Deprecation of `ListView` in .NET 10 MAUI

[PureWeen]

Deprecation of ListView in .NET 10 MAUI

Summary

Starting with .NET 10 MAUI, ListView and all related cell types (TextCell, ImageCell, ViewCell, etc.) will be marked as obsolete. Significant improvements are being made to the CollectionView experience in .NET 10 and .NET 9 to address developer pain points and ensure it becomes a fully capable and superior alternative. Currently, there are no plans to support existing Cell types within CollectionView.

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Motivation

Our goal is to simplify the developer experience by maintaining a single, optimized control. Focusing our engineering efforts exclusively on CollectionView allows us to deliver clearer guidance, better documentation, and enhanced performance.

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Recommended Replacement: CollectionView

CollectionView supports all major features required for effectively displaying data, including:

• Multiple Layouts: Vertical, horizontal, and grid layouts.
• Data Binding Support: Fully supports binding with ItemsSource.
• Header and Footer Templates: Easily add headers and footers.
• Empty View Handling: Define views for empty state scenarios.
• Grouping Support: Group data with advanced header/footer options.

Please let us know about any gaps or reasons you might be hesitant to convert from ListView.

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Obsoletion Timeline

• .NET 10 Preview 3:

  • ListView and all related cell types will be marked as [Obsolete].
  • ListView will continue to function in .NET 10, but bug fixes will generally not be prioritized or actively worked on.

• .NET 11:

  • We will assess the complete removal of ListView or consider moving it to a compatibility NuGet package for legacy scenarios.

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Call to Action

• For iOS specifically, developers can now use the new CollectionViewHandler2 and CarouselViewHandler2. Please try these handlers and provide feedback.
• We remain actively committed to prioritizing CollectionView fixes for .NET 9 without slowing down. If you encounter any blocking issues preventing you from migrating to CollectionView, please log an issue on the MAUI GitHub repository.

[Transis-Felipe]

Hi @PureWeen

CollectionView miss the the ItemTapped event
Raise event Always user tap a row, not just when selectionChanged
#28525

[standamikes]

@PureWeen
I agree that the CollectionView is way further when it comes to feature set. However, the performance is still horrible on .net 9, mainly on Android devices.
How @Transis-Felipe mentioned that the ItemTapped event (and maybe ItemTappedCommand) would be appreciated since we only use the collectionview for showing lists of items and navigating to the details of these items, the selectionchanged doesn't work for this case properly (it leaves the item selected, plus it adds colored background to the item)

[VitalyKnyazev]

Hi @PureWeen
Any plans to implement ContextActions for Android like they are in ListView i.e. without SwipeView?

[MitchBomcanhao]

on our app, the android listview was completely broken with stuff not loading properly etc (this was previously working fine on xamarin forms).
so we tried collectionview - it wasn't as bad as the listview but performance is atrocious.
we're therefore forced to go third party and search for a better performing collectionview control as the built-in one is unfit for purpose.