ServerDrivenUI.Maui 8.0.66-pre

Maui.ServerDrivenUI

Server Driven UI library for dotnet MAUI. New features to be deployed on all platforms simultaneously via a backend change, without releasing new versions of the native apps.

Sample Api Response: https://serverdrivenui.azurewebsites.net/ServerDrivenUI?key=MyView

Getting started

• Install the ServerDrivenUI.Maui package

Install-Package ServerDrivenUI.Maui -Version 8.0.31-pre

• Add UseServerDrivenUI declaration to your MauiAppBuilder and configure it to connect to your API

public static class MauiProgram
{
	public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
	{
            var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
            builder
            .UseMauiApp<App>()
            .ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
            {
                fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
                fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Semibold.ttf", "OpenSansSemibold");
            })
            .ConfigureServerDrivenUI(s =>
            {
                s.RegisterElementGetter((key, provider) => provider.GetService<IYourApiService>().YourApiMethod(key)); //Register which api will be used to get the UI

                s.AddServerElement("MyView"); // Register the visual elements that will follow server driven ui
            });

		return builder.Build();
	}
}

• You can now use the ServerDrivenUI Elements, defining the key that will be used to get the UI from the API
• You can also define a LoadingTemplate and an ErrorTemplate to be shown while the UI is being fetched from the API

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage
    x:Class="Maui.ServerDrivenUI.Sample.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml">

    <ServerDrivenView x:Name="sduiView" ServerKey="MyView">
        <ServerDrivenView.ErrorTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackLayout>
                    <Label Text="Unexpected error" />
                </StackLayout>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ServerDrivenView.ErrorTemplate>

        <ServerDrivenView.LoadingTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackLayout>
                    <Label Text="Loading..." />
                </StackLayout>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ServerDrivenView.LoadingTemplate>
    </ServerDrivenView>

</ContentPage>

IOS

We need to set the interpreter to allow the Xaml loader to work

  <PropertyGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-ios'))">
    <UseInterpreter>true</UseInterpreter>
    <MtouchInterpreter>-all</MtouchInterpreter>
  </PropertyGroup>

Know issues

MAUI 16809 - Label().LoadFromXaml does not work when using Label.FormattedText

We are currently doing a workaround to make FormattedText work with ServerDrivenUI

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