This was announced by Microsoft .NET MAUI Community Toolkit v1.3 now available. The toolkit is a library of .NET MAUI extensions, UI/UX controls, and other behaviors created by the .NET community.
New in this release is a new behavior that allows you to customize the appearance of the status bar on iOS and Android. Because it is a behavior, the style can be changed on a page-by-page basis or dynamically in response to user actions or status. Currently, the two properties that can be changed are the background color of the status bar and make the text and icons in the status bar light, dark, or the system default.
Gravators (globally recognized avatars) can now be displayed next to people’s names or email addresses using the GravatarImageSource property. Gravatars are commonly used in forums or blog post comments to identify users. This property can be used anywhere ImageSource is normally used.
This release also improves animations in .NET MAUI. Introduced the FadeAnimation property, which allows you to animate the opacity of visual elements. According to Microsoft, this allows you to create animations that respond to user interaction. The company also plans to add flip, rotate, zoom and shake animations in the next release.
Finally, Source Link, which is a tool that provides debugging for binaries, has been included for .NET MAUI Community Toolkit builds. The company believes this will provide a better debugging experience.
