In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create and run your first .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) app.
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Important
The documentation for .NET Multi-app Platform UI (.NET MAUI) is under construction.
Visual Studio for Mac support will arrive in a future release.
Prerequisites
- The latest preview of Visual Studio 2022, with the required workloads. For more information, see Installation.
- A configured Android emulator. For more information about creating an Android emulator, see Android emulator setup.
Get started with Visual Studio 2022 (Preview)
In this tutorial, you'll create your first .NET MAUI app in Visual Studio 2022, and run it on an Android emulator:
Launch Visual Studio 2022, and in the start window click Create a new project to create a new project:
In the Create a new project window, select MAUI in the Project type drop-down, select the .NET MAUI App template, and click the Next button:
In the Configure your new project window, name your project, choose a suitable location for it, and click the Create button:
Wait for the project to be created, and its dependencies to be restored:
In the Visual Studio toolbar, select the drop-down next to the Start button (the triangular button that resembles a Play button), select Android Emulator, and then select the emulator you'd like to deploy the app to:
In the Visual Studio toolbar, press the Start button to launch the app in your chosen Android emulator.
In the running app in the Android emulator, press the CLICK ME button several times and observe that the count of the number of button clicks is incremented.
Build and debug iOS apps
If, while connecting Visual Studio to your Mac through Xamarin Mac Agent (XMA), you are prompted to install a different version of the SDK, you can ignore the prompt since it refers to a legacy version of XMA.
Note
Visual Studio 2022 can only currently deploy .NET MAUI iOS apps to the iOS simulator, and not to physical devices.
Prerequisites
- An environment that has been configured for .NET MAUI development. For more information, see Install latest .NET 6.
- A configured Android emulator. For more information about creating an Android emulator, see Android emulator setup.
Get started with .NET command-line interface
In this tutorial, you'll create and run your first .NET MAUI app using the .NET command-line interface (CLI):
In the .NET CLI, create a new .NET MAUI app:
In the .NET CLI, change directory to the newly created project:
In the .NET CLI, change directory to the single project and restore its dependencies:
In the .NET CLI, build and launch the app on your chosen platform:
Note
These commands will launch the app on the default platform device, if one can be found. On Android, it's recommended to start an emulator before building and launching your app.
Select an iOS simulator
It's possible to specify which simulator is launched and used for net6.0-ios by specifying the _DeviceName MSBuild property:
You can retrieve a list of possible unique device id (UDID) values by executing the simctl list command:
The default iOS simulator will be launched if you don't specify a UDID.
-->This guide explains how to prepare the Android Emulator for testing your app.
Overview
The Android Emulator can be run in a variety of configurationsto simulate different devices. Each configuration is called a virtualdevice. When you deploy and test your app on the emulator, you selecta pre-configured or custom virtual device that simulates a physicalAndroid device such as a Nexus or Pixel phone.
The sections listed below describe how to accelerate the Androidemulator for maximum performance, how to use the Android Device Managerto create and customize virtual devices, and how to customize theprofile properties of a virtual device. In addition, a troubleshootingsection explains common emulator problems and workarounds.
Sections
Hardware Acceleration for Emulator Performance
How to prepare your computer for maximum Android Emulator performanceby using either Hyper-V or HAXM virtualization technology. Because theAndroid Emulator can be prohibitively slow without hardwareacceleration, we recommend that you enable hardware acceleration onyour computer before you use the emulator.
Managing Virtual Devices with the Android Device Manager
How to use the Android Device Manager to create and customize virtualdevices.
Editing Android Virtual Device Properties
How to use the Android Device Manager to edit the profile properties of avirtual device.
Android Emulator Troubleshooting
In this article, the most common warning messages and issues that occurwhile running the Android Emulator are described, along withworkarounds and tips.
Run Android Emulator Mac M1
Note
If you are using a Mac with an Apple chip, such as the M1, you will need to install the Android Emulator for M1 preview from GitHub.
After you have configured the Android Emulator, seeDebugging on the Android Emulatorfor information about how to launch the emulator and use it for testingand debugging your app.
Note
Run Android Emulator On Mac
As of Android SDK Tools version 26.0.1 and later, Google has removed support for existing AVD/SDK managers in favor of their new CLI (Command Line Interface) tools. Because of this deprecation change, Xamarin SDK/Device Managers are now used instead of Google SDK/Device Managers for Android Tools 26.0.1 and later. For more information about the Xamarin SDK Manager, see Setting up the Android SDK for Xamarin.Android.