Announcing .NET MAUI support for Xcode 14 and iOS 16
Today we are shipping .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022 support for Xcode 14, and our sixth service release for .NET MAUI. Xcode 14 introduces iOS 16, the latest mobile operating system from Apple. The other Apple SDKs in this release are unchanged from the last release. Whether you’re building apps with UIKit or .NET MAUI, you can can now take advantage of the latest SDK features. Let’s take a closer look at building for iOS with .NET.
.NET 7 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) with .NET MAUI, iOS, and Xcode 14 support is scheduled to ship in one week. Until then, .NET MAUI 7 RC1 is the latest version.
Getting Started
Install or upgrade to the latest Visual Studio 2022 in order to acquire the .NET 6 workloads for iOS. The specific versions are:
- Visual Studio 2022 for Mac – 17.4 Preview 3 Download
- Visual Studio 2022 for Windows – 17.3 or 17.4 Preview 3 Download
On your Mac install Xcode 14.0.x from the Apple Developer website. If you install from the Mac App Store, it may auto-update to versions incompatible with .NET, so we recommend directly controlling your installation. Note Apple’s minimum requirement is macOS Monterey 12.5 which is higher than Xcode 13.4 requires.
Developing for iOS from Windows
Visual Studio 2022 offers two ways to develop for iOS from Windows, “Pair to Mac” and “Hot Restart”. Pair to Mac connects Visual Studio to a Mac on your local network, installs the necessary build tools, and uses that machine to compile and sign the app.
For detailed instructions on configuring Pair to Mac follow this guide.
Hot Restart enables you to connect any iOS or iPadOS device to Visual Studio 2022 on Windows and develop directly. This is best suited for day-to-day development of .NET MAUI apps. When you’re ready to distribute your application and sign it, you can use a build machine on your network or a service such as App Center. Follow the hot restart documentation steps from Windows to get started.
Developing for iOS from Mac
This option is straight forward: install the Visual Studio 2022 preview for Mac and Xcode 14. If you are managing multiple versions of Xcode for any reason, take a look at xcodes, a popular app for acquiring and switching between versions.
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hello friend I have mac os 12.5, xcode 13.3 installed but I can’t connect remotely with my windwos computer it gives me this error “The Xcode license status couldn’t be verified because Xcode has not been found on the default location of the connected Mac. Having Xcode installed and functional is necessary in order to build and run iOS apps, so please check that Xcode is correctly installed and that the path specified under iOS Settings is correct.”
Was waiting for this, works a treat. Thanks
Does the final bits (or any short coming update) support XCode 14.1?
I have the same question. The “Supported platforms for .NET MAUI apps” page (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/supported-platforms?view=net-maui-7.0) indicates “…using the latest release of Xcode”. That seems like a vague way of describing it, as it depends on when the article is read.
Do I need xcode 14 on my mac to be able to build a MAUI app? or can I use an older xcode version?