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The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI

You're reading from   The MVVM Pattern in .NET MAUI The definitive guide to essential patterns, best practices, and techniques for cross-platform app development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805125006
Length 386 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pieter Nijs Pieter Nijs
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Key Concepts and Components
2. Chapter 1: What Is the MVVM Design Pattern? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: What is .NET MAUI? 4. Chapter 3: Data Binding Building Blocks in .NET MAUI 5. Chapter 4: Data Binding in .NET MAUI 6. Chapter 5: Community Toolkits 7. Chapter 6: Working with Collections 8. Part 2: Building a .NET MAUI App Using MVVM
9. Chapter 7: Dependency Injection, Services, and Messaging 10. Chapter 8: Navigation in MVVM 11. Chapter 9: Handling User Input and Validation 12. Chapter 10: Working with Remote Data 13. Part 3: Mastering MVVM Development
14. Chapter 11: Creating MVVM-Friendly Controls 15. Chapter 12: Localization with MVVM 16. Chapter 13: Unit Testing 17. Chapter 14: Troubleshooting and Debugging Tips 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Localization with MVVM

So, we’ve built this fantastic Recipes! app, and we’re quite pleased with its design and features. However, as it stands, the app is entirely in English. What about culinary enthusiasts from different parts of the world? The answer is localization, specifically focusing on translating all aspects of our app to make it accessible and user-friendly to a global audience.

In this chapter, we’ll tackle localization through the lens of MVVM. We’ll be looking at translating the hardcoded copy labels that are baked into the app, but also at effectively fetching language-specific data from the API. To accomplish this, we’ll delve into the following topics:

  • Working with cultures, resource files, and localization
  • Looking at a localization solution for MVVM
  • Using a custom Translate markup extension
  • Fetching localized data from APIs

As we dive into this chapter, remember that our journey through localization...

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