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Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 481 - Week Ending May 1, 2026

#dewdrop #newsletter #aspnetcore #css #azure #javascript #xaml #cpp #windowsdev #dotnet #csharp #mcp #ai #agile #devops #gamedev #appdev #dotnetmaui #podcasts #m365 #data #sqlserver #powershell #devtools

Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter #481 - Week Ending May 1, 2026

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️6d ago

Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1 | by David Ortinau

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/welcome-to-skia-sharp-40-preview1/

#dotnetmaui #skiasharp #dotnet #appdev #crossplatform #csharp #xaml #unoplatform

Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1 - .NET Blog

SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1 is here. Learn all about the new features and how Uno Platform has stepped up as a co-maintainer.

.NET Blog

techbash Apr 28

Check out this year's keynotes and workshops! Register by June 19th for early bird discounts and ask us about sponsorship opportunities.

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#devconference #developers #nepa #poconos #kalahariresort #learning #ai #kubernetes #dotnet #aspnetcore #threatmodeling #communication #dotnetmaui #blazor #javascript

TechBash 2026 Keynotes and Workshops Announced 📣

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Apr 28

Integrating Native Device Features in .NET MAUI with Built‑In APIs

https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/use-native-device-features-dotnet-maui?utm_source=alvinashcraft&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alvinashcraft_blog_edmapr26

#dotnetmaui #syncfusion #csharp #ref #xaml #dotnet #ux #appdev #crossplatform

Integrating Native Device Features in .NET MAUI with Built‑In APIs | Syncfusion Blogs

Build device aware .NET MAUI apps using native APIs for camera, file picker, location, sensors, and connectivity without platform specific code.

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Apr 27

.NET MAUI & GitHub Actions Missing Targets Default Projects

https://www.mitchelsellers.com/blog/article/net-maui-github-actions-missing-targets-default-projects

#dotnetmaui #githubactions #dotnet #csharp #appdev #cicd

.NET MAUI & GitHub Actions Missing Targets Default Projects

Recently, when setting up CI/CD for a .NET MAUI project, I had a heck of a time getting what should have been a simple command to build, nothing like a bit of debugging issues to waste an afternooon. So I thought I'd spare everyone the hassle and share my experience hoping it helps you out!

Stephen Moreton-Howell Apr 24

My current #DotNetMAUI and #NeuralNetworks project: Design and train neural networks in #GoogleColab and transfer them to a cross-platform app using #ONNX. Follow my progress here:

https://philotalk.com/mobile-neural-network

Creating a Neural Network Based Mobile App with a Neural Network Designed and Trained in Google Colab | Stephen Moreton-Howell

Having done a masters degree in Artificial Intelligence and then switch my attention to writing cross-platform mobile apps, I want to drag it back to AI, while continuing to work on .NET MAUI. So I'm doing some experimental work creating and training neural networks in Python/Keras on Google Colab and then exporting them into .onnx files so they can be deployed into the .NET MAUI apps. Seeing what's possible before deciding what interesting NN based apps I might want to make.

Stephen Moreton-Howell

Sebastian Gfeller Apr 22

.NET MAUI has the worst problems of trying to get community involvement while not really developing in the open - see this thread about background modes on iOS https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/33760 "Whatever, man" #DotNetMAUI

MAUI 10 and 8 do not correctly handle background task lifecycle · Issue #33760 · dotnet/maui

Description While trying to implement a MAUI app with background sync behaviour (using BGProcessingTaskRequest in iOS and Workers in Android), I noticed a few issues on iOS (I have not fully tested...

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Apr 17

Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 479 - Week Ending April 17, 2026

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Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 479 - Week Ending April 17, 2026

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Apr 17

.NET MAUI State Management: From ViewModels to App Stores

https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/managing-state-in-dotnet-maui?utm_source=alvinashcraft&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alvinashcraft_blog_edmapr26

#dotnetmaui #appdev #ref #syncfusion #dotnet #xaml #csharp #mvvm

.NET MAUI State Management: From ViewModels to App Stores | Syncfusion Blogs

Learn production-ready state management in .NET MAUI using MVVM, VSM, DI app-wide stores, and MVU, plus guidance on when to use each.

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Apr 16

How to Digitally Sign PDFs in Android Apps with .NET MAUI

https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/digital-signature-android-pdf-dotnet-maui?utm_source=alvinashcraft&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alvinashcraft_blog_edmapr26

#dotnetmaui #syncfusion #xaml #ref #dotnet #appdev #csharp

How to Digitally Sign PDFs in Android Apps with .NET MAUI | Syncfusion Blogs

Sign Android PDFs using a .NET MAUI Android PDF digital signature library. Learn to sign new or existing files, customize visible signatures, and add timestamps.

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