Enhanced BeginnersSeries sample (MauiApp2) to be more beginner's frie…

…ndly

- Updated solution, project and namespace to 'BeginnersTask' to be aligned with other samples naming structure
- Fixed missing indents
- Added comment to MauiProgram.cs with helpful links to Microsoft Learn
- Added comment to MainViewModel.cs with helpful code pointers to see related setups and receivers of routings

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2.sln → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask.sln

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 # Visual Studio Version 17
 VisualStudioVersion = 17.0.31611.283
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
-Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MauiApp2", "MauiApp2\MauiApp2.csproj", "{E00D4313-A6CA-4A1D-A1DB-C242961F1D15}"
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "BeginnersTask", "BeginnersTask\BeginnersTask.csproj", "{E00D4313-A6CA-4A1D-A1DB-C242961F1D15}"
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/App.xaml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/App.xaml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" ?>
 <Application xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
-             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiApp2"
-             x:Class="MauiApp2.App">
+             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:BeginnersTasks"
+             x:Class="BeginnersTasks.App">
     <Application.Resources>
         <ResourceDictionary>
             <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/App.xaml.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/App.xaml.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public partial class App : Application
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/AppShell.xaml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/AppShell.xaml

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <Shell
-    x:Class="MauiApp2.AppShell"
+    x:Class="BeginnersTasks.AppShell"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
-    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiApp2"
+    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:BeginnersTasks"
     Shell.FlyoutBehavior="Disabled">
     <ShellContent
         Title="Home"
         ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate local:MainPage}"
         Route="MainPage" />
-
 </Shell>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/AppShell.xaml.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/AppShell.xaml.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public partial class AppShell : Shell
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/MauiApp2.csproj → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/BeginnersTask.csproj

@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
 		<!-- For example: <RuntimeIdentifiers>maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> -->
 
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-		<RootNamespace>MauiApp2</RootNamespace>
+		<RootNamespace>BeginnersTasks</RootNamespace>
 		<UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
 		<SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 
 		<!-- Display name -->
-		<ApplicationTitle>MauiApp2</ApplicationTitle>
+		<ApplicationTitle>BeginnersTasks</ApplicationTitle>
 
 		<!-- App Identifier -->
-		<ApplicationId>com.companyname.mauiapp2</ApplicationId>
+		<ApplicationId>com.companyname.BeginnersTasks</ApplicationId>
 
 		<!-- Versions -->
 		<ApplicationDisplayVersion>1.0</ApplicationDisplayVersion>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/DetailPage.xaml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/DetailPage.xaml

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
-             x:Class="MauiApp2.DetailPage"
-             xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:MauiApp2.ViewModel"
+             x:Class="BeginnersTasks.DetailPage"
+             xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:BeginnersTasks.ViewModel"
              x:DataType="viewmodel:DetailViewModel"
              Title="DetailPage">
     <StackLayout Padding="20">
         <Label Text="{Binding Text}"
                FontSize="25"
-                VerticalOptions="Center" 
-                HorizontalOptions="Center" />
+               VerticalOptions="Center" 
+               HorizontalOptions="Center" />
 
         <Button Text="Go Back"
                 Command="{Binding GoBackCommand}"/>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/DetailPage.xaml.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/DetailPage.xaml.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using MauiApp2.ViewModel;
+using BeginnersTasks.ViewModel;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public partial class DetailPage : ContentPage
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/MainPage.xaml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/MainPage.xaml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
-             x:Class="MauiApp2.MainPage"
-             xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:MauiApp2.ViewModel"
+             x:Class="BeginnersTasks.MainPage"
+             xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:BeginnersTasks.ViewModel"
              x:DataType="viewmodel:MainViewModel">
 
     <Grid RowDefinitions="100, Auto, *"

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/MainPage.xaml.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/MainPage.xaml.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using MauiApp2.ViewModel;
+using BeginnersTasks.ViewModel;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/MauiProgram.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/MauiProgram.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using MauiApp2.ViewModel;
+using BeginnersTasks.ViewModel;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public static class MauiProgram
 {
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
 				fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
 				fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Semibold.ttf", "OpenSansSemibold");
 			});
-
+
+		// See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/dependency-injection#service-lifetimes
+		// to understand the differences between [AddSingleton] and [AddTransient].
+
 		builder.Services.AddSingleton<IConnectivity>(Connectivity.Current);
 
 		builder.Services.AddSingleton<MainPage>();
 		builder.Services.AddSingleton<MainViewModel>();
 
-
         builder.Services.AddTransient<DetailPage>();
         builder.Services.AddTransient<DetailViewModel>();
 

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Android/AndroidManifest.xml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Android/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-	<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/appicon" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/appicon_round" android:supportsRtl="true"></application>
+	<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/appicon" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/appicon_round" android:supportsRtl="true" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 </manifest>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Android/MainActivity.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Android/MainActivity.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 using Android.Content.PM;
 using Android.OS;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 [Activity(Theme = "@style/Maui.SplashTheme", MainLauncher = true, ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.ScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Orientation | ConfigChanges.UiMode | ConfigChanges.ScreenLayout | ConfigChanges.SmallestScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Density)]
 public class MainActivity : MauiAppCompatActivity

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Android/MainApplication.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Android/MainApplication.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using Android.App;
 using Android.Runtime;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 [Application]
 public class MainApplication : MauiApplication

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/iOS/AppDelegate.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/MacCatalyst/AppDelegate.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using Foundation;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 [Register("AppDelegate")]
 public class AppDelegate : MauiUIApplicationDelegate

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/iOS/Program.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Program.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using ObjCRuntime;
 using UIKit;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public class Program
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Tizen/Main.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Tizen/Main.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Maui;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Hosting;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 class Program : MauiApplication
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Tizen/tizen-manifest.xml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Tizen/tizen-manifest.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<manifest package="com.companyname.MauiApp2" version="1.0.0" api-version="7" xmlns="http://tizen.org/ns/packages">
+<manifest package="com.companyname.BeginnersTask" version="1.0.0" api-version="7" xmlns="http://tizen.org/ns/packages">
   <profile name="common" />
-  <ui-application appid="com.companyname.MauiApp2" exec="MauiApp2.dll" multiple="false" nodisplay="false" taskmanage="true" type="dotnet" launch_mode="single">
-    <label>MauiApp2</label>
+  <ui-application appid="com.companyname.BeginnersTask" exec="BeginnersTask.dll" multiple="false" nodisplay="false" taskmanage="true" type="dotnet" launch_mode="single">
+    <label>BeginnersTask</label>
     <icon>appicon.xhigh.png</icon>
     <metadata key="http://tizen.org/metadata/prefer_dotnet_aot" value="true" />
   </ui-application>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Windows/App.xaml → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Windows/App.xaml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <maui:MauiWinUIApplication
-    x:Class="MauiApp2.WinUI.App"
+    x:Class="BeginnersTasks.WinUI.App"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
     xmlns:maui="using:Microsoft.Maui"
-    xmlns:local="using:MauiApp2.WinUI">
+    xmlns:local="using:BeginnersTasks.WinUI">
 
 </maui:MauiWinUIApplication>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Windows/App.xaml.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Windows/App.xaml.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // To learn more about WinUI, the WinUI project structure,
 // and more about our project templates, see: http://aka.ms/winui-project-info.
 
-namespace MauiApp2.WinUI;
+namespace BeginnersTasks.WinUI;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Provides application-specific behavior to supplement the default Application class.

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/Windows/app.manifest → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/Windows/app.manifest

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
-  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MauiApp2.WinUI.app"/>
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="BeginnersTasks.WinUI.app"/>
 
   <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
     <windowsSettings>

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/MacCatalyst/AppDelegate.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/iOS/AppDelegate.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using Foundation;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 [Register("AppDelegate")]
 public class AppDelegate : MauiUIApplicationDelegate

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Program.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/Platforms/iOS/Program.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using ObjCRuntime;
 using UIKit;
 
-namespace MauiApp2;
+namespace BeginnersTasks;
 
 public class Program
 {

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/ViewModel/DetailViewModel.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/ViewModel/DetailViewModel.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 
-namespace MauiApp2.ViewModel;
+namespace BeginnersTasks.ViewModel;
 
 [QueryProperty("Text", "Text")]
 public partial class DetailViewModel : ObservableObject

8.0/Beginners-Series/MauiApp2/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs → 8.0/Beginners-Series/BeginnersTask/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 
-namespace MauiApp2.ViewModel;
+namespace BeginnersTasks.ViewModel;
 
 public partial class MainViewModel : ObservableObject
 {
-    IConnectivity connectivity;
+    readonly IConnectivity connectivity;
     public MainViewModel(IConnectivity connectivity)
     {
-        Items = new ObservableCollection<string>();
+        Items = [];
         this.connectivity = connectivity;
     }
 
@@ -23,23 +23,30 @@ public MainViewModel(IConnectivity connectivity)
     [RelayCommand]
     async Task Add()
     {
+        // Assure text is not empty
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Text))
             return;
 
+        // Assure there's an internet connection
+        // else show an alert
         if(connectivity.NetworkAccess != NetworkAccess.Internet)
         {
             await Shell.Current.DisplayAlert("Uh Oh!", "No Internet", "OK");
             return;
         }
 
+        // Add text to list of todos
         Items.Add(Text);
-        // add our item
+
+        // Reset Text
         Text = string.Empty;
     }
 
     [RelayCommand]
     void Delete(string s)
     {
+        // If the list of todos contains
+        // given string, remove it from list
         if(Items.Contains(s))
         {
             Items.Remove(s);
@@ -49,7 +56,9 @@ void Delete(string s)
     [RelayCommand]
     async Task Tap(string s)
     {
+        // Trigger a navigation to the detail page
+        //  - See [AppShell] for how to add a routing to the app's navigation
+        //  - See [DetailViewModel] for how to resolve the 'Text' query parameter
         await Shell.Current.GoToAsync($"{nameof(DetailPage)}?Text={s}");
     }
-
 }