how to close .net maui app on iOS

Question

i want to close .NET MAUI App from code behind

i'm using Application.Current.Quit();

it works on Android but on iOS it doesn't work

Does anyone know how to close the app on iOS

many thanks

Answer 1

For anyone wants to shut down the app
Use this function System.Environment.Exit(0);, it works on iOS

Answer 2

Hello @Nam Pham ,

On iOS, you can use exist(0) to quit App. But in this way, the app has the risk of being rejected by the App store. (It's not recommended that app quit itself in the old App Store Review Guidelines, the latest App Store Review Guidelines - Apple Developer does not have these contents)

With MAUI, you can use P/Invoke to consume a native library. For example:

Click button to quit App

 private void OnCounterClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)  
      {  
  
#if IOS  
        exit(0);  
#else  
Application.Current.Quit();  
  
#endif  
    }  
#if IOS  
    [DllImport("__Internal", EntryPoint = "exit")]  
    public static extern void exit(int status);  
#endif  

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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Answer 3

I personally advise against having an iOS app closing/shutting down because of the high risk of Apple rejecting your app during the review process but Apple advise that you redirect the user to a page that has all the necessary yet brief info of what could have happened and that you “gracefully” let the users terminate the app themselves. This is what I did on my app but I haven’t yet published to App Store.