Build Controls from Sources

• Nov 12, 2024
• 2 minutes to read

This topic describes how to build DevExpress .NET MAUI Controls from source code.

Download .NET MAUI Source Code

Our Universal Subscription includes the source code of our .NET MAUI components.

You can download the source code from our Download Manager (an active Universal subscription/license is required).

Requirements

You can build controls only on MacOS. The development environments and required frameworks are listed below:

• XCode 16
• OpenJDK 17
• Android Studio 2023.2.1+
  • Platform Tools 35+
  • CMake
• Ensure you define the ANDROID_HOME and JAVA_HOME environment variables.
• Mono 6.12.0
• .NET 9.0 RC2 or later, with .NET MAUI workload installed
• Latest npm

Build Sources

The downloaded source code includes the build.cake file. Follow the steps below to build the source code:

1. Unzip the source-code.zip file and open the unzipped folder.
2. Open your terminal application in the folder with the build.cake file.
3. Run the dotnet tool restore command to install the .NET local tools that are in scope for the current directory.
4. Run the dotnet cake command to build the .NET MAUI Controls from the source code.

Build Artifacts

After the build is complete, you can find build artifacts in the following folders:

• The artifacts/packages folder contains NuGet packages.
• The artifacts/logs folder contains build logs.
• Binaries
  • The Binaries.Analyzers folder contains assembles for code analyzers.
  • The Binaries.Android folder contains assembles built for .net8.0-android.
  • The Binaries.iOS folder contains assembles built for .net8.0-ios.
  • The Binaries.NET folder contains assembles built for .NET 8.