Building mobile and desktop apps using .NET MAUI
We will build a mobile and desktop app for managing customers in Northwind.
Good Practice: If you have a Mac and you have never run Xcode on it, then run it now until you see the Start window. This will ensure that all its required components are installed and registered. If you do not do this, then you might get errors with your projects later.
Creating a virtual Android device for local app testing
To target Android, you must install at least one Android SDK. A default installation of Visual Studio 2022 with the mobile development workload already includes one Android SDK, but it is often an older version designed to support as many Android devices as possible.
To use the latest features of .NET MAUI, you must configure a more recent Android virtual device:
- In Windows, start Visual Studio 2022. If you see the modal dialog box Welcome Experience, then click Continue without code.
- Navigate...