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.NET MAUI Community Standup - A Journey to 10 Years of Grial

November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Ready to level up your cross-platform game?
#DotNetConf2025 is packed with fire 🔥 .NET MAUI sessions. From native UI magic to performance tips, it’s all here.

Check the schedule now
#dotnetmaui #netconf2025 #xaml #grialkit

November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Join us to celebrate our 10 Anniversary and for exciting news about what’s coming next 💜

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIl8...

Learn how to choose the correct model when using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Design is more than just making things look good.
It’s about making them feel good too.

We make it crystal clear
grialkit.com/blog/ui-vs-u...

#designthinking #userexperience #interfacedesign

October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Stuck choosing a model in GitHub Copilot? 🤔 GPT-5 Mini, Opus 4, Gemini... what's the diff?

Pablo Lopes breaks down which model to use for small tweaks, or major bug hunts in Visual Studio. ⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXsi...

#dotnet #ai #visualstudio #llm

YouTube video by Microsoft Visual Studio

.NET MAUI and Xamarin Forms Sample App. Grial UI Kit | Grial

October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

A Circular Slider that actually feels right.

🌀 Set custom ranges, angles, and UI styles
⚙️ React to events, drag interactions, and commands
💡 Built for .NET MAUI

Explore it now in the our Demo App or learn more in our Docs!
grialkit.com/download-dem...

#dotnetmaui #slider #uidesign

.NET MAUI iOS and Android sample app - Xamarin Forms iOS and Android sample app. Download Grial UI Kit sample app and get access to more than 200 XAML templates and design resources for your projet.

Monthly Recap-September 2025

October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

A Circular Slider that actually feels right.

🌀 Set custom ranges, angles, and UI styles
⚙️ React to events, drag interactions, and commands
💡 Built for .NET MAUI

Explore it now in the our Demo App or learn more in our Docs!

#dotnetmaui #slider #uidesign #mobiledevelopment

October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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.NET

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✨ HAPPENING TODAY AT 10AM PT ✨
.NET AI Community Standup - Microsoft Agent Framework: Workflows & Migration Overview

Get an overview, explore migrating from Semantic Kernel, learn to build intelligent workflows. See you here ➡️ msft.it/63328s7wlw

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.NET AI Community Standup - Microsoft Agent Framework: Workflows & Migration Overview

October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

September ’25 recap from Grial UI Kit: 33K demo app downloads, MAUI 9 SR11, and hand‑picked community picks.

grialkit.com/blog/monthly...

#dotnetmaui #dotnet #devnews #grialkit

This our monthly summary of Grial UI Kit cool things you need to know, and the .NET MAUI platform updates and all the amazing things out there you can’t miss. If you like it, please subscribe and stay...

Infinite Scroll vs Pagination: How to Choose

October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Reposted by Grial UI Kit

UXDivers

@uxdivers.bsky.social

Infinite scroll or pagination? 🤔 It’s not one-size-fits-all. In our latest blog, we break down when to use each, with quick decision‑rules you can apply today.

Read it here ⬇️
uxdivers.com/blog/infinit...

#uxdesign #productdesign

Compare infinite scroll vs pagination and the “Load More” pattern. Learn when each wins, how to preserve return-to-spot, and ship fast, accessible lists.

uxdivers.com

October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Are you ready to dive into AI agents with .NET? 🚀 The latest .NET AI Community Standup is here, breaking down the Microsoft Agent Framework.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxi...
#dotnet #agentframework #ai

.NET AI Community Standup - Getting Started with the Microsoft Agent Framework

Hello Claude Sonnet 4.5! This things is a BEAST!

October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

When the app isn’t working and the only error is a weird one
#dotnet #devlife

October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Claude Sonnet 4.5 just dropped, and it's a game-changer! 🚀 @james.montemagno.com puts this "beast" to the test in VS Code.

Watch now: [https://youtu.be/q2L23naucis](youtu.be/q2L23naucis?...)

#dotnet #claude #devlife

YouTube video by James Montemagno

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October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

This week MAUI Community going live from Prague! 🇨🇿 Join @davidortinau.com, @jfversluis.dev, and the .NET MAUI team for a special community standup answering questions, and showing off some cool demos.

Tune in now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EXG...

#dotnetmaui #devlife

.NET MAUI Community Standup - Live from Prague with the .NET MAUI Team

Working with some AI & .NET MAUI with special guest David Ortinau

October 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Sensors and speech-to-text in MAUI by @gonedotnet.io. Plus stories from the platform trenches with @davidortinau.com

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYz7...

#dotnetmaui #ai #devlife

YouTube video by GoneDotNet

Visual Studio 2026 unboxing with Pedro Jesus! MAUI, Copilot, iOS 26, everything!

October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Keep typography consistent across views with a simple ResourceDictionary pattern.

Dive in: grialkit.com/blog/deep-di...

#dotnetmaui #xaml #googlefonts #grialkit

September 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

🚨 33k demo downloads and we’re still going.

A huge thank you to every dev and client building with us.

💜 App Store: 23k
💜 Google Play: 10k

Curious? Explore the demo
grialkit.com

September 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

VS 2026 + MAUI tour with smart takes you can actually use from @geraldbourguet.bsky.social and @pedrojesus.bsky.social 🙌

Watch it here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzgc...

#dotnetmaui #vs2026 #visualStudio #devtools

YouTube video by Gerald Versluis

.NET MAUI Community Standup - Talking RC1, iPhone, and more

September 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Managing fonts in MAUI shouldn’t feel like kerning chaos. Centralize with ResourceDictionary, keep weights consistent, ship cleaner UI across platforms. 🧪✨

Full Deep Dive
grialkit.com/blog/deep-di...

#dotnetmaui #xaml #devtips #googlefonts #grialkit

September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Join @davidortinau.com @jfversluis.dev and catch the latest .NET MAUI Community Standup

👨‍💻 .NET 10 RC1 + go-live support
🖥️ VS2026 speed + polish
🧪 Maui Reactor, XAML source gen
🛠️ Aspire + dev tunnel setup

Watch here
www.youtube.com/live/Y8W56JP...

#dotnetmaui #communitystandup

Use MCP tools in Github Copilot on Visual Studio

September 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Wanna make your MAUI app look font-tastic with Google Fonts? 🧙‍♂️

🧩 Download the font
📁 Add to Resources
🛠️ Register in MauiProgram.cs
🧑‍🎨 Use it in XAML

Full breakdown here:
grialkit.com/blog/deep-di...

September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Copilot just got superpowers in Visual Studio. ⚡️

Use MCP to plug it into Microsoft Learn and NuGet servers so it can fetch docs and ground answers as you code.

Watch Pablo’s 6-min demo 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp4K...

#githubcopilot #mcp #vscode #dotnet

YouTube video by Microsoft Visual Studio

Monthly Recap-August 2025

September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

August’s GrialKit Recap is here! 🚀 New .NET MAUI 9 launch, Google Fonts guide on MAUI, and exclusive 40% OFF on your next license via our Demo app.

Dive in 👇
grialkit.com/blog/monthly...

#dotnetmaui #monthlyrecap #grialkit #mauinews

This our monthly summary of Grial UI Kit cool things you need to know, and the .NET MAUI platform updates and all the amazing things out there you can’t miss. If you like it, please subscribe and stay...

Deep Dive: How to Integrate Google Fonts in .NET MAUI

September 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Hungry? Our new Food Places Flow helps you:

🍝 Discover top-rated spots
🗺️ Navigate with ease
⭐ Rate with flair

Because finding good food shouldn't require decoding a cryptic UI. 🍜
Try our Demo App at grialkit.com

#dotnetmaui #xaml #appdesign #grialkit

September 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Grial UI Kit

@grialkit.bsky.social

Typography is UX glue. Learn how to add Google Fonts to .NET MAUI the right way in our new Deep Dive blog. Register each weight, alias families, and keep styles in one place.

Learn more:
grialkit.com/blog/deep-di...

#dotnetmaui #deepdive #xaml #googlefonts #grialkit

Learn how to integrate Google Fonts in .NET MAUI apps. Step-by-step guide to adding custom fonts, managing weights, and creating a consistent design system.