I was trying out .NET MAUI to get more comfortable with the framework. But, I encountered one problem while I was trying to set an image as a background of TitleBar / AppBar / ActionBar.
First, I have tried to add Shell.Background property and set it value to title_bar.png (which is located inside Resources > Images folder) like
<ResourceDictionary>
<Style TargetType="Shell" ApplyToDerivedTypes="True">
<Setter Property="Shell.Background" Value="title_bar.png" />
....
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
in Resources > Styles > Styles.xaml file. But, it was not working.
Then I was searching for a solution and I found this github issue in Xamarin.Forms repo.
After that, I was trying to set a gradient as a background of TitleBar / AppBar / ActionBar but it was also not working. More specifically changing the project's Resources > Styles > Styles.xaml file's "Shell.BackgroundColor" property's Value to any color is working but when I am trying to set the value like
<ResourceDictionary>
<Style TargetType="Shell" ApplyToDerivedTypes="True">
...
<Setter Property="Shell.BackgroundColor" Value="{AppThemeBinding Light={StaticResource TitleBarGradient}, Dark={StaticResource TitleBarGradient}}" />
....
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
but it's also not working (Background changed to white).
I have added the below lines of code in Resources > Styles > Colors.xaml file
</ResourceDictionary>
...
<LinearGradientBrush
x:Key="TitleBarGradient"
EndPoint="1,0">
<GradientStop
Color="{StaticResource Yellow100Accent}"
Offset="0.1" />
<GradientStop
Color="{StaticResource Blue200Accent}"
Offset="1.0" />
</LinearGradientBrush>
</ResourceDictionary>
So, my question is am I doing something wrong or it's a bug or missing feature?