Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI)

.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. Using .NET MAUI, you can develop apps that can run on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single shared code-base.

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Build Status

Private	Public

Maui.sln

SDKS required

• Install the SDKs listed here https://github.com/dotnet/maui-samples

Running

IDE

• If you have Visual Studio 16.9 P4 or newer installed you can open Maui.sln and run it from there.

.NET 6

You can run a Cake target to bootstrap .NET 6 in bin\dotnet and launch Visual Studio:

dotnet tool restore
dotnet cake --target=VS-NET6

NOTES:

• VS Mac is not yet supported.
• If the IDE doesn't show any android devices try unloading and reloading the Sample.Droid-net6 project.

You can also run commands individually:

# install local tools required to build (cake, pwsh, etc..)
dotnet tool restore
# Provision .NET 6 in bin\dotnet
dotnet build src\DotNet\DotNet.csproj
# Builds Maui MSBuild tasks
.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build Microsoft.Maui.BuildTasks-net6.sln
# Builds the rest of Maui
.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build Microsoft.Maui-net6.sln
# (Windows-only) to launch Visual Studio
dotnet cake --target=VS-DOGFOOD

To build & run .NET 6 sample apps, you will also need to use .\bin\dotnet\dotnet:

.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build src\Controls\samples\Controls.Sample.Droid\Maui.Controls.Sample.Droid-net6.csproj -t:Run
.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build src\Controls\samples\Controls.Sample.iOS\Maui.Controls.Sample.iOS-net6.csproj -t:Run

Try out a "single project", you will need the -f switch to choose the platform:

.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build src\Controls\samples\Controls.Sample.SingleProject\Maui.Controls.Sample.SingleProject.csproj -t:Run -f net6.0-android
.\bin\dotnet\dotnet build src\Controls\samples\Controls.Sample.SingleProject\Maui.Controls.Sample.SingleProject.csproj -t:Run -f net6.0-ios

To build and run Blazor Desktop samples, check out the Blazor Desktop wiki topic.

Current News

June 17, 2021 - Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 5

May 25, 2021 - Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 4

May 24, 2021 - Azure DevOps Podcast - Interview with David Ortinau

April 21, 2021 - WinUI Community Live Stream

April 21, 2021 - InfoQ Interview with David Ortinau

April 9, 2021 - Announcing .NET Multi-platform App UI Preview 3

April 9, 2021 - Xamarin Podcast - .NET MAUI Q&A

April 6, 2021 - On .NET with guest Maddy Leger - A Journey to .NET MAUI

April 1, 2021 - Xamarin Community Standup with Guest Jonathan Peppers discussing .NET 6 Project System updates

Additional live streams and presentations:

• March 11, 2021 - Announcing .NET 6 Preview 2
• March 2021 - .NET Community Standup report
• February 25, 2021 - David Ortinau and Maddy Leger at .NET Conf: Focus on Windows: The Future of Client App Development in .NET 6
• January 28, 2021 - David Ortinau at .NET Frontend Day: A .NET MAUI Progress Report
• September 19, 2020 - Shane Neuville at ReactiveUI Virtual Conference: Dual Screen, .NET MAUI, and RxUI
• October 3, 2020 - James Clancey at Xamarin Expert Day: .NET MAUI MVU
• October 3, 2020 - David Ortinau at Xamarin Expert Day: Introducing .NET MAUI
• December 2, 2020 - Javier Suarez Ruiz at MonkeyConf: .NET MAUI Handlers (Spanish)

FAQs

Do you have questions? Do not worry, we have prepared a complete FAQ answering the most common questions.

How to Engage, Contribute, and Give Feedback

Some of the best ways to contribute are to try things out, file issues, join in design conversations, and make pull-requests. Proposals for changes specific to MAUI can be found here for discussion.

See CONTRIBUTING

Code of conduct

See CODE-OF-CONDUCT