NET MAUI Projects, Third Edition

Build Cross-Platform Apps MAUI 🚀

.NET MAUI lets you create native desktop and mobile applications from a single C# codebase. This third edition of .NET MAUI Projects is a hands-on guide that takes you from the basics to building complete, working apps with Visual Studio 2022. If you have a background in C# and want to reach Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows without juggling separate projects, this book shows you how.

Project-Based Learning from the Ground Up 💻

The book is built around practical projects. Early chapters introduce MAUI framework, its architecture, and how XAML defines your user interface. You then create your first app, set up a repository, and work with data models like a to-do list item. Each concept is tied to something you actually build, so you see how the pieces fit together in a real codebase.

What You’ll Explore

• Setting up a development environment on Windows and Mac
• MAUI controls, layouts, and XAML
• Sharing code across mobile and desktop platforms
• Implementing repositories and data access patterns
• Leveraging Hot Reload, Hot Restart, and Windows Subsystem for Android
• Updating and MAUI packages

Updated for the Third Edition 📱

Since the first edition in 2018 and the second in 2020,.NET MAUI has evolved significantly. This third edition, published in 2024, reflects the current tooling and framework capabilities. The authors—Michael Cummings, Daniel Hindrikes, and Johan Karlsson—bring years of Xamarin experience to the material. Michael Cummings works on Visual Studio tooling MAUI at Microsoft, and the foreword by Samantha Houts (Principal Group Engineering Manager MAUI) adds valuable context on the framework’s direction.

Who This Book Is For

Developers with some C# experience who want to build multi-platform applications will get the most from this book. It’s also useful for developers moving MAUI, or for anyone who prefers learning by creating rather than reading abstract theory. The projects assume you can navigate Visual Studio and understand basic programming concepts, but they don’t require prior mobile development expertise.

Why It Matters

Cross-platform development is no longer a niche skill. MAUI, you can target multiple platforms while keeping a single codebase, reducing maintenance and speeding up delivery. This book doesn’t just list features; it shows you how to apply them in coherent applications. By the end, you should have a stronger mental model for structuring MAUI projects and a set of working examples you can adapt to your own ideas.

Ready to start building? .NET MAUI Projects, Third Edition is available now from Digital Delights.