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Migrating the Entry from Xamarin to .NET MAUI

Telerik .NET MAUI Entry control preserves the same API as the Xamarin.Forms Entry with a few changes and improvements listed below.

Migrating the Namespaces

Control Control name XAML Namespcace C# Namespace
Xamarin Entry RadEntry xmlns:telerikInput="clr-namespace:Telerik.XamarinForms.Input;assembly=Telerik.XamarinForms.Input" using Telerik.XamarinForms.Input;
.NET MAUI Entry RadEntry xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2022/xaml/maui" using Telerik.Maui.Controls;

Modifying the API

Xamarin Entry .NET MAUI Entry
WatermarkText Placeholder
WatermarkTextColor PlaceholderColor
- CharacterSpacing
- IsTextPredictionEnabled
- ReturnType
- ClearButtonVisibility
CompletedCommand ReturnCommand
BorderStyle.BorderColor BorderBrush
BorderStyle.BorderThickness BorderThickness
BorderStyle.CornerRadius CornerRadius
- ClearButtonColor
- FocusedBorderBrush
- FocusedBorderThickness

For a complete guide on app migration to .NET MAUI, go to Migrating Xamarin to MAUI topic.

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