{"id":46487,"date":"2023-07-11T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=46487"},"modified":"2023-07-11T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:18:24","slug":"announcing-dotnet-maui-in-dotnet-8-preview-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/announcing-dotnet-maui-in-dotnet-8-preview-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing .NET MAUI in .NET 8 Preview 6: Hello VS Code & VS for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

.NET MAUI is now available in .NET 8 Preview 6 resolving 23 high-impact issues, and introducing Native AOT for iOS<\/a>. Additionally, today you can now enjoy .NET MAUI in .NET 8 using the new .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code<\/a>, and with the 17.6.1 release of Visual Studio for Mac.<\/p>\n

A new .NET 7 Service Release is also available today. See the release notes<\/a> for full details. We are currently focusing on .NET 8 quality which means only the most critical fixes will be released for .NET 7. Once .NET 8 ships GA, we will re-evaluate the requirements for which fixes are included in service releases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s fixed and improved in .NET MAUI<\/h2>\n

Several top desktop issues have been addressed for fonts (#9104<\/a>, #13239<\/a>), navigation (#7698<\/a>, #15488<\/a>, #9938<\/a>), tabs (#12386<\/a>, #13239<\/a>, #6929<\/a>), and file picker (#11088<\/a>). We also continue our journey to improve memory management and address leaks (#15062<\/a>, #15303<\/a>, #15831<\/a>).<\/p>\n

.NET 8 preview 6 introduces Native AOT (ahead-of-time compilation) for iOS. Using this opt-in preview feature, we are currently seeing 30-40% reduction in app sizes compared to Mono. If you’re excited about the possibility of achieving better performance and size savings when targeting iOS, check out the details in the .NET 8 preview 6 blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all 25 contributors (bots included) that helped make this release, especially 5 brand new contributors to .NET MAUI: Michael Cao<\/a>, Will Davies<\/a>, @MartyIX<\/a>, Larry Ewing<\/a>, Filip Navara<\/a>, and Ryan Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a full list of fixes, check the release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Introducing VS Code (Preview)<\/h2>\n

Today we have also released the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code, providing a consistent development experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux. For full details on the extension, check out Maddy Montaquila’s blog post introducing it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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How to update<\/h2>\n

Visual Studio 2022 on Windows now includes .NET 8 previews and the .NET MAUI preview workload. Download the latest preview version (17.7 Preview 3), select the .NET Multi-platform App UI workload, and then check the optional component “.NET MAUI (.NET 8 Preview)”.<\/p>\n

\"Visual<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are on macOS, you can now develop using Visual Studio for Mac after enabling the preview feature for .NET 8 in Preferences and installing .NET 8 preview 6 from the installer.<\/p>\n

\"Enable<\/p>\n

Download the .NET 8 preview 6 installer<\/a>, and then install .NET MAUI from the command line:<\/p>\n

dotnet workload install maui<\/code><\/pre>\n
Feedback Welcome<\/h2>\n
We appreciate your feedback and contributions to .NET MAUI. You can report issues<\/a>, suggest features<\/a>, or submit pull requests<\/a> on our GitHub repository. You can also join our Discord server or follow us on Twitter to stay in touch with the latest news and updates.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your support and happy coding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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