Getting started with .NET MAUI Card

This section details the process of integrating the Cards control and focuses solely on the fundamental features required for initiating your exploration of Syncfusion® Card. Follow the steps below to add a basic Cards to your project.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following are set up:

  1. Install .NET 9 SDK or later.
  2. Set up a .NET MAUI environment with Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 or later.

Step 1: Create a new .NET MAUI project

  1. Go to File > New > Project and choose the .NET MAUI App template.
  2. Name the project and choose a location. Then click Next.
  3. Select the .NET framework version and click Create.

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Toolkit NuGet package

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Manage NuGet Packages.
  2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit and install the latest version.
  3. Ensure the necessary dependencies are installed correctly, and the project is restored.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following are set up:

  1. Install .NET 9 SDK or later.
  2. Set up a .NET MAUI environment with Visual Studio Code.
  3. Ensure that the .NET MAUI workloads are installed and configured as described here.

Step 1: Create a new .NET MAUI project

  1. Open the command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P and type .NET:New Project and enter.
  2. Choose the .NET MAUI App template.
  3. Select the project location, type the project name and press Enter.
  4. Then choose Create project.

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Toolkit NuGet package

  1. Press Ctrl + ` (backtick) to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
  2. Ensure you’re in the project root directory where your .csproj file is located.
  3. Run the command dotnet add package Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit to install the Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Toolkit NuGet package.
  4. To ensure all dependencies are installed, run dotnet restore.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following are set up:

  1. Install .NET 9 SDK or later.
  2. Set up a .NET MAUI environment with JetBrains Rider 2024.3 or later.
  3. Make sure the MAUI workloads are installed and configured as described here.

Step 1: Create a new .NET MAUI project

  1. Go to File > New Solution, Select .NET (C#) and choose the .NET MAUI App template.
  2. Enter the Project Name, Solution Name, and Location.
  3. Select the .NET framework version and click Create.

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion® MAUI Toolkit NuGet package

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Manage NuGet Packages.
  2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit and install the latest version.
  3. Ensure the necessary dependencies are installed correctly, and the project is restored. If not, Open the Terminal in Rider and manually run: dotnet restore

Step 3: Register Syncfusion handler

Make sure to add the namespace.

using Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit.Hosting;

Register the Syncfusion toolkit handler in your CreateMauiApp method of MauiProgram.cs file to use Syncfusion controls.

builder.ConfigureSyncfusionToolkit();

Step 4: Import Cards namespace

Add the following namespace in your XAML or C#.

xmlns:chart="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit.Cards;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit"
using Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit.Cards;

Step 5: Add the Cards component

Create an instance for the Card control, and add it as content.

<cards:SfCardView>
    <Label Text="CardView" 
           Background="PeachPuff" 
           HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" 
           VerticalTextAlignment="Center"/>
</cards:SfCardView>
SfCardView cardView = new SfCardView();
    cardView.Content = new Label()
    {
        Text = "CardView",
        HorizontalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center,
        VerticalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center,
        BackgroundColor = Colors.PeachPuff
    };
    this.Content = cardView;

The following screenshot illustrates the result of the above code.

MAUI SfCardView image

Define the card layout

Initialize a card layout with a card view using the provided code sample below.

<cards:SfCardLayout HeightRequest="500" BackgroundColor="#F0F0F0">

    <cards:SfCardView CornerRadius="10">
        <Label  Text="Peach" BackgroundColor="PeachPuff"/>
    </cards:SfCardView>

    <cards:SfCardView CornerRadius="10">
        <Label  Text="MediumPurple" BackgroundColor="MediumPurple"/>
    </cards:SfCardView>

    <cards:SfCardView CornerRadius="10" >
        <Label  Text="LightPink" BackgroundColor="LightPink"/>
    </cards:SfCardView>

</cards:SfCardLayout>
SfCardLayout cardLayout = new SfCardLayout();

    //Add children for card layout 
    cardLayout.Children.Add(new SfCardView() { Content = new Label() { Text = "Peach", BackgroundColor = Colors.PeachPuff }, CornerRadius = 15 });

    cardLayout.Children.Add(new SfCardView() { Content = new Label() { Text = "MediumPurple", BackgroundColor = Colors.MediumPurple },CornerRadius = 15 });

    cardLayout.Children.Add(new SfCardView() { Content = new Label() { Text = "LightPink", BackgroundColor = Colors.LightPink },CornerRadius = 15 });

    this.Content = cardLayout;

The following screenshot illustrates the result of the above code.

MAUI SfCardView image

You can download the Cards Getting Started sample from here.