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- .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Adds .NET 9, Offline Speech Recognition
Edin Kapić covers Community Toolkit 10 and 11 — .NET 9 support, a BindingContext behaviour change, and offline speech-to-text. Essential reading if you're upgrading toolkit packages with .NET 9.
Read more - .NET MAUI Performance Features in .NET 9
Jonathan Peppers 
Šimon Rozsíval Jonathan Peppers and Simon Rozsival cover .NET 9 MAUI performance features like full trimming, NativeAOT support, and compiled bindings, plus profiling guidance.
Read more - .NET MAUI Day
MAUI Day · MAUI Day explores .NET MAUI Day, focusing on skopje, Macedonia and cologne, Germany. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - How to bind to functions from XAML in .NET MAUI
How to bind to functions from XAML in .NET MAUI with practical guidance, key concepts, and implementation tips for .NET MAUI developers.
Read more - Game development on MAUI (Part 3: Enemies)
Part 3 introduces enemies, background layering, and combat interaction in the MAUI game series. Pavel shows how to manage enemy lifecycle states, animation transitions, and collision timing so Hydra attacks feel deliberate and responsive.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #175
Sam Basu 
Héctor Pérez 
Leomaris Reyes 
Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #175 curates Splash Screens in .NET MAUI, Telerik Release, GraphQL with .NET, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - Splash Screen in .NET MAUI
Leomaris Reyes explains how splash screens work in .NET MAUI and how to configure images, background colors, base sizes, and platform-specific behavior.
Read more - Introducing The New .NET MAUI Expander View
Alberto introduces Nalu ExpanderViewBox, a layout-friendly expander control designed to animate size changes and simplify collapsible UI in .NET MAUI. The post shows how to handle dynamic content, build accordions, and avoid common CollectionView pitfalls with a clean, minimal API.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #174 Sam Basu
David Ortinau 
James Montemagno Leomaris Reyes 
Rachel Kang Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #174 curates Theming in .NET MAUI, Developer Productivity, .NET MAUI Community Standup, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - Recap: What’s New in .NET MAUI in .NET 9?
Leomaris Reyes recaps the key updates for .NET MAUI in .NET 9 from .NET Conf, including performance, tooling, platform integrations, and ecosystem highlights.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup - Let Copilot Fix Your XAML
David Ortinau hosts a .NET MAUI Community Standup exploring how Copilot can help fix and improve XAML, with practical examples and tips.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, February 2025
.NET Foundation 
Brandon Minnick 
Vladislav Antonyuk 
Shaun Lawrence Join us as we discuss the current happenings in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit! https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/wiki/Monthly-Standups
Read more - BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER Hot Reload & Live Preview for .NET MAUI & Blazor Hybrid in Visual Studio
James Montemagno walks through BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER Hot Reload & Live Preview for .NET MAUI & Blazor Hybrid in Visual Studio, focusing on practical implementation steps you can apply immediately. It highlights what changed, why it matters for real apps, and what to adopt first for the biggest impact.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #173 Sam Basu Héctor Pérez James Montemagno Rachel Kang Telerik
Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #173 curates Starting .NET MAUI Development, Native Embedding, Accessible Apps, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - Starting .NET MAUI Development in 2025 - Everything You Need To Know!
James Montemagno walks through Starting .NET MAUI Development in 2025 - Everything You Need To Know, focusing on practical implementation steps you can apply immediately. It highlights what changed, why it matters for real apps, and what to adopt first for the biggest impact.
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