What is .NET MAUI?
Just what is .NET MAUI, and what can developers do with it?
10,000 ft Overview
.NET MAUI was originally released to the public alongside .NET 6, in November 2021, and is a cross platform technology, which uses .NET to create cross-platform applications which can target the following platforms:
- Windows
- MacOS
- Android
- iOS
.NET MAUI allows developers to write GUI-based applications in any of the .NET languages (i.e C# (pronounced “C Sharp”) and F# (pronounced “F Sharp”)) rather than platform specific languages.
As with Xamarin, .NET MAUI translates .NET API calls to those of the target platform. This allows a developer to write code in using both C# and .NET (for instance) and for it to be used on an Android device (for instance).