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.

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac keeps trudging along toward general availability several months behind its Windows cousin, with the latest preview introducing new Azure Functions V4 tooling and ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 for Mac 17.0 Preview 7. The update contains a native UI for Preferences screens, improved Xamarin support, and the ability to use Azure Functions V4.

That includes Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional and even free Community Edition users. For Mac Users, Xamarin is making a free app available.

An introduction to using Xamarin with C# for building cross-platform mobile apps. A fully featured and surprisingly pleasant alternative to Android Studio!

In its continuing push towards making its tools available across platforms, Microsoft announced several integrations with the Xamarin development tools it acquired earlier this year.

Visual Studio users will receive access to the Xamarin toolset for free, while the Xamarin core is being open sourced and made part of .Net.