In MAUI app, how do I Use Dependency Injection in AppShell

March 9, 2023

I would like to use a service I created (with the interface IAuthenticationService ) inside the AppShell of a MAUI app (AppShell.xaml.cs).
In other words to do something like this:

public partial class AppShell : Shell

private readonly IAuthenticationService _AuthenticationService;
public AppShell(AuthenticationService authenticationService)
{
    InitializeComponent();
    _AuthenticationService = authenticationService;
}

For the above I added the following code to the App.xaml.cs file

public partial class App : Application
{
    public App(AuthenticationService authenticationService)
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        MainPage = new AppShell(authenticationService);
    }
}

But when I run this, I get the error:

Unable to resolve service for type ‘MyApp.Services.AuthenticationService’ while attempting to activate ‘MyApp.App’.’

Needless to say that I have done the code need in MauiProgram.cs

builder.Services.AddSingleton<IAuthenticationService, AuthenticationService>();

So basically how do I do DI in App.xaml.cs or in AppShell.xaml.cs?

>Solution :

You’re passing in the implementation instead of the interface, which is why the dependency cannot get resolved by the dependency container.

Your code should look like this instead:

private readonly IAuthenticationService _AuthenticationService;

//note the interface
public AppShell(IAuthenticationService authenticationService)
{
  InitializeComponent();
  _AuthenticationService = authenticationService;
}

and

public partial class App : Application
{
    //note the interface
    public App(IAuthenticationService authenticationService)
    {
      InitializeComponent();
      MainPage = new AppShell(authenticationService);
    }
}