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.NET MAUI in Action
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.NET MAUI in Action

by Matthew Goldman
October 2023
Beginner to intermediate
456 pages
13h 16m
English
Manning Publications
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5 Layouts

This chapter covers

  • The different types of built-in layouts you can use in .NET MAUI apps
  • The importance of layouts and when to use which one
  • How and when to use ScrollView
  • How to combine layouts to create a UI

Layout is the most important aspect of a UI design. UI design consists fundamentally of three aspects: layout, typography, and color (of course, there are more, but at a high level, these are the key components of a design). You can create a great-looking UI in black and white with only one typeface, but fancy typography and pretty colors won’t rescue a bad layout. From the experts:

Layout is the most critical piece of a website’s design. It is quite literally the foundation for the rest of the pieces that will eventually be ...

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