.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development: Leverage a first-class cross-platform UI framework to build native apps on multiple platforms

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Exploring .NET MAUI
Chapter 1: Getting Started with .NET MAUI
	An overview of cross-platform technologies
		Native applications
		Web applications
		Backend services
		Cross-platform technologies
		A comparison of .NET, Java, and JavaScript
	Exploring the .NET landscape
		.NET Framework
		Mono
		.NET Core
		.NET Standard and portable class libraries
	Using Xamarin for mobile development
		Xamarin.Forms
		Xamarin.Essentials
	Moving to .NET MAUI
		.NET MAUI Blazor apps
		Choosing XAML versus Razor in .NET MAUI
	Development environment setup
		Installing .NET MAUI on Windows
		Installing .NET MAUI on macOS
	What you will learn in this book
	The app that we will build in this book
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Building Our First .NET MAUI App
	Technical requirements
	Managing the source code in this book
	Setting up a new .NET MAUI project
		Creating a new project using Visual Studio
		Creating a new project using the dotnet command
	App startup and lifecycle
		Lifecycle management
	Configuring the resources
		App icon
		Splash screen
		Setting custom font icons
	Building and debugging
		Windows
		Android
		iOS and macOS
	Scaffolding a Model-View-ViewModel project
		Migrating and reusing a Shell template from Xamarin.Forms
		Visual Studio project template
	Summary
Chapter 3: User Interface Design with XAML
	Technical requirements
	Creating a XAML page
	XAML syntax
		Element
		Attribute
		XML namespaces and XAML namespaces
	XAML markup extensions
	Master-detail UI design
		Side-by-side
		Stacked
		Controls in .NET MAUI
		Layouts in .NET MAUI
		Navigation in the master-detail UI design
	Supporting multiple languages – localization
		Creating a .resx file
		Localizing text
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Exploring MVVM and Data Binding
	Technical requirements
	Understanding MVVM and MVC
		MVVM in PassXYZ.Vault
	Data binding
		Binding mode
		Changing notifications in viewmodels
	Improving the data model and service
		KPCLib
		PassXYZLib
		Updating the model
		Updating the service
	Binding to collections
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 5: Navigation using .NET MAUI Shell and NavigationPage
	Technical requirements
	Implementing navigation
		INavigation interface and NavigationPage
		Using the navigation stack
		Manipulating the navigation stack
	Using Shell
		Flyout
		Tabs
		Shell navigation
	Improving our model
		Understanding the data model and its services
		Improving the login process
		The Command interface
	Summary
Chapter 6: Introducing Dependency Injection and Platform-Specific Services
	Technical requirements
	A quick review of design principles
		Exploring types of design principles
		Using design principles
	Using DI
		Dependency Service
		Using built-in MS.DI DI service
	Connecting to the database
		Initializing the database
		Performing CRUD operations
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 2: Implementing .NET MAUI Blazor
Chapter 7: Introducing Blazor Hybrid App Development
	Technical requirements
	What is Blazor?
		Learning about Blazor Server
		Understanding Blazor Wasm
		Exploring Blazor Hybrid
	Creating a new .NET MAUI Blazor project
		Generating a .NET MAUI Blazor project with the dotnet command line
		Creating a .NET MAUI Blazor project using Visual Studio on Windows
		Running the new project
		The startup code of the .NET MAUI Blazor app
	Migrating to a .NET MAUI Blazor app
	Understanding Razor syntax
		Code blocks in Razor
		Implicit Razor expressions
		Explicit Razor expressions
		Expression encoding
		Directives
		Directive attributes
	Creating a Razor component
		Redesigning the login page using a Razor component
		The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern in Blazor
		Dependency injection in Blazor
		CSS isolation
	Summary
Chapter 8: Understanding the Blazor Layout and Routing
	Technical requirements
	Understanding client-side routing
		Setup of BlazorWebView
		Setup of Router
		Defining routes
	Using Blazor layout components
		Applying a layout to a component
		Nesting layouts
	Implementing navigation elements
		Implementing a list view
		Adding a new item and navigating back
	Summary
Chapter 9: Implementing Blazor Components
	Technical requirements
	Understanding Razor components
		Inheritance
	Creating a Razor class library
		Using static assets in the Razor class library
	Creating reusable Razor components
		Creating a base modal dialog component
		Data binding
		Component parameters
		Nested components
		Two-way data binding
		Communicating with cascading values and parameters
	Understanding the component lifecycle
		SetParametersAsync
		OnInitialized and OnInitializedAsync
		OnParametersSet and OnParametersSetAsync
		ShouldRender
		OnAfterRender and OnAfterRenderAsync
	Implementing CRUD operations
		CRUD operations of items
		CRUD operations of fields
	Summary
Chapter 10: Advanced Topics in Creating Razor Components
	Technical requirements
	Creating more Razor components
		Creating the Navbar component
		Creating a Dropdown component for the context menu
	Using templated components
		Creating a ListView component
		Using the ListView component
	Built-in components and validation
		Using built-in components
		Using the EditForm component
		Creating an EditFormDialog component
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 3: Testing and Deployment
Chapter 11: Developing Unit Tests
	Technical requirements
	Unit testing in .NET
		Setting up the unit test project
		Creating test cases to test the IDataStore interface
		Sharing context between tests
	Razor component testing using bUnit
		Changing project configuration for bUnit
		Creating a bUnit test case
		Creating test cases in Razor files
		Using the RenderFragment delegate
		Testing Razor pages
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 12: Deploying and Publishing in App Stores
	Technical requirements
	Preparing application packages for publishing
		What to prepare for publishing
		Publishing to Microsoft Store
		Publishing to the Google Play Store
		Publishing to Apple’s App Store
	GitHub Actions
		Understanding GitHub Actions
	Summary
Index
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