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- Visualizing Supply Chain Metrics in .NET MAUI with Charts and Gauges
Build a supply-chain dashboard UI in .NET MAUI using charts + gauges, MVVM, and live-updating metrics.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup: Live from MAUI Day London
David Ortinau
Paul Anderson
Gerald Versluis
Mark Allibone
Matt Goldman
Steven Thewissen
Stéphane Delcroix
Tony Edwards The MAUI Day crew and supporters join us live from the Microsoft Paddington office in London to chat about all things current and future for .NET MAUI.
Watch - MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI
Display PDFs in .NET MAUI with a native cross-platform viewer powered by platform PDF engines instead of WebView.
Read more - A New .NET Community Project? With the one and only - Gerald Versluis
Gone DotNet
Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon, Allan, and Gerald discuss the early direction of a potential new .NET community project and the practical decisions needed to get it off the ground. You’ll hear how they weigh scope, contributor experience, and long-term maintainability from day one.
Read more - Introducing Bindable Property Source Generators
Brandon Minnick introduces new CommunityToolkit.Maui source generators for BindableProperty and attached bindable properties to reduce boilerplate in .NET MAUI.
Read more - .NET MAUI Embedding with Uno Platform
An overview of embedding .NET MAUI content with Uno Platform and what that can enable for cross-platform apps.
Read more - 6 .NET MAUI Properties You Didn’t Know Work with Buttons
Leomaris Reyes highlights six lesser-known Button properties (like TextTransform and FontAutoScalingEnabled) to help you polish your MAUI UI.
Read more - BorderlessEntry.Maui the tweaks you rewrite every project
Ilija Rushkovski’s collection of small MAUI control improvements—starting with a BorderlessEntry—packaged so you don’t have to reinvent them each time.
View on GitHub - .NET MAUI - Toggle fullscreen for MacCatalyst desktop app
This post shows how to implement true macOS-style fullscreen toggling in a .NET MAUI MacCatalyst app by bridging into AppKit APIs. Tony walks through the Objective-C runtime interop needed to reach `NSApplication` and `NSWindow` from MAUI.
Read more - SQLite Database in NET MAUI
A walkthrough of using SQLite in a .NET MAUI app—local storage, persistence, and common setup patterns.
Read more - Creating a GitHub Copilot Skill from Scratch
Learn how to build and test a custom GitHub Copilot Skill from the command line, step by step. This walkthrough focuses on practical Copilot CLI usage and real team patterns you can apply immediately.
Read more - Adding External Fonts in .NET MAUI
A quick, practical guide to adding and registering external fonts in .NET MAUI, plus tips for using system fonts on Android.
Read more - Easily Add GenAI to .NET Apps using Microsoft.Extensions.AI - Brandon Minnick - NDC Copenhagen 2025
Brandon Minnick’s NDC Copenhagen 2025 talk on adding GenAI to .NET apps using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.
Read more - Master .NET MAUI Shell Hierarchy: Organize Menus with Flyouts, Tabs, and Custom Tools - Part 2
This video shows how to organize Shell navigation with FlyoutItems and Tabs so utility-heavy .NET MAUI apps stay clean and discoverable. Hector Perez Rojas demonstrates grouping tools into meaningful sections and testing the hierarchy as features grow.
Read more - AI Writing Code to Write More Code
Gone DotNet
Allan Ritchie
Jonathan Dick Jon and Allan use AI to build source generators that modernize legacy RESX localization workflows. They also demonstrate snapshot testing with Verify to make generated output safer and easier to iterate on.
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