Sands of MAUI: Issue #1

Sam Basu’s first Sands of MAUI roundup captures the early .NET 6 Preview 2 era, when .NET MAUI was beginning to consolidate native mobile and desktop development. It is a useful historical guide to the platform features, samples, migration experiments, and community feedback that informed the MAUI journey.

In this issue

• .NET 6 Preview 2 Drop — See the early MAUI capabilities arriving with .NET 6 Preview 2, including Mac Catalyst targeting, a multi-targeted single project, HostBuilder startup support, and the first universal control handlers.
• Updated MAUI samples on .NET 6 — Explore the refreshed iOS, Android, and single-project samples, along with the specific workloads, CLI tooling, and limited IDE support needed to run them at the time.
• Xamarin Q1 2021 Survey — Find the community feedback opportunity focused on Xamarin’s transition to .NET MAUI and the developer experience in Visual Studio.
• Tinkering with MAUI on .NET 6 Preview 2 — Follow Sam’s hands-on Twitch exploration of early MAUI builds, including failed builds, working controls, and practical experimentation.
• Updating from Xamarin.Forms to MAUI — Read a real migration experience that moves a boilerplate Xamarin.Forms app onto the evolving .NET MAUI tooling.

Open the original roundup to follow the links, see the supporting examples, and explore the referenced community work in more depth.