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- 121: Jon tries Mediator! Copilot != Autopilot, and the Best iPhone ever!
Gone DotNet 
Allan Ritchie 
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan unpack practical lessons from using AI coding tools, staying current with iOS/Xcode changes, and building real-world .NET MAUI features. You'll get honest guidance on where Copilot helps, where it doesn't, and how those trade-offs show up in day-to-day app work.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #161
Sam Basu 
David Ortinau 
Héctor Pérez 
James Montemagno 
Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #161 curates .NET MAUI Shell, .NET MAUI Release, Copilot Extensibility, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - .NET MAUI Shell
Héctor Pérez explores .NET MAUI Shell, focusing on navigation in .NET MAUI Shell and assigning Routes to Shell Elements. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - Displaying PDF files in .NET MAUI
Petar Mishev explores how to display PDF documents in .NET MAUI applications and what that means in practice for app UX. It is a useful starting point for teams that need in-app document viewing instead of pushing users out to another tool.
Read more - Adding Interactive Gestures to Controls in .NET MAUI
James Montemagno shows how to bring more touch interaction into .NET MAUI apps with gesture recognizers and swipe support. The video is a quick way to see how small interaction patterns can make interfaces feel more alive.
Read more - 120: Buffet Style Show Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
This episode covers a broad set of mobile dev topics, from SQLite persistence and Android platform shifts to UI composition pitfalls in MAUI. It's a practical grab bag focused on performance, architecture choices, and avoiding common mistakes early.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #160 Sam Basu David Ortinau
.NET Héctor Pérez 
TJ Lambert 
Victor Hugo Garcia Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #160 curates .NET 9 Update, .NET MAUI Community Standup, .NET MAUI Shell, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - Updates for TinyInsights: what is new for .NET MAUI developers that want to use Application Insights
Daniel Hindrikes shares what’s new in TinyInsights for .NET MAUI, focusing on Application Insights instrumentation and developer workflow.
Read more - Dependency Injection Basics in .NET MAUI
James Montemagno walks through the built-in dependency injection support in .NET MAUI and why it matters for app structure. This is a good refresher for anyone who wants cleaner service registration, resolution, and composition in MAUI apps.
Read more - .NET MAUI Many-to-Many SQLite Database with Extensions
Samir GC · .NET MAUI Many-to-Many SQLite Database with Extensions walks through a practical way to implement a clean relation model you can query and update from MAUI in .NET MAUI. You will learn why many-to-many data without hand-written join boilerplate matters and how to wire the feature from setup to a working result.
Read more - .NET MAUI Shell
Héctor Pérez explores .NET MAUI Shell, focusing on adding New Utilities to the App and third Utility: Cool Image Editor. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - Solving .NET MAUI Issues on macOS Sequoia with Visual Studio Code and XCode 16
macOS Sequoia and XCode 16 initially broke .NET MAUI compatibility, requiring workarounds until official support arrived. This guide documents solutions including downgrading XCode, managing provisioning profiles, and disabling XAML Hot Reload.
Read more - 119: In App Purchasing Pain Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
Jon and Allan break down why in-app purchases are still one of the hardest parts of shipping mobile apps. You'll learn where StoreKit and Play Billing complexity shows up in real code and how teams can reduce risk.
Read more - .NET MAUI One-to-Many SQLite Database with Extensions Samir GC ·
.NET MAUI One-to-Many SQLite Database with Extensions walks through a practical way to implement a one-to-many structure that stays easy to maintain in .NET MAUI. You will learn why parent-child records with predictable local storage matters and how to wire the feature from setup to a working result.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #159 Sam Basu
Dean Ellis Héctor Pérez James Montemagno 
Matthew Robbins Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #159 curates .NET Performance, .NET MAUI Showcase, Android Assets, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
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