Loading configuration data from json in a MAUI app

This guide is about balancing speed and safety when you need app configuration now, without hardcoding secrets in your repository.

What you’ll learn

• How to structure and place a config.json file in a MAUI project
• How to model config values in C# and load them at runtime
• When this local-file approach is a good fit vs. when stronger secret handling is needed
• Practical gotchas around keeping schema and code in sync

Why read it

If you need a clean, low-friction config strategy for prototypes or local builds, this pattern gets you shipping quickly while reducing leakage risk.