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Getting Started with the .NET MAUI DatePicker

This guide provides the information you need to start using the Telerik UI for .NET MAUI DatePicker by adding the control to your project.

At the end, you will achieve the following result:

DatePicker Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before adding the DatePicker, you need to:

  1. Set up your .NET MAUI application.

  2. Download Telerik UI for .NET MAUI.

  3. Install Telerik UI for .NET MAUI.

Define the Control

1. When the your .NET MAUI application is set up, you are ready to add a DatePicker control to your page.

<telerik:RadDatePicker x:Name="datePicker" />

2. Add the following namespace:

xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2022/xaml/maui"

3. Register the Telerik controls through the Telerik.Maui.Controls.Compatibility.UseTelerik extension method called inside the CreateMauiApp method of the MauiProgram.cs file of your project:

using Telerik.Maui.Controls.Compatibility;

public static class MauiProgram
{
public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
{
    var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
    builder
        .UseTelerik()
        .UseMauiApp<App>()
        .ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
        {
            fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
        });

    return builder.Build();
}
}           

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