Specifically, .NET MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI) is now a project type among the five Desktop & Mobile options in Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 1, replacing the Xamarin-based option.

You can finally start using the Multi-platform App UI toolkit to build cross-platform apps for mobile and desktop. Here’s what you need to know.

Microsoft has announced that the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available, allowing developers to now build cross-platform apps using .NET MAUI within their editor.

.NET MAUI is the next generation of Xamarin Forms, intended to allow developers to build an app once in a single Visual Studio project with a single codebase, targeting any supported device.

NET MAUI, or “Multi-platform App UI,” allows developers to build applications for multiple platforms from a single codebase. The company also released a number of updates to Visual Studio in ...

Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2022 17.3 update. It brings several new features, including support for .NET MAUI, a Teams Toolkit, C++ improvements, and improved Live Unit Testing.

However, .NET MAUI won't be ready at that point; Microsoft now is targeting early Q2 2022 for the GA of .NET MAUI. Microsoft's virtual Visual Studio 2022 launch event is today.