Particle.Maui not working on .NET 7.0 .NET Android (works fine on Windows)

[Bebz0r]

Hello there,

I'm having trouble using Particle.Maui on Android : it works flawlessly on Windows but nothing is shown on Android.

Here is what I did :
Created a new MAUI .NET 7.0 App
Added the NuGet Particle.MAUI 1.0.3
Added the .UseSkiaSharp() in the MauiProgram.cs
Added the namespace to the mainpage.xaml : xmlns:particle="clr-namespace:Particle.Maui;assembly=Particle.Maui"
Added the particle viewport
Launched on Windows : works
Launched on Android : do not work : the app is launched but no particles appear - no error messages

The code is fairly simple : MauiProgram.cs
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using SkiaSharp.Views.Maui.Controls.Hosting;

namespace TestParticles;

public static class MauiProgram
{
public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
{
var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
builder
.UseMauiApp()
.UseSkiaSharp()
.ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
{
fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Semibold.ttf", "OpenSansSemibold");
});

#if DEBUG
builder.Logging.AddDebug();
#endif

	return builder.Build();
}

}

And the MainPage.xaml :

<Grid VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
      BackgroundColor="White"
      Margin="0 ,0, 0, 5">


<particle:ParticleView x:Name="MyParticleCanvas"
                        IsActive="True"
                        IsRunning="True"
                        HasFallingParticles="True"
                        FallingParticlesPerSecond="20"
                        Margin="0, 20"
                        VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                        HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"/>
</Grid>

The MainPage.cs is nearly empty :
namespace TestParticles;

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
// Started a new .NET MAUI Projet (.NET 7 - same result with .NET 6)
// Added the NuGet Particle.MAUI 1.0.3
// Added the .UseSkiaSharp() in the MauiProgram.cs
// Added the namespace to the mainpage.xaml : xmlns:particle="clr-namespace:Particle.Maui;assembly=Particle.Maui"
// Added the particle viewport
/*
<particle:ParticleView x:Name="MyParticleCanvas"
FallingParticlesPerSecond="25.0"
IsActive="True"
IsRunning="True"
HasFallingParticles="True"
Margin="0, 20"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
InputTransparent="True"/>
*/
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

I created a GitHub example : https://github.com/Bebz0r/TestParticles

I tried with version 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 to no avail.

Any ideas ?

Cheers,
Beb

[Bebz0r]

Wait up, it may be something linked to my device : animations suddently stopped to work on my device, and this for all MAUI .NET applications, even the ones previously installed. No idea why.

[Bebz0r]

That was my fault, my device was in battery saver mode, and animations don't play if that's the case. So this is not an issue. Sorry about that.