This blog provides the show notes for our April 11, 2024, webinar, “Create a Modern Conversational UI with the .NET MAUI Chat Control.” The webinar was presented and hosted by Vinoth Kumar Sundara Moorthy, a product manager at Syncfusion. If you missed it, or would like to watch it again, you can do so on our YouTube channel or here. Overview In this webinar, we discovered the power of the .NET MAUI Chat control! We explored its fully customizable conversational UI, ideal for displaying conversations between two or more users. We also took a look at the new controls and features rolled out w ..read more

TL;DR: Explore global renewable energy employment trends with Syncfusion’s .NET MAUI Bar Chart. Learn to gather, bind, and visualize data effectively while customizing chart elements for improved readability. Welcome to the Chart of the Week blog series! Today, we’ll visualize the global renewable energy employment trends using the Syncfusion .NET MAUI Bar Chart (Transposed Column Chart). Renewable energy plays a vital role in the global energy landscape, providing sustainable solutions to meet our ever-increasing energy demands. Understanding the employment trends in the renewabl ..read more

TLDR: Explore the new Syncfusion .NET MAUI Template Studio for Visual Studio Code, install the .NET MAUI extension, and streamline your .NET MAUI app creation by integrating Syncfusion .NET MAUI controls with ease. We are thrilled to introduce the Syncfusion .NET MAUI Visual Studio Code Template Studio as part of our Essential Studio 2024 Volume 1 release. This powerful tool is designed to simplify the creation of .NET MAUI applications featuring Syncfusion controls directly within Visual Studio Code. It enhances the utilization of Syncfusion .NET MAUI controls by automatically setting up t ..read more

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The topic for this month’s .NET MAUI community standup is so interesting, Testing your MAUI Apps ft. Gerald Versluis. Remember to join live on Thu, Apr 4 at 17:00 UTC. Click the link to access the timing in your local/preferred time zone. Note, it’s back at the same time. Update: The community links for this month’s standup ..read more

This is the third article in the recently started series titled Developer Tips, which offers concise hints to enhance productivity. All the articles in the series can be accessed from here. A style is characterized by a collection of interrelated properties that aim to improve resource management within the application. It is defined as a list ..read more

<p><span class="featured">Microsoft&rsquo;s decision to halt support for Xamarin on May 1, 2024, is rooted in the evolution of technology. What&rsquo;s next?</span></p><p>If you are a Xamarin developer, you will probably be interested in knowing the details around its future. Exactly two years after the announcement for the general availability of its successor, .NET MAUI, Microsoft will end support for Xamarin this May. But what does this mean for you?</p><p>The first thing you need to be sure of is that you will not be left behind. Your exist ..read more

Have you tried adding a .gif to your .NET MAUI application, but only see a still image and wonder why it doesn’t animate? Well, today you will discover how to solve this quickly and easily! Let’s start! GIFs are made up of a series of images that create a silent, repetitive animation. Adding a .gif to your application involves the same steps as adding a normal image (PNG for example). However, these require an extra step to play their animation. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to add it and configure the properties necessary for its playback. 1⃣. Add your animation to the I ..read more

In this episode, the hosts celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast and engage in a casual conversation about various topics related to Xamarin and .NET MAUI. They introduce themselves and discuss their roles as product managers. The conversation covers the early days of Xamarin, the transition to .NET and mobile development, and the evolution of mobile development over the years. They also talk about the transition to Microsoft and the use of Microsoft tools. The episode concludes with a discussion about geographical locations and some trivia. The conversation covers the journey and challen ..read more