# Getting Started with the .NET MAUI TemplatedButton

This guide provides the information you need to start using the Telerik UI for .NET MAUI TemplatedButton by adding the control to your project.

At the end, you will achieve the following result.

![.NET MAUI TemplatedButton Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/assets/711f41959a5d8970f0f9b9eba6fe55ae/templatedbutton-getting-started.png)

## Prerequisites

Before adding the TemplatedButton, you need to:

1. [Set up your .NET MAUI application](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/get-started/quickstart#prerequisites).

2. [Set Up Telerik Development Environment](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/get-started/quickstart#set-up-telerik-development-environment)

## Define the Control

**1.** When your .NET MAUI application is set up, you are ready to add a TemplatedButton control to your page:

```XAML
<telerik:RadTemplatedButton x:Name="templatedButton"
                            Content="My TemplatedButton Content" />
```

```C#
var templatedButton = new RadTemplatedButton();
templatedButton.Content = "My TemplatedButton Content";
```

**2.** Add the `telerik` namespace:

```XAML
xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2022/xaml/maui"
```

```C#
using Telerik.Maui.Controls;
```

**3.** Register the Telerik controls through the `Telerik.Maui.Controls.Compatibility.UseTelerik` extension method called inside the `CreateMauiApp` method of the `MauiProgram.cs` file of your project:

```C#
using Telerik.Maui.Controls.Compatibility;
public static class MauiProgram
{
	public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
	{
		var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
		builder
			.UseTelerik()
			.UseMauiApp<App>()
			.ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
			{
				fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
			});
		return builder.Build();
	}
}           
```

> For a runnable example with the TemplatedButton Getting Started scenario, see the [SDKBrowser Demo Application](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/demos-and-sample-apps/sdkbrowser-app) and go to the **TemplatedButton > Getting Started** category.

## Additional Resources

* [Configure the TemplatedButton](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/configuration)
* [Loading Button](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/loading-button)
* [Set Visual States](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/visual-states)
* [Events](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/events)
* [Execute Command](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/command)
* [Style the TemplatedButton](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/templatedbutton/styling)

## See Also

* [.NET MAUI TemplatedButton Product Page](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/templatedbutton)
* [.NET MAUI TemplatedButton Forum Page](https://www.telerik.com/forums/maui?tagId=1764)
* [Telerik .NET MAUI Blogs](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/mobile-net-maui)
* [Telerik .NET MAUI Roadmap](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/maui-ui/roadmap)