Register DevExpress NuGet Gallery to Access Mobile UI for .NET MAUI

• Feb 22, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

We distribute the DevExpress Mobile UI suite through our NuGet Gallery. This topic explains how to register the DevExpress NuGet Gallery as a package source in Visual Studio. Once registered, review the following help topic to add NuGet packages to your project: Build Your First App with DevExpress Mobile UI for .NET MAUI.

Note

This document was written under the presumption that you are a registered customer and have reserved your free copy of DevExpress Mobile UI for .NET MAUI and Xamarin.Forms.

Register DevExpress NuGet Gallery in Visual Studio

Follow the steps below to obtain your NuGet feed URL and register it inside Visual Studio:

1. Visit nuget.devexpress.com, log in as a registered DevExpress customer, and click Obtain Feed URL.

   

2. At the bottom of this same page, click Copy to Clipboard to copy your unique NuGet feed URL to the clipboard.

   

3. Register your personal NuGet feed as a package source in Visual Studio.

   Visual Studio

   Navigate to Tools | Options | NuGet Package Manager | Package Source and add your personal NuGet feed to the list of package sources.

   

   Visual Studio for Mac

   Navigate to Visual Studio | Preferences | NuGet | Sources and add your personal NuGet feed to the list of sources.

   

Troubleshooting

Error

<feed name> Unable to load the service index for source https://nuget.devexpress.com/…/api.
The content at 'https://nuget.devexpress.com/…/api' is not a valid JSON object.
Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.

Solution

1. Open the nuget.config file and specify the added feed’s protocolVersion property to 2:

   XAML

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <configuration>
       <packageSources>
           <add key="DevExpress" value="https://nuget.devexpress.com/.../api" protocolVersion="2" />
       </packageSources>
   </configuration>
   

2. Restart Visual Studio.

Refer to the following topic Microsoft help topic to locate nuget.config: Config file locations and uses.