Using Native Device Features in .NET MAUI Apps
.NET MAUI allows you to create applications for multiple platforms using a shared codebase. This course will teach you how to access native platform features using features included with .NET MAUI, community-supported libraries, and with custom code.
What you'll learn
A powerful feature .NET MAUI offers us is the ability to create applications for multiple platforms using a shared codebase. In this course, Using Native Device Features in .NET MAUI Apps, you'll learn how to be able to access features specific to a platform from your Xamarin code. First, you will learn about how to use the features that come with .NET MAUI to access settings and APIs that are common to multiple platforms.
Next, you will learn how to use the Community Toolkit to access additional native features. You'll see how to use an open-source library to provide user authentication using the biometric APIs that come with Android and iOS.
Finally, you'll learn how to write code to access platform-specific APIs. When you have finished the course, you will have the skills needed to access native features for your applications.
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About the author
Chris is a Microsoft MVP, a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer for iOS and Android, and the leader of the Tech Valley .NET User Group. He has been developing on various platforms for way too long to detail, but currently works and writes about C# programming using Microsoft and Xamarin tools. For the last decade or so, Chris has worked for Tyler Technologies, in the school transportation market.