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Xamarin.Forms vs .NET MAUI

David Ortinau edited this page Mar 17, 2022 · 4 revisions

Xamarin.Forms vs .NET MAUI

Xamarin.Forms .NET MAUI
Platforms
Android API 19+ API 21+
iOS 9-15 10+
Linux Community Community
macOS Community Microsoft
Tizen Samsung Samsung
Windows UWP Microsoft
WPF Community
Microsoft*
Features
Renderers Tightly coupled to BindableObject Loosely coupled, no Xamarin.Forms dependencies
App Models MVVM MVVM
RxUI RxUI
MVU **
Blazor **
Single Project No Yes
Multi-targeting No Yes
Multi-window No Yes
Misc
.NET Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Mono, .NET Framework, ... .NET 6+
XAML Hot Reload Experimental: SDK 4.x & Visual Studio 2019 prior to version 16.9
Feature Complete: SDK 5.x & Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 or newer
Yes
.NET Hot Reload iOS/Android – No
UWP – Limited support for runtime edits using .NET “Edit & Continue”
Yes
Acquisition NuGet & Visual Studio Installer Visual Studio 2022 or dotnet CLI
Project System Franken-proj SDK Style
dotnet CLI No Yes
Tools
Visual Studio 2022 Yes Yes
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Yes Yes
Visual Studio Code No Experimental***

* The Windows implementation is Windows App SDK with WinUI 3.

** These app models are experimental.

*** Visual Studio Code will work by virtue of .NET unification, however not all experiences that make .NET MAUI development delightful (intellisense for example) may be enabled at the time of .NET 6 release.

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