Getting started with .NET MAUI Linear ProgressBar

29 Jun 20264 minutes to read

This section explains the steps required to add the linear progress bar control with the progress and its customizable elements such as indeterminate, segment, progress fill, and track fill. This section covers only the basic features needed to know and gets started with the Syncfusion® linear progress bar. Follow the steps below to add a .NET MAUI Linear progress bar control to your project.

To get start quickly with our .NET MAUI Linear ProgressBar, check the following video.

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® MAUI ProgressBar NuGet package

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Manage NuGet Packages.
  2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar 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 press 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® MAUI ProgressBar 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.ProgressBar to install the Syncfusion® .NET MAUI ProgressBar 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 ProgressBar NuGet package

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Manage NuGet Packages.
  2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar 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.Core.Hosting;

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

builder.ConfigureSyncfusionCore();

Step 4: Import the ProgressBar namespace

Add the following namespace in your XAML or C#.

xmlns:progressBar="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar"
using Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar;

Step 5: Add a Linear progress bar control

Initialize the SfLinearProgressBar and set the Progress property to display the filling level of the bar.

<progressBar:SfLinearProgressBar Progress="75"/>
SfLinearProgressBar linearProgressBar = new SfLinearProgressBar { Progress = 75 };

NOTE

By default, the value of progress should be specified between 0 and 100. To determine the progress value between 0 and 1, set the Minimum property to 0 and the Maximum property to 1.

The following screenshot illustrates the result of the above code.

.NET MAUI Linear ProgressBar

You can download the Linear ProgressBar Getting Started sample from GitHub.

NOTE