diff --git a/src/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions/Regions/Region.cs b/src/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions/Regions/Region.cs
index 79fec8b92dc994c8c4a460dced0e8b4ec6c9a39c..9884703466590e28c2c9fe2bc825b34b32eac601 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions/Regions/Region.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions/Regions/Region.cs
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a View by name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="viewName"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks>Xamarin.Forms is in maintenance mode. This feature is not being supported.</remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException"></exception>
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         /// <overloads>Adds a new view to the region.</overloads>
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a new view to the region.
diff --git a/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Regions/Region.cs b/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Regions/Region.cs
index cee2644137185ee948e2205a23c3ab2500898378..983cd87afc9baad3db1c7d0a5d598c844d1604a4 100644
--- a/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Regions/Region.cs
+++ b/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Regions/Region.cs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class Region : BindableBase, IRegion, ITargetAwareRegion
     {
         if (view is not VisualElement visualElement)
         {
-            throw new Exception("The view must inherit from VisualElement.");
+            throw new UpdateRegionsException("The view must inherit from VisualElement.");
         }
 
         if (ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item == view) != null)
diff --git a/src/Prism.Core/Regions/IRegion.cs b/src/Prism.Core/Regions/IRegion.cs
index d8b13e7fc67e47d397ec298533829e9803c70baa..205a743279487fe4f62290d3fbebc4f5068a7b45 100644
--- a/src/Prism.Core/Regions/IRegion.cs
+++ b/src/Prism.Core/Regions/IRegion.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <value>The comparison to use.</value>
         Comparison<object> SortComparison { get; set; }
 
+        ///<overloads>Adds a new view to the region.</overloads>
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a new view to the region.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="viewName">The view to add.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IRegionManager"/> that is set on the view. It will be the current region manager when using this overload.</returns>
+        IRegionManager Add(string viewName);
+
         ///<overloads>Adds a new view to the region.</overloads>
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a new view to the region.
diff --git a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.Desktop.cs b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.Desktop.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ca93f5d4f2d40ad98ddcdd25c7dbe8773f391d24..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.Desktop.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-
-
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-
-namespace Prism.Regions.Behaviors
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// 
-    /// </summary>
-    [Serializable]
-    public partial class RegionCreationException
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RegionCreationException"/> class with serialized data.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="info">The <see cref="SerializationInfo"/> that holds the serialized object data about the exception being thrown.</param>
-        /// <param name="context">The <see cref="StreamingContext"/> that contains contextual information about the source or destination.</param>
-        protected RegionCreationException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-            : base(info, context)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.cs b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 759b5e833f7c175ed5a3f0a8705332366fea4fc3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Behaviors/RegionCreationException.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-
-
-using System;
-
-namespace Prism.Regions.Behaviors
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Represents errors that occured during region creation.
-    /// </summary>
-    public partial class RegionCreationException : Exception
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RegionCreationException"/>
-        /// </summary>
-        public RegionCreationException()
-        {
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RegionCreationException"/> class with a specified error message.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
-        public RegionCreationException(string message)
-            : base(message)
-        {
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RegionCreationException"/> class with a specified error message and a reference 
-        /// to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception. 
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="message">The error message that explains the reason for the exception.</param>
-        /// <param name="inner">The exception that is the cause of the current exception, or a null reference 
-        /// (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no inner exception is specified.</param>
-        public RegionCreationException(string message, Exception inner)
-            : base(message, inner)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Region.cs b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Region.cs
index ce843247500bc0e261c7c667c665836ff2f3b3aa..d033c219b090046144fc94d6d85affe83dcc8541 100644
--- a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Region.cs
+++ b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Regions/Region.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         private object _context;
         private IRegionManager _regionManager;
         private IRegionNavigationService _regionNavigationService;
+        private IContainerProvider _container;
 
         private Comparison<object> _sort;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         public Region()
         {
             Behaviors = new RegionBehaviorCollection(this);
+            _container = ContainerLocator.Container;
 
             _sort = DefaultSortComparison;
         }
@@ -226,6 +228,18 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
             }
         }
 
+        /// <overloads>Adds a new view to the region.</overloads>
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a new view to the region.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="viewName">The view to add.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IRegionManager"/> that is set on the view if it is a <see cref="DependencyObject"/>. It will be the current region manager when using this overload.</returns>
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName)
+        {
+            var view = _container.Resolve<object>(viewName);
+            return Add(view, viewName, false);
+        }
+
         /// <overloads>Adds a new view to the region.</overloads>
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a new view to the region.
@@ -234,7 +248,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IRegionManager"/> that is set on the view if it is a <see cref="DependencyObject"/>. It will be the current region manager when using this overload.</returns>
         public IRegionManager Add(object view)
         {
-            return this.Add(view, null, false);
+            return Add(view, null, false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -250,7 +264,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
                 throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.StringCannotBeNullOrEmpty, "viewName"));
             }
 
-            return this.Add(view, viewName, false);
+            return Add(view, viewName, false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -262,8 +276,8 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IRegionManager"/> that is set on the view if it is a <see cref="DependencyObject"/>.</returns>
         public virtual IRegionManager Add(object view, string viewName, bool createRegionManagerScope)
         {
-            IRegionManager manager = createRegionManagerScope ? this.RegionManager.CreateRegionManager() : this.RegionManager;
-            this.InnerAdd(view, viewName, manager);
+            IRegionManager manager = createRegionManagerScope ? RegionManager.CreateRegionManager() : RegionManager;
+            InnerAdd(view, viewName, manager);
             return manager;
         }
 
@@ -273,11 +287,11 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <param name="view">The view to remove.</param>
         public virtual void Remove(object view)
         {
-            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = this.GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
+            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
 
             ItemMetadataCollection.Remove(itemMetadata);
 
-            if (view is DependencyObject dependencyObject && Regions.RegionManager.GetRegionManager(dependencyObject) == this.RegionManager)
+            if (view is DependencyObject dependencyObject && Regions.RegionManager.GetRegionManager(dependencyObject) == RegionManager)
             {
                 dependencyObject.ClearValue(Regions.RegionManager.RegionManagerProperty);
             }
@@ -300,7 +314,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <param name="view">The view to activate.</param>
         public virtual void Activate(object view)
         {
-            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = this.GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
+            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
 
             if (!itemMetadata.IsActive)
             {
@@ -314,7 +328,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <param name="view">The view to deactivate.</param>
         public virtual void Deactivate(object view)
         {
-            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = this.GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
+            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = GetItemMetadataOrThrow(view);
 
             if (itemMetadata.IsActive)
             {
@@ -334,7 +348,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
                 throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.StringCannotBeNullOrEmpty, "viewName"));
             }
 
-            ItemMetadata metadata = this.ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == viewName);
+            ItemMetadata metadata = ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == viewName);
 
             if (metadata != null)
             {
@@ -351,7 +365,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <param name="navigationCallback">A callback to execute when the navigation request is completed.</param>
         public void RequestNavigate(Uri target, Action<NavigationResult> navigationCallback)
         {
-            this.RequestNavigate(target, navigationCallback, null);
+            RequestNavigate(target, navigationCallback, null);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -362,22 +376,22 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
         /// <param name="navigationParameters">The navigation parameters specific to the navigation request.</param>
         public void RequestNavigate(Uri target, Action<NavigationResult> navigationCallback, INavigationParameters navigationParameters)
         {
-            this.NavigationService.RequestNavigate(target, navigationCallback, navigationParameters);
+            NavigationService.RequestNavigate(target, navigationCallback, navigationParameters);
         }
 
         private void InnerAdd(object view, string viewName, IRegionManager scopedRegionManager)
         {
-            if (this.ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item == view) != null)
+            if (ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item == view) != null)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.RegionViewExistsException);
             }
 
-            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = new ItemMetadata(view);
+            var itemMetadata = new ItemMetadata(view);
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(viewName))
             {
-                if (this.ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == viewName) != null)
+                if (ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == viewName) != null)
                 {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, Resources.RegionViewNameExistsException, viewName));
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, Resources.RegionViewNameExistsException, viewName));
                 }
                 itemMetadata.Name = viewName;
             }
@@ -388,7 +402,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
                 Regions.RegionManager.SetRegionManager(dependencyObject, scopedRegionManager);
             }
 
-            this.ItemMetadataCollection.Add(itemMetadata);
+            ItemMetadataCollection.Add(itemMetadata);
         }
 
         private ItemMetadata GetItemMetadataOrThrow(object view)
@@ -396,7 +410,7 @@ namespace Prism.Regions
             if (view == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(view));
 
-            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = this.ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item == view);
+            ItemMetadata itemMetadata = ItemMetadataCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item == view);
 
             if (itemMetadata == null)
                 throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ViewNotInRegionException, nameof(view));
diff --git a/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs b/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
index f9d068c32c8e2166a83f71b3591106f7122f860d..f325b0b6f3c196e4d1608b83fb65f4ba07073608 100644
--- a/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
+++ b/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace Prism.Forms.Regions.Mocks
         {
             Behaviors = new MockRegionBehaviorCollection();
         }
+
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         public IRegionManager Add(object view)
         {
             MockViews.Items.Add(view);
diff --git a/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs b/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
index 4dd6d763f4a268eb73dd463a2287628f9158ca10..f59d205eb3a21834d93512582f6fae9a29ddbed0 100644
--- a/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
+++ b/tests/Forms/Prism.Forms.Regions.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ namespace Prism.Forms.Regions.Mocks
 
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         public IRegionManager Add(object view)
         {
             _views.Add(view);
diff --git a/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs b/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
index b770ada7db0585cc27e091dc84458cd563168cdd..ab63a17d33b22b9eae0e5e8c16b1834536adf741 100644
--- a/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
+++ b/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockPresentationRegion.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace Prism.Wpf.Tests.Mocks
         {
             Behaviors = new MockRegionBehaviorCollection();
         }
+
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         public IRegionManager Add(object view)
         {
             MockViews.Items.Add(view);
diff --git a/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs b/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
index 63a58cd7680260b31dad6b5fe09f74bf3a8f5d8d..c6aac83c1a8001b7da71236d45a6371a9de4aee9 100644
--- a/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
+++ b/tests/Wpf/Prism.Wpf.Tests/Mocks/MockRegion.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace Prism.Wpf.Tests.Mocks
 
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
+        public IRegionManager Add(string viewName) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         public IRegionManager Add(object view)
         {
             this.views.Add(view);