.NET MAUI › Shell Navigation

What is .NET MAUI Shell?

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Answer

Shell is an app container that provides a common navigation structure: a flyout menu, bottom tabs, top tabs, and URI-based routing. It reduces boilerplate compared to manually composing NavigationPage and TabbedPage, and centralizes navigation, search handlers, and styling.

<Shell xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
       x:Class="MyApp.AppShell">
    <FlyoutItem Title="Home">
        <ShellContent ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate local:HomePage}" />
    </FlyoutItem>
</Shell>

Real-world example A team gets a flyout, tabs, and deep-link routing for free by defining one AppShell instead of wiring navigation pages by hand.

Common follow-ups: What navigation styles does Shell offer? | How do you register routes?

Navigation Flyout Tabs