.NET MAUI Cookbook

Build robust cross-platform apps with practical recipes covering UI best practices and performance optimization to authentication, offline data synchronization, and AI integration

Key Features

• Follow step-by-step recipes with best practices for a performant UI and structured business logic
• Perform essential modern tasks like integration with Web API, Google OAuth, SignalR, and AI
• Check out additional sections for deep understanding, common pitfalls, and GitHub examples
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Think about how much time you usually spend building an app in a technology you're still mastering—grasping new concepts, navigating roadblocks, and even rewriting entire modules as you learn. This book saves you that time, helping you create a modern .NET MAUI application like a pro.

The chapters address a wide range of tasks and concepts essential for real-world apps, including UI best practices and advanced tips, MVVM, dependency injection, performance, and memory profiling. Since real-world applications often go beyond frontend development, this book also explores integration with backend services for authentication, data processing, synchronization, and real-time updates. Additionally, you’ll learn to implement multiple AI integration strategies, all without any prior machine learning experience.

Mastery comes with practice, so the book is organized with step-by-step recipes, each tackling a specific task. Each recipe includes detailed explanations to help you apply what you're learning to your own unique projects.

By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills to build high-performance, interactive cross-platform applications with .NET MAUI, saving valuable time on your future projects.

What you will learn

• Discover effective techniques for creating robust, adaptive layouts
• Leverage MVVM, DI, cached repository, and unit of work patterns
• Integrate authentication with a self-hosted service and Google OAuth
• Incorporate session management and role-based data access
• Tackle real-time updates, chunked file uploads, and offline data mode
• Explore AI integration strategies, from local device to cloud models
• Master techniques to fortify your app with platform-specific APIs
• Identify and eliminate performance and memory issues

Who this book is for

This book is for intermediate developers familiar with .NET MAUI basics, and is perfect for those looking to deepen their understanding and refine their skills for creating cross-platform applications and delivering top-quality applications. The book offers advanced techniques and practical examples for handling real-world development challenges effectively.

Table of Contents

1. Crafting the Page Layout
2. Mastering the MVVM Design Pattern
3. Advanced XAML and UI Techniques
4. Connecting to a Database and Implementing CRUD Operations
5. Authentication and Authorization
6. Real-Life Scenarios: AI, SignalR, and More
7. Understanding Platform-Specific APIs and Custom Handlers
8. Optimizing Performance

Alexander Russkov is a seasoned software engineer and product manager with over 12 years of experience in the .NET domain and XAML-based technologies. Throughout his career at DevExpress, he has made significant contributions to the .NET MAUI, WPF, and WinForms teams. With a deep understanding of customer needs and project optimization, Alexander offers valuable insights for developers looking to sharpen their cross-platform application skills.