.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development - Second Edition

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Building Our First .NET MAUI App

In this chapter, we will create a new .NET MAUI project and customize it so that we can use it in the development of an app. The app that we will develop is a password management app. We will gradually introduce various features to it in the subsequent chapters. By the end of Part 1, we will possess a fully functional password management app.

Those who have prior experience with Xamarin.Forms will recall that the Shell serves as a convenient application container that simplifies app development by offering a unified structure for defining an application’s key components. While there isn’t a direct Visual Studio template for .NET MAUI Shell from Microsoft, we can effectively utilize the one from Xamarin.Forms. ...