Getting Started with .NET MAUI Tab View

24 Jun 202619 minutes to read

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.

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

• Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• JetBrains Rider

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 select 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 Tab View NuGet package

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Manage NuGet Packages.
2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.TabView and install the latest version.
3. 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.

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.Core.Hosting;

namespace TabViewGettingStarted
{
    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 Tab View

1. To initialize the control, import the Tab View namespace into your code.

XAML

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

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.TabView;

1. Initialize SfTabView.

XAML

<tabView:SfTabView />

C#

SfTabView tabView = new SfTabView(); 
this.Content = tabView;

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^® MAUI Tab View 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.TabView to install the Syncfusion^® .NET MAUI Tab View package.
4. To ensure all dependencies are installed, run dotnet restore.

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.

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.Core.Hosting;

namespace TabViewGettingStarted
{
    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 Tab View

1. To initialize the control, import the Tab View namespace into your code.

XAML

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

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.TabView;

1. Initialize SfTabView.

XAML

<tabView:SfTabView />

C#

SfTabView tabView = new SfTabView(); 
this.Content = tabView;

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 Tab View NuGet package

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

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.Core.Hosting;

namespace TabViewGettingStarted
{
    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 Tab View

1. To initialize the control, import the Tab View namespace into your code.

XAML

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

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.TabView;

1. Initialize SfTabView.

XAML

<tabView:SfTabView />

C#

SfTabView tabView = new SfTabView(); 
this.Content = tabView;

Step 5: Populate tab items in .NET MAUI Tab View

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

XAML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage 
        . . .
        xmlns:tabView="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.TabView;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.TabView">
    <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:String>Alex</x:String>
                                <x:String>Clara</x:String>
                            </x:Array>
                        </CollectionView.ItemsSource>
                        <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                    <Grid Margin="10,5" HeightRequest="40">
                                        <Label
                                            VerticalOptions="Start"
                                            HorizontalOptions="Start"
                                            TextColor="#666666"
                                            FontSize="16"
                                            Text="{Binding}"/>
                                    </Grid>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                    </CollectionView>
            </tabView:SfTabItem>
            <tabView:SfTabItem Header="Contacts">
                    <Grid BackgroundColor="Blue"/>
            </tabView:SfTabItem>
        </tabView:SfTabView.Items>
    </tabView:SfTabView>
</ContentPage>

C#

using Syncfusion.Maui.TabView;

namespace TabViewGettingStarted
{
    public partial class TabView : ContentPage
    {
        public TabView ()
        {
            InitializeComponent ();
            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", "Alex", "Clara" };
            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;
        }
    }
}

NOTE

You can download the getting started project of this demo from GitHub. You can refer to our .NET MAUI Tab View feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our .NET MAUI Tab View example that shows you how to render the .NET MAUI Tab View.

See also

How to load content page to tab page in .NET MAUI Tab View?

How to Load Different Content Page as tab items content in .NET MAUI Tab View?

How to set the BindingContext for .NET MAUI TabItem using various pages?

How to integrate .NET MAUI Tab View with Android native embedding?

How to integrate .NET MAUI Tab View with iOS native embedding?

How to customize .NET MAUI Tab View header with navigation arrows?