About the Author ....................................................................xix

About the Technical Reviewer ................................................xxi

Acknowledgments ...................................................................xxiii

Introduction .............................................................................xxv

Chapter 1: Introduction to .NET MAUI .................................1

Chapter 2: Building Our First Application .............................19

Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of .NET MAUI .......................43

Chapter 4: An Architecture to Suit You ..................................73

Chapter 5: User Interface Essentials .......................................105

Chapter 6: Shell .......................................................................145

Chapter 7: Creating Our Own Layout .....................................191 

Chapter 8: Accessibility ...........................................................227

Chapter 9: Advanced UI Concepts ...........................................251

Chapter 10: Local Data .............................................................295

Chapter 11: Remote Data ..........................................................347

Chapter 12: Getting Specific .....................................................385

Chapter 13: Testing ....................................................................419

Chapter 14: Automation Testing ................................................451

Chapter 15: Let’s Get Graphical ................................................481

Chapter 16: Releasing Our Application .....................................505

Chapter 17: Conclusion ..............................................................543

Index ...........................................................................................551

 Interested in giving Microsoft’s new Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) a try? This book provides developers with a comprehensive set of tools and hands-on coding to build their own cross-platform applications.

 The book is a comprehensive end-to-end guide on creating, building, and distributing .NET MAUI applications. As you walk through each new concept, .NET MAUI expert and Microsoft MVP Shaun Lawrence will show the concept's value and uses, and then have you apply it in a build-along application. You will work with this build-along application right up until you are ready to ship it to the relevant stores (e.g., App Store, etc.).

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What You Will Learn

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• Know what to consider when distributing applications to the relevant stores
• Take an application from concept through to production

Who This Book Is For

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