Getting Started with .NET MAUI Effects View

13 Nov 20243 minutes to read

This section guides you through setting up and configuring a Effects View in your .NET MAUI application. Follow the steps below to add Effects View to your project.

To quickly get started with the .NET MAUI Effects View, watch this video.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following are set up:

Install .NET 8 SDK or later is installed.
Set up a .NET MAUI environment with Visual Studio 2022 (v17.3 or later) or Visual Studio Code. For Visual Studio Code users, ensure that the .NET MAUI workload is installed and configured as described here..

Step 1: Create a New MAUI Project

Visual Studio

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

Visual Studio Code

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

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion MAUI Core NuGet Package

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

Step 3: Register the handler

Syncfusion.Maui.Core NuGet is a dependent package for all Syncfusion controls of .NET MAUI. In the MauiProgram.cs file, register the handler for Syncfusion core.

using Microsoft.Maui;
using Microsoft.Maui.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility;
using Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Xaml;
using Syncfusion.Maui.Core.Hosting;

namespace EffectsViewMauiSample
{
  public static class MauiProgram
  {
	public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
	{
		var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
		builder
		.UseMauiApp<App>()
		.ConfigureSyncfusionCore()
		.ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
		{
			fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
		});
		return builder.Build();
	}  
  }
}

Step 4: Add a Basic Effects View

To initialize the control, import the Core namespace into your code.
Initialize SfEffectsView

XAML
C#
<ContentPage 
            ...
            xmlns:effectsView="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Core;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Core">
    <ContentPage.Content> 
	 	<effectsView:SfEffectsView /> 
	</ContentPage.Content> 
</ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.Maui.Core;

namespace EffectsViewMauiSample   
{  
	public partial class MainPage : ContentPage                  
	{ 
	    SfEffectsView effectsView;

		public MainPage()   
		{   
			InitializeComponent();       
			effectsView = new SfEffectsView(); 
			this.Content = effectsView;  
		}  
	}  
}

Effects View Initialization

NOTE

You can refer to our .NET MAUI Effects View feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our .NET MAUI Effects View Example that shows you how to render the Effects View in .NET MAUI.