Creating the project
In this section, we will build the application we have just walked through. Start by opening Visual Studio and creating a new project. From the list of available project templates, select .NET MAUI App, as shown in Figure 13.9. Then, click Next:
![Figure 13.9: Visual Studio’s Create a new project dialog](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781837635191/graphics/image/B19553_13_09.jpg)
Figure 13.9: Visual Studio’s Create a new project dialog
Call the project CH13_MAUI
, as shown in Figure 13.10. Then, click Next:
![Figure 13.10: Visual Studio’s Configure your new project dialog](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781837635191/graphics/image/B19553_13_10.jpg)
Figure 13.10: Visual Studio’s Configure your new project dialog
Make sure that the version of .NET that’s selected is .NET 7.0 (Standard Term Support), as shown in Figure 13.11:
![Figure 13.11: Visual Studio’s Additional information dialog](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781837635191/graphics/image/B19553_13_11.jpg)
Figure 13.11: Visual Studio’s Additional information dialog
Click on the Create button to create the solution. By default, Visual Studio will present a tabbed dialog with useful information on learning, building, integrating, and deploying MAUI applications, as shown in Figure 13.12:
![Figure 13.12: .NET MAUI’s Help tab in Visual Studio](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781837635191/graphics/image/B19553_13_12.jpg)