{"id":234750,"date":"2021-09-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=234750"},"modified":"2021-10-01T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:59:43","slug":"visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-1-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-1-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 1 is now available!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 1 is now available! This is the first public release of our .NET IDE with a refreshed, fully native macOS UI; we\u2019d love for you to download it, try it out, and share your feedback to help us shape the next major release of Visual Studio for Mac.<\/p>\n

Download Preview 1 now!<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n

We owe a huge THANK YOU to our community of private preview<\/a> users \u2013\u00a0over 4,000 developers tried out the release and worked with our team to help identify, reproduce, and fix over 100 issues.<\/p>\n

Feel at home on the Mac, with a modern Visual Studio experience<\/h2>\n

Our goal with Visual Studio 2022 for Mac is to make a modern .NET IDE tailored for the Mac that delivers the productive experience you\u2019ve come to love in Visual Studio. This release focuses on:<\/p>\n

Providing a truly native macOS experience: <\/strong>We\u2019re re-writing the UI in all native macOS UI to provide a comfortable Mac user experience and provide better support for assistive technologies.<\/p>\n

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The Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Dark Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

\"Visual<\/a>
The Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Light Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

\"Visual<\/a>
macOS VoiceOver describing contents of the new Git Changes window<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Improving the speed and stability of the IDE: <\/strong>With the move to native, we\u2019re also improving IDE performance, addressing longstanding UI bugs, and reducing crashes.<\/p>\n

Improving the daily Git user experience\u00a0with a\u00a0new Git Changes window<\/strong>\u00a0that is more consistent between the Visual Studio IDEs.<\/p>\n

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A new Git Changes window<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Building modern apps using .NET 6 and C# 10<\/h2>\n

With this release we\u2019re adding support for .NET 6 and C# 10 development, using the .NET 6 RC1<\/a> release.<\/p>\n

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Writing a minimal API with C# 10<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Visual Studio for Mac continues to support web and cloud development with .NET Core 3.1 and later, mobile dev with Xamarin Traditional projects, and game development using Unity.<\/p>\n

.NET MAUI support, coming soon<\/h2>\n

.NET MAUI is now targeting Q2 2022<\/a> for its GA release. .NET MAUI projects can be opened in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac but have very limited support at this time. We will expand support for .NET MAUI projects including workload installation, templates, build\/deploy\/debug, and more in future Visual Studio previews starting early 2022. You can provide any additional feedback about .NET MAUI support in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac on the Developer Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keep sending us your feedback!<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve been working hard to address issues developers encounter when using Visual Studio for Mac on daily basis, with a particular focus on reducing crashes and hangs. Your bug reports are very important to us as we continue to improve the product \u2013 please keep those suggestions<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0problem reports<\/a>\u00a0coming! You can use the Help > Report a Problem<\/strong> or Help > Provide a Suggestion<\/strong> menus to share feedback, or go to the Visual Studio for Mac Developer Community<\/a> site to vote for those that impact you the most. To learn about what’s coming next, see the Visual Studio for Mac roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download Preview 1 now!<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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