MenuBar on Mac OS App not working

[jfraschilla]

I built a .NET MAUI app using your standard project template. I added the following to the MainPage.xaml

    <ContentPage.MenuBarItems>
        <MenuBarItem Text="File" />
        <MenuBarItem Text="Edit" />
    </ContentPage.MenuBarItems>

When I build on a windows device using VS2022 I see a window with the menubar as I specified. When I build on a Mac using VSCode I see the standard window but the menubar seems to not have the items I was expecting. It seems to have a standard Mac MenuBar with more items and submenus than I expected.

[MSicc]

Hi,
with the code above, you are not modifying the MenuBar in a MacCatalyst app, because the items are already there.

I have written a blog post where I explore the MenuBar and how it works, and how to adapt it in your .NET MAUI app here:
https://msicc.net/a-deeper-look-into-menu-bar-handling-in-maccatalyst-apps-with-net-maui/

Hope this helps to get your Menu working.