David Britch

In .NET MAUI 9, the Compatibility package is no longer referenced from the project template, and hence no longer added to new projects. Go through the docs/samples and remove it....

.NET MAUI 9 adds the following iOS platform-specifics, which were present in Xamarin.Forms: - `PrefersHomeIndicatorAutoHidden` - `PrefersStatusBarHidden` - `PreferredStatusBarUpdateAnimation` More info: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/20069

In .NET 9, `HideSoftInputOnTappedChanged` is enabled for MacCat. More info: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/21529

In .NET 9, you can drag from outside the app on iOS/MacCat/Windows with a `DropGestureRecognizer`. More info: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/21684

In .NET 9, `TimePicker` gains a `TimeSelected` event. More info: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/21156

In .NET MAUI 9, support has been added for justifying text using `HorizontalTextAlignment.Justify`. More info: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/24376

In .NET MAUI 9 there's a source generator that allows developers to call the `SetBinding` extension method to define bindings on their bindable objects using `Func` instead of `string` paths....

In .NET MAUI 9, there's a better API for Native Embedding scenarios. Version the native embedding doc and sample to reflect this. For more info, see: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/23887 and https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/23642 ---...

The content quality score for the repo in July was 79.31%. This needs bringing up to > 85%, and was achieved with last months work which brought the score up...

Workloads have been bumped: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/24263