Roundup of .NET MAUI. - Week of July 11, 2022
Published: 2022-07-18 16:33:16

Wow, lots of libraries and especially videos this week about [.NET MAUI](https://dot.net/maui). I just got back from a full week at HQ in Redmond meeting with teammates I haven't seen in more than 2 years or...ever. 

Table of Contents:
* [Libraries](#libraries)
* [Videos](#videos)

## Libraries <a name="libraries"></a>

### Material Color Utilities

A .NET MAUI implementation of a Google library, this gives you Material Design colors so you can easily utilize them in your app plus some helpers. You can use the colors as defined, or add your own overrides and fallbacks. The readme has code snippets:

{% embed https://github.com/albi005/MaterialColorUtilities %}

https://www.nuget.org/packages/MaterialColorUtilities.Maui

https://github.com/albi005/MaterialColorUtilities

### TeeChart

Steema has released an update to TeeChart for .NET MAUI. This includes charts, map, and gauge controls covering dozens of use cases.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Steema.TeeChart.NET.MAUI/4.2022.7.13-beta

### Community Toolkit

The team shipped 1.1.0 and Pedro Jesus has [guest-blogged about customizing controls](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/customizing-dotnet-maui-controls/) and the toolkit. This release includes the long awaited (BY ME) IconTintColorBehavior!

```
<Image Source="home.png">
    <Image.Behaviors>
        <mct:IconTintColorBehavior TintColor="Purple"/>
    </Image.Behaviors>
</Image>
```

https://www.nuget.org/packages/CommunityToolkit.Maui

### SkiaSharp Various Packages

Matthew Leibowitz on the .NET MAUI team shipped a bunch of updates this past week, including a SkiaSharp view for .NET MAUI that plays Lottie animations! 

{% embed https://twitter.com/mattleibow/status/1547901227341455369?s=20&t=l8H9XmgVd4rfSv43eLoQyg %}

{% embed https://twitter.com/jfversluis/status/1547921573700456450?s=20&t=l8H9XmgVd4rfSv43eLoQyg %}

[All the NuGets](https://www.nuget.org/packages?q=Tags:%22skiasharp.extended%22&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=skiasharp.extended)

### XCalendar

I may have highlighted this one before. I've built calendar controls before, and it's so fun I would prefer to just use something like this. ;) Check it out.

![XCalendar screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73718829/150847171-290910bf-1751-409d-a622-39d3e14687b4.jpg)

https://www.nuget.org/packages/XCalendar.Maui/4.0.0-pre1

### Serilog

Now with .NET MAUI support.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Serilog.Sinks.Xamarin/1.0.0-dev-00104-fd287b7

## YouTube <a name="videos"></a>

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ZFyDkVv4M %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrJIeYGOO-k %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-IpztV9rM %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApMpAm5m_A %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5zpEbwViE %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KDP_6au3k %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuAjxoVTBH8 %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5qGFV_CH0 %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LcMbKZ56lY %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsDJEpgOhfU %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK8u3MmXnjE %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d7xLErPm9o %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd7BW3gCCRY %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUi9_GbQkU %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZfv-rkbpHc %}

{% embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSdQaaaLjUY %}