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Mazi Vincent Esomchi
Mazi Vincent Esomchi

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Get Started with .NET MAUI

Installation
If you want to develop native, cross-platform .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) apps requires Visual Studio 2022 17.3 or greater, or Visual Studio 2022 for Mac 17.4 or greater.

Prerequisites
Visual Studio 2022 17.3 or greater. For information about supported operating systems, hardware, supported languages, and additional requirements and guidance, see Visual Studio 2022 System Requirements.
To build, sign, and deploy .NET MAUI apps for iOS, you'll also need:

  • A Mac that is compatible with the latest version of Xcode. For more information, see Apple's minimum requirements documentation
  • The latest version of Xcode.
  • An Apple ID and paid Apple Developer Program enrollment. An Apple ID is required to deploy apps to devices, and to submit apps to the Apple Store.
  • Alternatively, to deploy debug builds of your app directly from Windows to your iOS device with hot restart, you'll need:

An Apple Developer account and paid Apple Developer Program enrolment.

Installation
To create .NET MAUI apps, you'll need the latest version of Visual Studio 2022:

Download Visual Studio 2022 Community

Download Visual Studio 2022 Professional

Download Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise

Either install Visual Studio, or modify your existing installation, and install the .NET Multi-platform App UI development workload with its default optional installation options:
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Install .NET MAUI today and take it for a spin

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