Create a Modern Conversational UI with the .NET MAUI Chat Control
Tags: dotnetmaui, mobile, maui, webinar
Published: 2024-04-19 20:40:44

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This blog provides the show notes for our April 11, 2024, webinar, “Create a Modern Conversational UI with the .NET MAUI Chat Control.” The webinar was presented and hosted by Vinoth Kumar Sundara Moorthy, a product manager at Syncfusion. If you missed it, or would like to watch it again, you can do so on our [YouTube channel](https://youtu.be/w83h7io8KCQ "Create a Modern Conversational UI with the .NET MAUI Chat Control [Webinar] on YouTube").

## Overview

In this webinar, we discovered the power of the [.NET MAUI Chat](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-chat ".NET MAUI Chat control") control! We explored its fully customizable conversational UI, ideal for displaying conversations between two or more users. We also took a look at the new controls and features rolled out with [Essential Studio’s 2024 Volume 1](https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/187257/essential-studio-2024-volume-1-main-release-v25-1-35-is-available-for-download "Essential Studio 2024 Volume 1") release.

## Timestamps

[[00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83h7io8KCQ&t=0s "Introduction and Agenda")] Introduction and Agenda

[[00:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83h7io8KCQ&t=44s "Prerequisites")] Prerequisites

[[01:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83h7io8KCQ&t=66s "Demo Starts")] Demo Starts

[[30:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83h7io8KCQ&t=1854s "What's New in 2024 Volume 1")] What’s New in 2024 Volume 1

[[38:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83h7io8KCQ&t=2317s "Closing Notes")] Closing Notes

## Q&A

**Q:**  **Can we have the sender and receiver names set programmatically instead of hard-coded?**

**A:** We can set sender and receiver names by binding or setting values directly to the **Message.Author** property and binding that [Message](https://help.syncfusion.com/maui/chat/messages "Messages in .NET MAUI Chat (SfChat)") as the **ItemsSource** of Chat.

## Summary

During this webinar, we demonstrated how to create modern chat layouts, display messages in various formats, including text and images, and dynamically send messages using external text boxes and buttons. We hope you enjoyed this webinar. Please keep an eye out for our future .NET MAUI webinars. 

## Recommended resources (related links):

- [What’s New in .NET MAUI 2024 Volume 1](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/dotnet-maui-2024-volume-1 "Blog: Introducing the 11th Set of New .NET MAUI Controls and Features") 
- [Introducing the New .NET MAUI Chat Control](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/dotnet-maui-chat-control "Blog: Introducing the New .NET MAUI Chat Control")
- [Introducing the New .NET MAUI Polar Charts Control](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/dotnet-maui-polar-charts-control "Blog: Introducing the New .NET MAUI Polar Charts Control")
- [Introducing the New .NET MAUI TreeMap Control](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/dotnet-maui-treemap-control "Blog: Introducing the New .NET MAUI TreeMap Control")