{"id":236691,"date":"2022-02-16T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=236691"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T00:37:07","slug":"visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, and time for another Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview release! Today we\u2019re sharing <strong>Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6, which focuses on addressing top issues from the January 25<sup>th<\/sup> Preview 5 release as well as continuing the move of the IDE to native macOS UI<\/strong>. Preview 5 was a huge release for the product, debuting the IDE running on top of the .NET 6 CLR and with native support for Apple\u2019s M1 processor. Get the latest release now by using the Visual Studio &gt; Check for Updates\u2026 menu, or download it directly:<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/installer\/preview\" target=\"_blank\">Download Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Fixing top issues &amp; reducing crashes<\/h2>\n<p>The top focus of this release was on improving quality, addressing top issues from the Preview 5 release. The top themes for issues that the team fixed in this release include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Known issues from Preview 5 (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Android-Archives-are-invisible-in-Visual\/1647777\">Android Archiving not working<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Top reported feedback (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/SDK-not-found-MSBuildSdkExtras\/1648593\">SDK not Found MSBuild.Sdk.Extras<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Major crashes (about 13 fixed in this release)<\/li>\n<li>Focusing on improving quality for the core IDE shell, Git tooling, Azure Publishing, and Xamarin tooling<\/li>\n<li>Adding support for .NET Core 3.1 development on M1 (arm64) devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see the exhaustive list of fixes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/releases\/2022\/mac-release-notes-preview\">release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Completing the move to native UI in 17.0<\/h2>\n<p>In this release we\u2019ve completed moving the mainline features of the IDE to native macOS UI. You can learn more about the benefits that come from this move in our <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-1-is-now-available\/\">Preview 1 blog post,<\/a> which highlights our goal with Visual Studio 2022 for Mac: to make a modern .NET IDE tailored for the Mac that delivers the productive experience you\u2019ve come to love in Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<p>The UI ported to native macOS UI in this release includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preferences screens: Colors &amp; Fonts, Keyboard Shortcuts, Debugger settings<\/li>\n<li>Git Stash dialog and Rebase dialog<\/li>\n<li>Change Signature quick action dialog<\/li>\n<li>Extension Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_236692\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_236692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/VSMac-17-Preview-6-Preference-Screens.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236692\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/VSMac-17-Preview-6-Preference-Screens.png\" alt=\"Image VSMac 17 Preview 6 8211 Preference Screens\" width=\"700\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/VSMac-17-Preview-6-Preference-Screens.png 700w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/VSMac-17-Preview-6-Preference-Screens-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_236692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newly ported Preference screens (Debugger, Editor Themes, Keyboard Shortcuts)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>We have only a few Preference screens left that we will be porting for the next preview. For the remainder of the 17.0 release, we\u2019re increasing our focus on addressing top feedback, improving performance, and fix crashes in the IDE as we move toward the general availability release. There will be some IDE features that have not yet been ported and which we plan to release in a 17.1 release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular Expression Editor<\/li>\n<li>Disassembly View, Hex Editor<\/li>\n<li>Task Panel<\/li>\n<li>Convert \/ export solution dialog<\/li>\n<li>Policies Dialog<\/li>\n<li>Storing per-project NuGet passwords<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Xamarin and .NET MAUI development in the months ahead<\/h2>\n<p>The Xamarin\/.NET MAUI team has been making a lot of progress on Visual Studio for Mac 2022 support! Most Xamarin features have been migrated to Visual Studio 2022, and we are now focused on bug fixes and refining the Xamarin development experience. Given the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/releases\/2022\/mac-release-notes-preview#--known-issues\">known issues<\/a> with the Xamarin experience, we are recommending that Xamarin developers continue to use Visual Studio 2019 for Mac v8.10 to develop their Xamarin apps instead of Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6.<\/p>\n<p>We have heard lots of questions from our community about when to expect <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/dotnet\/maui\">.NET MAUI<\/a> app support. Once we finish Xamarin support (by Visual Studio for Mac 2022 GA), we\u2019ll shift our focus to creating an amazing experience for .NET MAUI developers. Currently, basic build\/deploy\/debug works, but we still need to bring over the tools you know and love from Xamarin \u2013 like XAML Hot Reload and the Live Visual Tree. Along with existing Xamarin features, we are crafting new experiences for .NET MAUI that highlight the amazing developer productivity improvements it brings, such as multi-targeted single projects and .NET (C#) Hot Reload! We will provide more updates on .NET MAUI support in Visual Studio for Mac as we get closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet\/maui\/wiki\/Roadmap\">.NET MAUI\u2019s GA<\/a> in late Q2 2022.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or comments on the mobile workload in VS Mac, feel free to reach out to Xamarin\/.NET MAUI PM Maddy, at maddy@microsoft.com.<\/p>\n<h2>Please keep sharing your feedback<\/h2>\n<p>We want your help making Visual Studio 2022 for Mac the best developer experience for you. Your feedback continues to inform our plans \u2013 after you\u2019ve had a chance to try out this preview, let us know what you think by taking the Visual Studio for Mac Preview survey::<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/installer\/preview\" target=\"_blank\">Download Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/P5DMRYM\" target=\"_blank\">Share your feedback<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you\u2019re interested in receiving updates directly from our team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/6S8WGD7\">join our Preview Newsletter<\/a> \u2013 we\u2019ll share updates on what\u2019s new and share more opportunities for you to give feedback to our team.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, please share your thoughts in our Visual Studio for Mac Preview survey, and keep sending those <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vsmac-suggestion\">suggestions<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/mac\/report-a-problem\">problem reports<\/a> coming! You can use the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong> or <strong>Help &gt; Provide a Suggestion<\/strong> menus to share feedback, or go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/search?space=41&amp;stateGroup=active\">Visual Studio for Mac Developer Community<\/a> site to vote for those that are most important to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, and time for another Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview release! Today we\u2019re sharing Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6, which focuses on addressing top issues from the January 25th Preview 5 release as well as continuing the move of the IDE to native macOS UI. 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