.NET MAUI / Visual Studio Product ManagerAccording to a recent blog post, .NET MAUI 7 GA, which was released two weeks ago, is now officially supported for use in Visual Studio for Mac 17.4. As part of .NET 7, .NET MAUI 7 improves the stability and reliability of the .NET MAUI SDK.

In Visual Studio for Mac 17.4, developers can now use the same .NET MAUI productivity features as on Visual Studio (Windows).

• Single Project and Debugging for Android/iOS/Mac Catalyst

The .NET MAUI single project takes the platform-specific development experience typically encountered when developing apps and abstracts it into a single shared project that can target Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.

The .NET MAUI single project provides a simplified and consistent cross-platform development experience regardless of the target platform. The .NET MAUI single project provides the following features:

• Single shared project available for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows
• Simplified debug target selection for running .NET MAUI apps
• Shared resource files in a single project
• A single application manifest, specifying the application title, ID and version
• Access platform-specific APIs and tools as needed
• Single cross-platform application entry point

Developers can easily build, deploy and debug .NET MAUI applications on iOS, macOS and Android.

• XAML Hot Reload Changes and Live Visual Tree

With the XAML hot reload feature, you can modify the UI and see the changes reflected in the running application. This means developers don’t need to build and deploy the application every time to validate UI changes.

With Live Visual Tree, developers can see a live view of the running XAML code, structured as a tree view of the hierarchy of all UI elements in the running application.

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.4 Release Notes.

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