Creating a XAML page

Before we learn XAML syntax, let’s learn how to create a XAML page in Visual Studio and via the dotnet command line.

To create a XAML page using Visual Studio, we can right-click on the project node. After, select Add > New Item…; we will see what’s shown in Figure 3.1:

Figure 3.1: Adding a XAML page

On this screen, select Content Page from the templates and click Add. This will create a pair of files – a XAML file and a C# code-behind file.

We can do the same using the dotnet command.

To find all .NET MAUI templates, we can use the dotnet command like so in a PowerShell console:

dotnet new --list | findstr -i maui
.NET MAUI App                       maui              [C#]  MAUI/...
.NET MAUI Blazor...