Getting Started with .NET MAUI Tab View

This section guides you through setting up and configuring a SfTabView in your .NET MAUI application. Follow the steps below to add a basic Tab View 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 Tab View namespace

Add the following namespace in your XAML or C#.

xmlns:tabView="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit.TabView;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit"
using Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit.TabView;

Step 5: Add the Tab View component

Tab items can be added to the control using the Items property of SfTabView.

The following examples demonstrate how to add tab items to the SfTabView control using both XAML and C# approaches.

<tabView:SfTabView x:Name="tabView">
    <tabView:SfTabView.Items>
        <tabView:SfTabItem Header="Call">
            <Grid BackgroundColor="Red" />
        </tabView:SfTabItem>
        <tabView:SfTabItem Header="Favorites">
            <CollectionView>
                <CollectionView.ItemsSource>
                    <x:Array Type="{x:Type x:String}">
                        <x:String>James</x:String>
                        <x:String>Richard</x:String>
                        <x:String>Michael</x:String>
                    </x:Array>
                </CollectionView.ItemsSource>
                <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <Grid Margin="10,5" HeightRequest="40">
                            <Label TextColor="#666666" Text="{Binding}"/>
                        </Grid>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
            </CollectionView>
        </tabView:SfTabItem>
        <tabView:SfTabItem Header="Contacts">
            <Grid BackgroundColor="Blue"/>
        </tabView:SfTabItem>
    </tabView:SfTabView.Items>
</tabView:SfTabView>
var tabView = new SfTabView();
var callTab = new SfTabItem { Header = "Call" };
tabView.Items.Add(callTab);
var favoritesTab = new SfTabItem { Header = "Favorites" };
var collectionView = new CollectionView();
var itemsSource = new string[] { "James", "Richard", "Michael" };
collectionView.ItemsSource = itemsSource;
collectionView.ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
{
    var grid = new Grid
    {
        Margin = new Thickness(10, 5),
        HeightRequest = 40
    };
    var label = new Label
    {
        VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Start,
        HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Start,
        TextColor = Color.FromArgb("#666666"),
        FontSize = 16
    };
    label.SetBinding(Label.TextProperty, ".");
    grid.Children.Add(label);
    return grid;
});

favoritesTab.Content = collectionView;
tabView.Items.Add(favoritesTab);
var contactsTab = new SfTabItem { Header = "Contacts" };
contactsTab.Content = new Grid
{
    BackgroundColor = Colors.Blue
};
tabView.Items.Add(contactsTab);

this.Content = tabView;

Getting started with .NET MAUI Tab View.

You can download the TabView Getting Started sample from here.