NUI based .NET MAUI handlers

Introduce to NUI based .NET MAUI Handlers for Tizen

The main difference between Xamarin.Forms and .NET MAUI in terms of supporting the Tizen platform is the underlying native UI framework to create .NET MAUI Handlers (and Xamarin.Forms Renderes). Xamarin.Forms supports EFL Elementary, whereas .NET MAUI supports NUI (Natural User Interface).

The overall look and feel differences between EFL and NUI are as follows.

See the section below for more detailed differences.

• .NET MAUI Controls
• .NET MAUI Core, Layouts, Compatibility and other UI concepts

What is NUI?

NUI is Tizen UI Framework for building rich applications even on low-end IoT devices.

• C++ based highly optimized rendering engine(DALi).
  • Rendering thread, data oriented design
• Powerful animation and effects
  • Tween and key frame animation, vector animation (lottie, rive)
• Easy-to-customize UI components.

Please refer to here for more details.

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Look and feel difference of between EFL and NUI (.NET MAUI Controls)

Controls	EFL backend	NUI Backend
Activity Indicator
Button
Button
Button
Button
CheckBox
CarouselView	Not Supported
DatePicker
DatePicker
Editor
Entry
Image
ImageButton
IndicatorView	Not Supported
Label
Label
Picker
Picker
ProgressBar
RadioButton	Not Supported
RadioButton	Not Supported
RadioButton	Not Supported
RefreshView	Not Supported
SearchBar
SearchBar
Slider
Stepper
Switch
Switch
TimePicker
TimePicker
WebView

Look and feel difference of between EFL and NUI (.NET MAUI Core, Compatibility and other UI concepts)

Views	EFL backend	NUI Backend
AbsoluteLayout
BlazorWebView
Brush
ContentPage
ContentView	Not Supported
Clip
DisplayAlerts
DisplayActionSheet
DisplayPrompt
FlexLayout
FlyoutView	Not Supported
Fonts
GraphicsView
Grid
ListView
ListView
Modal Page
ScrollView
Shadow
TableView
TemplatedView	Not Supported
Transformations
Triggers
VisualStates	Not Supported
Adorner	Not Supported
Visual Diagnostics	Not Supported
Window Overlay	Not Supported
Z-Index