Inaccurate Example in Handlers Documentation - Android Button Mapping

[bhavanesh2001]

Type of issue

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Description

Description:
The handlers documentation uses the Button as an example to explain how handlers map cross-platform controls to native platform views. The documentation claims that:

On Android, the Button is mapped to an AppCompatButton.

However, the actual implementation in the source code maps the Button to a MaterialButton, as seen here

This discrepancy between the documentation and the actual implementation can mislead developers referencing the handlers documentation.

Suggested Fix:

• Update the text in the handlers documentation to state that MaterialButton is used as the native view on Android.
• Replace image showing an AppCompatButton with image correctly depicting a MaterialButton.

Since Image is involved, I couldn't raise a PR.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/user-interface/handlers/?view=net-maui-9.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs-maui/blob/main/docs/user-interface/handlers/index.md

Document Version Independent Id

68990f2c-45ae-8d81-24cc-4004a2fa994c

Article author

@davidbritch

Metadata

• ID: 68990f2c-45ae-8d81-24cc-4004a2fa994c
• Service: dotnet-mobile
• Sub-service: dotnet-maui

Related Issues

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Associated WorkItem - 362781

[davidbritch]

I wondered why my Button handler code still worked. It's because MaterialButton inherits from AppCompatButton.