How to customize the overlay color of the .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer?

Overview

When working with the .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer, you may want to customize the overlay color that appears when the drawer is open. This can be achieved by modifying the SfNavigationDrawerGreyLayoutBackground theme key. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to customize the overlay color.

Customize Overlay Color

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:navigationDrawer="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.NavigationDrawer;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.NavigationDrawer"
             xmlns:theme="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Themes;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Core"
             x:Class="GettingStarted.MainPage">
    <ContentPage.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <theme:SyncfusionThemeResourceDictionary />
                <ResourceDictionary>
                    <x:String x:Key="SfNavigationDrawerTheme">CommonTheme</x:String>
                    <Color x:Key="SfNavigationDrawerGreyLayoutBackground">Red</Color>
                </ResourceDictionary>
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </ContentPage.Resources>
    
    <navigationDrawer:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer">
        <!-- ... -->
    </navigationDrawer:SfNavigationDrawer>

Output

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to customize the overlay color of the .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer.

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