Xamarin.Essentials & Maui

Question

Hi,

I have existing xamarin code using Xamarin.Essentials for GeolocationRequest, SecureStorage etc..

What's the advice on doing this in maui? Still use Xamarin.Essentials nuget? Or is there an alternative mechanism in maui to do these android/ios operations?

Thanks
Mark

Answer 1

The Xamarin.Essentials classes are included in MAUI proper rather than being pulled out into a separate library.

Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.GeoLocationRequest
Microsoft.Maui.Storage.SecureStorage

You can use the .Net API Browser to see what classes are available. If you know a class name (or can get close) you can search to find its namespace.