Getting Started With .NET MAUI Navigationdrawer

Updated on Feb 15, 2024
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Getting started with NavigationDrawer control

This section explains how to add the .NET MAUI NavigationDrawer control. This section covers only the basic features needed to get started with Syncfusion .NET MAUI NavigationDrawer.

Adding the .NET MAUI NavigationDrawer control

Step 1: Add the NuGet to the project and add the namespace as shown in the following code sample:

[XAML]

    xmlns:navigationdrawer="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.NavigationDrawer;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.NavigationDrawer"

[C#]

    using Syncfusion.Maui.NavigationDrawer;

Step 2: Set the NavigationDrawer control to content in ContentPage.

[XAML]

<navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer">
    <navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer.ContentView>
        <Grid/>
    </navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer.ContentView>
</navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer>

[C#]


SfNavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new SfNavigationDrawer();
Grid grid = new Grid();
navigationDrawer.ContentView = grid;
this.Content = navigationDrawer;

Project pre-requisites

Make sure that you have the compatible versions of Visual Studio with .NET MAUI workloads and .NET SDK version in your machine before starting to work on this project. Refer to System Requirements for .NET MAUI.

How to run this application?

To run this application, you need to first clone the Getting-started-with-.NET-MAUI-NavigationDrawer repository and then open it in Visual Studio 2022. Now, simply build and run your project to view the output.

Troubleshooting

Path too long exception

If you are facing path too long exception when building this example project, close Visual Studio and rename the repository to short and build the project.

License

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