Plugin.Maui.OfflineSync 1.0.10 Brings Offline-First Sync for .NET MAUI Apps

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NuvyntraLabs has released version 1.0.10 of Plugin.Maui.OfflineSync, an open-source offline-first sync engine for .NET MAUI applications on Android and iOS. The library allows write operations such as inserts, updates, and deletions to complete locally against a SQLite database, with changes queued in a log and pushed to a remote server once connectivity is restored. Automatic syncing runs on a five-minute timer by default and can also trigger on network restoration or app resume, with failed pushes isolated to prevent crashes. The update also fixes an Android background job edge case where the job could fail if the service instance was already gone when JobFinished arrived. The MIT-licensed package targets net10.0, Android API 21 and above, and iOS 15 and above, and is available on NuGet.

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