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- Troubleshooting .NET MAUI
Leomaris Reyes explores Troubleshooting .NET MAUI, covering “Platform Version Isn’t Present” and “Type or Namespace ‘Default’ Doesn’t Exist When Using the Contacts API”. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - .NET MAUI Benefits
David Ortinau explores .NET MAUI Benefits in this ~1-minute session, focusing on visual structure and state and interaction. Watch for the demos, technical context, and practical details that make the ideas easier to apply.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #144
Sam Basu 
David Ortinau 
Leomaris Reyes 
Maddy Montaquila 
Rachel Kang 
Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #144 curates Xamarin Gave Me, .NET MAUI Community Standup, Icons in .NET MAUI Buttons, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
Read more - 106: Structuring Apps
Gone DotNet 
Allan Ritchie 
Jonathan Dick This episode is about structuring MAUI apps around business capabilities instead of technical layers. You'll get concrete guidance for making codebases easier to navigate as teams and features grow.
Read more - Adding Fingerprint Or Face Recognition To Your .NET MAUI App
Adding Fingerprint Or Face Recognition To Your .NET MAUI App explained with a practical, implementation-first walkthrough for .NET MAUI developers. You will see what it does, how to set it up, and what to watch for across platforms.
Read more - Icons in .NET MAUI Buttons
Leomaris Reyes explores Icons in .NET MAUI Buttons, focusing on the ImageSource Property and positioning the Image on the Button 🤓. Read the full piece for the implementation details, examples, and practical takeaways.
Read more - Choose your own adventure - Shaun Lawrence - NDC London 2024
Shaun Lawrence shares a practical, scenario-driven session on making better engineering choices in modern .NET development, including cross-platform trade-offs relevant to MAUI teams. The talk focuses on architecture decisions, workflow direction, and how to pick the next technical step with confidence as projects evolve.
Read more - 105: Our Android and iOS Wish Lists Gone DotNet Allan Ritchie Jonathan Dick
Jon and Allan share their platform wish lists for Android and iOS through a developer-experience lens. The episode surfaces pain points that shape real product and API decisions in mobile apps.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup: #XamarinGaveMe and Rachel guest visit! David Ortinau Maddy Montaquila Rachel Kang
David Ortinau hosts a .NET MAUI Community Standup celebrating #XamarinGaveMe and featuring a guest visit from Rachel, with community stories and updates.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, May 2024
.NET Foundation 
Clifford Agius 
Shaun Lawrence 
Brandon Minnick Join us as we discuss the current happenings in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit! https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/wiki/Monthly-Standups
Read more - Choosing a Framework/App Architecture for Desktop and Mobile Cross-Platform Apps
A practical comparison of single-UI cross-platform apps versus shared-logic, platform-specific UI architecture.
Read more - .NET MAUI CollectionView with Staggered Layout
Build a Pinterest-style staggered layout for .NET MAUI CollectionView by introducing a custom ItemsLayout and platform-specific handlers.
Read more - Goodbye Xamarin!
Steven Thewissen reflects on the end of Xamarin support and the transition to .NET MAUI, highlighting what Xamarin meant to developers and why the community spirit carries forward.
Read more - The Journey to Accessible Apps: Keyboard Accessibility and .NET MAUI
Rachel Kang explains what keyboard accessibility means (WCAG) and how .NET MAUI supports focus, navigation, and keyboard accelerators across platforms.
Read more - Sands of MAUI: Issue #143 Sam Basu
James Montemagno 
Gerald Versluis 
Uno Platform Telerik Sam Basu's Sands of MAUI #143 curates VS Code Day, .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Release, AI Chatbot with .NET, and more for .NET developers. The roundup points to practical community articles, videos, and announcements worth exploring in full.
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