MAUI Project Structure
Learn the fundamental structure of a .NET MAUI application project.
We'll look at the default structure of a .NET MAUI project that gets generated when creating a new project from the .NET MAUI template. The complete project is found in the code playground below. Android is set as its built target, as specified on line 4 of the MauiApp1.csproj file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="colorPrimary">#512BD4</color>
<color name="colorPrimaryDark">#2B0B98</color>
<color name="colorAccent">#2B0B98</color>
</resources>Application entry points
In MAUI, each entry point is platform specific. All of them can be found inside the Platforms folder. If we expand this folder, we can find a subfolder representing each supporting platform we can build our application for. In the default project template, the Platforms folder includes the following project-specific folders:
AndroidMacCatalystiOSTizenWindows
Each of these folders has its own set of platform-specific resources. For example, the Android folder contains the AndroidManifest.xml file, which defines application-wide settings, such as what permissions the app is allowed to have. Both MacCatalyst and iOS folders have the Info.plist file, which lists the settings specific ...