Episode 1 - April 9, 2021 (41:30)

Xamarin vs MAUI

Is Xamarin dead? What is this MAUI stuff all about?

Episode 2 - April 30, 2021 (24:15)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 1

Carl dives into Xamarin Forms by building an app for his podcast, .NET Rocks. Part 1: Playing an audio file.

Episode 3 - May 7, 2021 (26:36)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 2

Carl adds on to last week's episode by adding offline support and code to deal with multiple audio files.

Episode 4 - May 28, 2021 (23:56)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 3

Carl converts our project into a Shell app and gets it ready for major refactoring.

Episode 5 - June 11, 2021 (33:01)

What's new for MAUI in .NET 6

Carl welcomes Microsoft’s Jonathan Dick to demo a MAUI app.

Episode 6 - June 29, 2021 (22:00)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 4

Carl uses Shell Navigation to create a detail page for podcast episodes.

Episode 7 - July 6, 2021 (20:20)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 5

Carl enhances the play function of the app.

Episode 8 - July 27, 2021 (16:30)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 6

Carl starts building a playlist feature to the podcast app.

Episode 9 - August 3, 2021 (27:00)

Building a Mobile Podcast App Part 7

Carl adds the ability to add and remove shows from the playlist.

Episode 10 - August 24, 2021 (29:00)

Hacking Black Boxes

What do programmers do when an app doesn't work the way you want? Hack it!

Episode 11 - October 12, 2021 (18:00)

Build MAUI apps in an Azure VM

Install MAUI on a new Azure VM and run apps on your local Android phone.

Episode 12 - November 2, 2021 (32:20)

MAUI Xaml vs MAUI Blazor

Carl explores and compares these two UI models in .NET 6.

Episode 13 - November 24, 2021 (22:47)

Classes, Records, and Structs. Oh My!

Carl talks about the differences between these types and why you should know

Episode 14 - December 7, 2021 (31:11)

Android for .NET

Carl welcomes Microsoft’s Jonathan Peppers to talk about how Android projects work in .NET 6

Episode 15 - December 15, 2021 (19:51)

It's a Nullable World

We're just living in it. Everything you always wanted to know about nullable types

Episode 16 - January 11, 2022 (27:00)

gRPC in MAUI Apps

Learn how to access data on the back end using gRPC from a MAUI app

Episode 17 - January 18, 2022 (17:07)

gRPC in MAUI Apps Part 2

Use gRPC in MAUI XAML Android and iOS Apps

Episode 18 - February 15, 2022 (1:10:56)

20 Years of .NET

Carl sits down with Richard Campbell and Mark Miller to talk about the past 20 years with .NET

Episode 19 - February 22, 2022 (18:40)

MAUI on Mac

Carl weighs options for building MAUI apps on iOS for MacOS

Episode 20 - April 28, 2022 (11:33)

MAUI Animation

Learn how to do simple animation of UI elements

Episode 21 - May 5th, 2022 (12:54)

Native AOT in .NET 7

Carl explains Native AOT, compares memory usage, file size, and startup time, and shares the road map for the future.

Episode 22 - May 13th, 2022 (18:30)

Inside MauiProgram.cs

MAUI apps are configured in MauiProgram.cs. Let’s find out how it works and what we can do.

Episode 23 - May 20th, 2022 (20:38)

Platform Hardware Access in MAUI

Access native hardware in MAUI Xaml and MAUI Blazor apps

Episode 24 - February 1st, 2023 (29:25)

Calling Secured APIs with MSAL Auth in MAUI

Carl shows how to use MSAL for Auth in a MAUI app, including calling Secured .NET Core Web APIs from Android, iOS, and Windows.

Episode 25 - August 31st, 2022 (28:13)

MSAL Twitter Auth in MAUI

Carl builds on episode #24 by adding Twitter as an authentication provider, and also letting users register by email.

Episode 26 - September 7th, 2022 (13:26)

MSAL Google Auth in MAUI

Carl continues the MSAL authentication series by adding Google as an identity provider for MAUI apps.

Episode 27 - September 14th, 2022 (28:51)

Playing Audio in MAUI

Play audio in your MAUI apps, even in MAUI Blazor!

Episode 28 - September 28th, 2022 (28:42)

MAUI Blazor Podcast Client Part 1

The time has come to rebuild our Xamarin Forms .NET Rocks! Podcast Player in MAUI using Blazor as the UI. Part 1 of several.

Episode 29 - October 12th, 2022 (36:10)

MSAL Auth in MAUI Blazor

Authenticate a MAUI Blazor app using MSAL against an Azure AD B2C Tenant.

Episode 30 - October 19th, 2022 (31:02)

MAUI Blazor Podcast Client Part 2

Adding guests and links, and playlist functionality.

Episode 31 - October 26th, 2022 (30:51)

MAUI Blazor Podcast Client Part 3

Refactoring and implementing the playlist functionality.

Episode 32 - December 7th, 2022 (09:29)

First Look at VS Mac 17.4

Build Mac, iOS, and Android apps with MAUI on an Arm-based Mac.

Episode 33 - December 14th, 2022 (09:55)

MAUI Blazor Podcast Client Part 4

Pre-download MP3 Files in Playlist.

Episode 34 - January 11th, 2023 (16:51)

Using WebView in WPF

Learn how the WebView2 control works and how you can use it in a WPF application.

Episode 35 - January 25th, 2023 (21:50)

What's New for MAUI in .NET 7

Set position and size (WinUI), Maps, Context Menus, Tool Tips, and Menu Bars.

Episode 36 - February 8th, 2023 (9:59)

File Uploads in MAUI

Upload files to an ASP.NET Core Web API app from Windows, Android, and iOS devices.

Episode 37 - February 15th, 2023 (16:41)

Large File Uploads in MAUI

Carl builds on episode 36 by uploading large files from a MAUI client app to a Web API, and also to Azure Blob Storage.

Episode 38 - March 8th, 2023 (24:09)

Playing Media in MAUI with MediaElement

Carl goes deep into the MediaElement component for MAUI with demos in both XAML and Blazor

Episode 39 - March 15th, 2023 (14:27)

Bindable Properties in MAUI Part 1: Property Change Notification

Learn how to use BindableObject and BindableProperty to more easily handle property changes.

Episode 40 - March 22nd, 2023 (16:50)

Bindable Properties in MAUI Part 2: Lists, Validation, and More

Implement a list of objects as a Bindable Property and use the Validation feature.

Episode 41 - April 5th, 2023 (18:26)

Foldable Device Support in MAUI

Build support for foldable devices into MAUI XAML and MAUI Blazor apps.

Episode 42 - April 12th, 2023 (9:37)

Publishing MAUI Apps Part 1

Carl creates accounts on Google and Apple to start the publishing process. We'll go all the way through the process, including in-app purchases.

Episode 43 - April 19th, 2023 (20:51)

Publishing MAUI Apps Part 2

After Carl's Google account is verified, he continues the process of publishing a MAUI Android app to the Google Play store.

Episode 44 - April 27th, 2023 (38:24)

Publishing MAUI Apps Part 3

The Android app is in the Play Store, and Carl submits the iOS app to the Apple Store.

Episode 45 - May 4th, 2023 (13:28)

Publishing MAUI Apps Part 4

Carl submits the iOS app for TestFlight testing and invites the .NET Rocks! listeners to test it.

Episode 46 - May 31st, 2023 (22:32)

MAUI Android Background Services

Carl shows how to write a service on Android that runs in the background even when your app isn’t running, and shows app notifications.

Episode 47 - August 4th, 2023 (28:02)

Automating Browser UI

Carl writes a .NET Framework utility to read portions of the screen with OCR, click, and send text to automate interactions in the browser.

Episode 48 - August 18th, 2023 (14:13)

Building a Mobile Podcast Client App in MAUI Blazor Part 6

Carl fixes bugs in the .NET Rocks! app and announces the winner of the bug treasure hunt!

Episode 49 - March 5th, 2024 (26:31)

Using ChatGPT as a Coding Partner

Carl uses ChatGPT to help plot data in a DevExpress Chart control.