A walkthrough of building a chat application using the Telerik RadChat (Conversational UI) component for .NET MAUI. Covers setting up the control, handling messages with MVVM, integrating OpenAI/Azure OpenAI via Microsoft.Extensions.AI, attaching images, and implementing IChatItemConverter and IChatAttachedFileConverter to bridge business models with Telerik UI types.
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Understanding the RadChat Control from Telerik for .NET MAUISetting Up a .NET MAUI Project to Integrate Chat ConversationsIntegrating Chat Functionality into a .NET MAUI ProjectInteracting with Chat Messages in a .NET MAUI AppReceiving and Returning Chat MessagesConnecting an LLM Model to a Chat App in .NET MAUIAttaching Elements to the ConversationDisplaying Attachments in the Conversation HistoryConclusionSort: