DevExpress .NET MAUI 23.1

New Bottom Sheet Control

• The new Microsoft .NET MAUI Bottom Sheet control displays supplementary content within a modal or non-modal form at the bottom of the screen. You can use the Bottom Sheet control to display master-detail data, information about selected items on a map, filtering options, dialogs with multiple actions, and much more.

New Form Components

• The .NET MAUI library now ships with new components designed to simplify the development of data entry forms for mobile applications. These include:
  • Form.
  • Picker.
  • Check.
  • Toggle Switch.
• The Group component now allows you to arrange form components into groups and specify common group settings.

New Image Control

• The new DXImage control allows you to draw an SVG image with a specified color. With this feature, you no longer need to create two separate images for dark and light themes.

New Shimmer Control

• The ShimmerView control allows you to add a shimmer effect when loading data in your mobile app. Features include:
  • Shimmer Animation.
  • Configurable Shimmer Layout.
  • Appearance Customization of Waves (width, angle, and background).

DataGridView and CollectionView

• Filter UI - Filter items are separate controls that allow you to filter data in the DXCollectionView and DataGridView controls. Filter items automatically retrieve values, formatting settings, and other information from controls to which they are connected. Filter items include:
  • Check Box.
  • Switch.
  • Radio List.
  • Checked List.
  • Numeric Range.
  • Date Range.
• CRUD Operations - Edit Forms and API - Added built-in edit forms and comprehensive API which allow you to easily build intuitive data-driven mobile solutions with DevExpress DataGridView and CollectionView. Data editing featured include:
  • Add New Item.
  • Detail and Edit Views.
  • Data Validation (local / datadase).
  • Update the Database.
  • Refresh UI.
• Export Data - The DataGridView now exports data as PDF, XLS/XLSX, MHT, CSV, HTML, RTF, DOCX, TXT, or as an image file.
• CollectionView - Long Press - The Collection View component allows you to handle long taps. For example, you can enable multiple item selection on long taps and execute specific actions for a selected item group.

Data Editors

• ComboBox - New Item List Containers - The .NET MAUI ComboBox now ships with new display options: Popup, Bottom Sheet and Page.

Device Specific Settings

• Added new API (helper classes and XAML extensions) to simplify app configuration (based on mobile device settings). With it, you can easily target the following device settings in your code:
  • Platform (Android, Apple iOS).
  • Idiom (phone, tablet).
  • Orientation (landscape, portrait).
  • Display Size (extra small, small, medium, large, extra large).
  • Device Type (physical, virtual).

Examples - Featured Mobile Scenarios

• Added examples of popular mobile scenarios to help you get started with the .NET MAUI controls. Each example follows Material Design 3 guidelines and supports both light and dark themes. Examples include:
  • Form-Based Authentication.
  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC) and Permission Management.
  • Search and CRUD Operations in Data Grid.
  • Master-Detail Data Visualization using Collection View.
  • Single Column Kanban View with Drag&Drop.
  • Expandable Cards and Cards with Custom Content.
  • Send Template Messages (Mail-Merge).

Office File API Support

• You can now use the DevExpress Office File API in your .NET MAUI apps to create, manage, convert, merge, and digitally sign Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PDF documents (non-visually).

Performance Optimization

• New Startup API - Added new methods that speed up startup of the view (when the view is opened for the first time). New API includes:
  • DevExpress.Maui.Charts.Initializer.Init.
  • DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView.Initializer.Init.
  • DevExpress.Maui.Controls.Initializer.Init.
  • DevExpress.Maui.Editors.Initializer.Init.
  • DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid.Initializer.Init.
  • DevExpress.Maui.Scheduler.Initializer.Init.
• DataGridView - Optimized Vertical Scrolling - Vertical scrolling is now up to 70% faster than previous versions.