.NET 10 Preview 7 Accelerates .NET MAUI with XAML Source Generator
.NET 10 Preview 7 for .NET MAUI leans into compile-time tooling and control polish. Edin Kapić summarizes the XAML source generator opt-in, safer layouts, and the media/toolbar refinements in this preview.
What you’ll learn
- XAML source generation — enabling
XamlInflator.SourceGenfor earlier errors and faster startup - MediaPicker + EXIF — orientation, timestamps, and geolocation metadata preserved through the picker
- SafeAreaEdges — granular control for notches, keyboards, and system bars via
SafeAreaRegions - Secondary toolbar items —
ToolbarItem.Orderfor Primary/Secondary overflow menus - API cleanup — programmatic picker open/close, SearchHandler keyboard helpers, and removals like
Accelerator
Read the full InfoQ article for the enablement snippets and community reaction to the source generator.