What is MauiReactor?

Describes what MauiReactor is and why you should be interested

MauiReactor is a .NET library that implements a component-based UI framework on top of the .NET MAUI.

MauiReactor version 2 features a new way to write components. Some code on this documentation site uses the classic format. The writing component using the old way is perfectly valid and working, and will be maintained/supported also in the coming versions. Choosing between the two formats is up to you and your preferences.

If you already have some experience in React Native, Flutter, or Swift you may find some similarities. MauiReactor borrows some implementation designs from them while maintaining the normal MAUI application development you're used to.

NO XAML needed, just using C# you can write fluent declarative UI with MauiReactor components:

class MainPage : Component
{
    public override VisualNode Render()
        => ContentPage("Login",
            VStack( // Vertical Stack
                Label("User:"),
                Entry(),
                Label("Password:"),
                Entry(),
                HStack( // Horizontal Stack
                    Button("Login"),
                    Button("Register")
                )
            )
            .Center()
        );
}

ReactorMaui ports .NET MAUI controls to C#:

1. Dependency properties that deal with simple types (i.e. excluding templates or views) are translated to Prop fluent methods:

   Button()
        .Text("Click!")

2. Events are translated to methods that accept a callback:

    Button()
         .OnClicked(()=> ...)

You can read for examples and more complex controls at Controls

Also, you can opt to use ReactorMaui C# components within XAML files as described at XAML Integration

Good to know: There are several design patterns you can choose when you build a UI. One of the most adopted is the MVVM (Model-View-View-Model) approach, used for years to build desktop and mobile applications. React made famous the MVU (Model-View-Update) pattern that aims to solve some issues of the first one. MAUI app defaults to MVVM while MauiReactor lets you build a MAUI app using the MVU pattern.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/adospace/reactorui-maui