Migrating from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI: A Comprehensive Guide

by Iris Classon

Overview

This guide walks you through the process of updating a Xamarin.Forms application to .NET MAUI, using a fitness app as a case study for a real-world example of a migration. The book lays out a comprehensive roadmap for a migration, shining a light on both the strategic moves and the technical leaps required to embrace the latest in .NET MAUI. It covers topics such as:

• The evolution of Xamarin.Forms to MAUI
• Significant differences
• Features, enhancements, and alternatives
• Preparing for a migration
• A migration inventory
• Planning and executing a migration
• Testing, debugging, and optimization
• Staying up to date

By using a practical case study, the author cuts through the complexity with hands-on examples while covering the nitty-gritty details and common questions and problems. You are exposed to new capabilities, app performance, best practices, and design patterns for MAUI, and other relevant topics.

With .NET MAUI stepping up as Microsoft's beacon for unifying the app development process across the board, and Xamarin.Forms nearing its "end of life," getting a handle on MAUI isn't just nice—it's necessary. For anyone in the app-making game aiming to stay relevant, stepping into MAUI means getting a hold of the latest tech enhancements, boosting app performance, and delivering top-notch user experiences.

 

What You Will Learn

• Know the best practices for migrating Xamarin.Forms applications to .NET MAUI
• Refactor UI, application logic, and data models to take advantage of .NET MAUI's features
• Create strategies for handling platform-specific code and integrating new MAUI capabilities
• Test and optimize .NET MAUI applications for performance and reliability

 

Who This Book Is For

Mobile and cross-platform developers with experience in Xamarin.Forms and looking to migrate their applications to .NET MAUI

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798868812156
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	03/07/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Iris Classon isn't new to the XAML tech scene. Having navigated the waters of Silverlight, Windows Phone, Windows Store, Xamarin, and now MAUI, her expertise is broad and deep. Currently, she's in the trenches, part of a team steering a large-scale, complex application over a million users, from Xamarin.Forms to MAUI. This not only fuels her insights in this book, but also ensures that the guidance comes from someone who's well-versed in making the leap from theory to action in the world of app migration.

 

Iris has held the title of Microsoft MVP for 12 years and has authored half a dozen technical books on .NET. Additionally, she has produced a wide array of Pluralsight and YouTube tutorials, along with Microsoft Learn tutorials and numerous hands-on workshops catering to a range from beginners to advanced users. She frequently speaks at conferences and user groups and keeps an active blog. Her entire professional life is dedicated to teaching, learning, and disseminating information about .NET, her platform of choice. Writing is a particular passion of hers; having published 13 books, some of which have been translated into several languages, it's clear that writing is not only her preferred way to share knowledge, but also something she deeply enjoys.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Evolution from Xamarin.Forms.- Chapter 2: .NET MAUI: Features, Alternatives, and Future.- Chapter 3: Introducing the Case Study: A Fitness Application.- Chapter 4: Preparing for Migration.- Chapter 5: Planning Your Migration.- Chapter 6: Executing the Migration.- Chapter 7: Migrating Platform Projects.- Chapter 8: Migrating the UI and Navigation.- Chapter 9: Cleaning Up, Testing, and Optimization.- Appendix A: Resources and Further Reading.- Appendix B: Common Errors and Problems.