Matt's Feed
- The Install Funnel, Part 1: Make Your Icon Stand Out
Matt Goldman kicks off his Install Funnel series for MAUI UI July 2026 by asking why white app icons dominate the top of the App Store and Play Store, and what that pattern means for your app. Backed by a hand-counted survey of the top 25 apps across four store lists, he turns the observation into a practical strategy and shows how to apply it in .NET MAUI.
Read more - Easy Custom Navigation with Flagstone UI
Matt Goldman announces the general availability of Flagstone UI, introducing FsShell — a drop-in Shell replacement that decouples navigation logic from its visual chrome in .NET MAUI. With FsShell, you keep everything Shell gives you (routing, lifecycle, navigation state) while building your tab bar and navigation UI entirely from cross-platform XAML or C#.
Read more - .NET MAUI UI July 2026
Matt Goldman announces .NET MAUI UI July 2026, the fourth year of this community-driven event where developers share blog posts and videos about .NET MAUI UI throughout July. Sign up for a date, pick a topic, and share your passion with the community.
Read more - Beer Driven Devs #67: MAUIDay
Matt Goldman and Liam Elliott debrief on .NET MAUI Day London, covering standout talks, meeting the MAUI team in person, and why .NET 10 has them genuinely excited about mobile development again. Plus: agentic AI experiments and a vibe-coded YouTube content filter.
Read more - FlagstoneUI: consistent MAUI UI, no platform code
An experimental control set for .NET MAUI focused on truly consistent visuals and behavior across platforms, closing common styling gaps without custom handlers.
Read more - Messaging Is a UI Code Smell
A take on why “just show a message” can be a UI smell—plus guidance on choosing better, more contextual feedback patterns.
Read more - PageResolver becomes SmartNavigation
PageResolver has been fully updated for .NET 10, and has a shiny new name to go along with some new functionality too.
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