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- .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, January 2025
.NET Foundation 
Vladislav Antonyuk 
Brandon Minnick 
Gerald Versluis 
James Crutchley 
Victor Hugo Garcia 
Pedro Jesus Join us as we discuss the current happenings in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit!
Read more - Align the Button Text in .NET MAUI
Platform-specific button text alignment in .NET MAUI requires custom handlers leveraging native iOS and Android controls. This guide demonstrates creating reusable handlers for precise text positioning across platforms.
Read more - Install & Run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac with VMware Fusion for FREE (Full setup guide)
James Montemagno walks through Install & Run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac with VMware Fusion for FREE (Full setup guide), focusing on practical implementation steps you can apply immediately. You'll see the setup path, the key workflow decisions, and how to ship the same patterns in your own .NET MAUI projects.
Read more - Episode 126: .NET 9, Holiday Hacks, & GitHub Copilot Free
The .NET MAUI Podcast 
James Montemagno 
Matt Soucoup 
David Ortinau .NET 9 is officially here!
Read more - Grial UI Kit para .NET MAUI: Mejora el diseño de tus Apps
Javier Suárez tours Grial UI Kit for .NET MAUI and how it can speed up building polished, production-ready UI.
Read more - My Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Developer Setup - .NET, macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, & More
James Montemagno walks through My Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Developer Setup - .NET, macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, & More, focusing on practical implementation steps you can apply immediately. The video combines concepts and hands-on techniques so you can move from idea to working code faster.
Read more - Announcing .NET Community Toolkit 8.4
Simon Rozsival and Sergio Pedri announce .NET Community Toolkit 8.4, headlined by long-requested partial property support for the MVVM Toolkit source generators. Read the announcement for the full analyzer additions, the one-click code fixer, and why partial properties unlock Native AOT for WinUI 3 and UWP.
Read more - Preventing Memory Leaks In .NET MAUI Best Practices And Strategies
This post examines how event subscriptions can quietly introduce memory leaks in .NET MAUI applications. It walks through the underlying mechanics and compares practical strategies to detect and prevent leaks in real world apps.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup - .NET MAUI 2024 Wrapped! David Ortinau
Rachel Kang 
Jonathan Dick 
Maddy Montaquila 
Shane Neuville 
Matthew Leibowitz David Ortinau hosts a .NET MAUI Community Standup wrapping up 2024 with highlights, learnings, and a look back at the year for .NET MAUI.
Read more - Easily Upgrade .NET MAUI & Blazor Hybrid apps to .NET 9 in Minutes
James Montemagno walks through Easily Upgrade .NET MAUI & Blazor Hybrid apps to .NET 9 in Minutes, focusing on practical implementation steps you can apply immediately. The video combines concepts and hands-on techniques so you can move from idea to working code faster.
Read more - Unit Testing in .NET MAUI
Leomaris Reyes covers how to set up and run unit tests for .NET MAUI using xUnit, including project structure, target frameworks, and best practices.
Read more - Adding Serilog to .NET MAUI
Steven Thewissen walks through integrating Serilog into a .NET MAUI app via the MauiAppBuilder pipeline, including local file logging, rolling files, and retention settings.
Read more - Another set of free Syncfusion controls!
Steven Thewissen highlights another batch of free/open-source Syncfusion controls for .NET MAUI, calling out the BottomSheet as a standout and showing how easy it is to add to your UI.
Read more - Discovering StyleClass in .NET MAUI
Steven Thewissen introduces StyleClass/Class styling in .NET MAUI as a CSS-like way to compose reusable styles without the brittleness of missing StaticResource keys.
Read more - DevExpress MAUI Date Picker setup and use
This guide walks through adding DevExpress controls to a .NET MAUI app, with a focus on the Date Edit control for production-ready date input. You'll learn the setup path, NuGet feed configuration, and why component libraries can reduce UI implementation risk.
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