAI/Azure OpenAI integration, and key setup details needed to make the app run smoothly across targets.
Read more - Lottie with .NET MAUI
Héctor Pérez explores Lottie with .NET MAUI, covering “What Is a Lottie Animation” and “Where Can Lottie Animations Be Found”. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - How I Built a Viral Video Generator (MAUI, XAML, Sora)
Hector Perez Rojas demonstrates a .NET MAUI app that turns prompts into short videos using Sora with an Azure OpenAI-backed workflow. You’ll see how XAML + MVVM, prompt enhancement, secure settings, and media playback come together in one production-style flow.
Read more - Create Viral Videos with SORA in .NET MAUI
Build a .NET MAUI app that connects to Azure OpenAI SORA to generate short videos from prompts.
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