MAUI = blazor wasm / server

Dhiogo Acioli 0

I was creating a new project. Even though I chose the Blazor WebAssembly version, it seems that the DLLs used are from Blazor Server, which prevents me from publishing to the static web app (which are exclusive to static sites).

Does MAUI really only work with Blazor Server?

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 68,306 Reputation points

2024-11-24T18:24:31.69+00:00

Blazor has multiple templates. You are using the Blazor WebApp template that supports both server and WASM and pre-render for both. Even in WASM mode, the server code does a prerender.

if you want to create a WASM for static hosting, you are using the wrong template. You want the blazor webassembly standalone template. Or just

% dotnet new blazorwasm
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Dhiogo Acioli 0 Reputation points

2024-11-25T12:09:05.9066667+00:00

I wasn't talking about Blazor, but about MAUI. In the new Visual Studio template, you choose the type of Blazor you want to work with. And it seems to me that even if you choose Blazor WebAssembly, the references are to Blazor Server, but I could be wrong.

Dhiogo Acioli 0 Reputation points

2024-11-25T12:09:47.4033333+00:00

I wasn't talking about Blazor, but about MAUI. In the new Visual Studio template, you choose the type of Blazor you want to work with. And it seems to me that even if you choose Blazor WebAssembly, the references are to Blazor Server, but I could be wrong.

Bruce (SqlWork.com) 68,306 Reputation points

2024-11-25T16:59:20.8466667+00:00

The new Blazor templates places the Blazor code in a separate project where the default behavior is client render (wasm). This project can be referenced by a separate Blazor Server hosting project (which would override the render modes) or Maui hybrid hosting project (which does not override the render mode).

Currently Maui hosts Blazor as a WASM hosted by a webview. If you want Blazor Server support in Maui, you would have a separate Blazor server project. Then create a non Blazor Maui project. In the Maui project you would use webview to host the Blazor server app.

Note: Blazor Server use signal/r as a communication network between the Blazor code and javascript render engine. In WASM the browser WASM messaging framework is used for the communication. Maui uses Webview/WASM, but in addition exposes MAUI objects to the webview, which Blazor can interact with via jsinterop.
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