How to Show Hamburger Icon in .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer Pages?

This article explains how to display a hamburger icon on all pages in the .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer.

Step 1: Add a hamburger icon in the header
To display the hamburger icon on every page and toggle the Navigation Drawer, follow these steps:

1. Using a Grid layout, place the hamburger icon in the header section.
2. Define the Navigation Drawer in the main content area, and configure key properties such as: DrawerHeaderView, DrawerContentView and DrawerHeaderHeight.

 <Grid RowDefinitions="80,*">
    <Grid BackgroundColor="#6750A4" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*,Auto" Grid.Row="0" ColumnSpacing="10" Padding="10,0">
        <Image Grid.Column="0"
             HeightRequest="30"
             WidthRequest="30"
             HorizontalOptions="Start"
             Source="hamburgericon.png"             
             BackgroundColor="#6750A4">
            <Image.GestureRecognizers>
                <TapGestureRecognizer Tapped="Handle_Clicked"/>
            </Image.GestureRecognizers>
        </Image>
    </Grid>

    <navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer x:Name="navigationDrawer" Grid.Row="1">
        <navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerSettings>
            <navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings DrawerHeaderHeight="177" DrawerWidth="260" DrawerHeight="{OnPlatform WinUI=400}" ContentBackground="#F7F2FB" DrawerFooterHeight="0">
                <navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings.DrawerHeaderView>
                    <Grid RowDefinitions="*,Auto,Auto" Padding="25,25,25,20">
                        <Image Source="user.png" VerticalOptions="Center" WidthRequest="72" HeightRequest="72"/>
                        <Label Grid.Row="1" Text="Leslie Alexander"  VerticalTextAlignment="Center" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" TextColor="#1C1B1F" FontAttributes="Bold" FontSize="16" WidthRequest="154"  HorizontalOptions="Center"/>
                        <Label Grid.Row="2" Text="UX Designer"  VerticalTextAlignment="Center" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" TextColor="#1C1B1F" FontSize="12" WidthRequest="148" HeightRequest="24" HorizontalOptions="Center"/>
                    </Grid>
                </navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings.DrawerHeaderView>

                <navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings.DrawerContentView>
                    <ListView x:Name="listView"
                  ItemSelected="On_ItemSelected">
                        <ListView.ItemTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <ViewCell>
                                    <Grid>
                                        <Label Text="{Binding}"          
                                               FontSize="16"
                                               Margin="10,7,0,0"
                                               TextColor="Black"
                                               HorizontalOptions="Start"
                                               VerticalOptions="Center">
                                        </Label>
                                    </Grid>
                                </ViewCell>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </ListView.ItemTemplate>
                    </ListView>
                </navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings.DrawerContentView>
            </navigationdrawer:DrawerSettings>
        </navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer.DrawerSettings>
    </navigationdrawer:SfNavigationDrawer>
</Grid>

Step 2: Navigating between pages
In the DrawerContentView, you can add a list of items to allow navigation between different pages. When an item is selected, you can navigate to the corresponding page and update the content of the drawer.

  private void On_ItemSelected(object sender, SelectedItemChangedEventArgs e) 
 {
     if (e.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Home")
         navigationDrawer.ContentView = new HomePage().Content;
     else if (e.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Profile")
         navigationDrawer.ContentView = new ProfilePage().Content;
     navigationDrawer.ToggleDrawer();
 }
 
 void Handle_Clicked(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
 {
    navigationDrawer.ToggleDrawer();
 }

Step 3: Create a new page
Create the new page that you want to navigate to.

<ContentPage>
<VerticalStackLayout>
    <Label Text="Welcome to Home Page!"
           VerticalOptions="Center"
           HorizontalOptions="Center" />
</VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to show hamburger icon in .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer pages.

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