Which is the last iOS version supported by visual studio mac?

Shingala A 25

Hi, We are getting msg from apple that it will only allow us to deploy app with target version 17.0 only after April 29, 2024. but with Visual studio mac we are able to target till 16.4 only. Visual studio mac is not allowing to target 17.0.

ITMS-90725: SDK version issue - This app was built with the iOS 16.2 SDK. Starting April 29, 2024, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 17 SDK or later, included in Xcode 15 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution. **

Is Visual studio for Mac support iOS 17.0? What is the latest target iOS version we can target with Visual studio for Mac?

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 32,386 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-02-29T05:38:09.7733333+00:00

Hello,

Your project is a Xamarin.forms project, right?

Xamarin support will end on May 1, 2024 for all Xamarin SDKs. Xcode 15 SDKs (iOS and iPadOS 17, macOS 14) will be the final versions Xamarin will target from existing Xamarin SDKs. VS for Mac adds tooling support for Xcode 15.0 for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac from version 17.6.7.

Also, Visual Studio for Mac will no longer be supported starting August 31st, 2024，see Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement - Visual Studio Blog (microsoft.com)

(It's not clear what the Xamarin.Forms version VS for mac version and the Xcode version are you using, please try Xcode15.0 and the latest VS for Mac)

In addition, pairing to Mac with VS(Windows) is still works, you could also try Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 and pairing to Mac for deploying. (This version includes Xcode15.1 and Xcode15.2 support)

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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Shingala A 25 Reputation points

2024-02-29T06:02:29.9566667+00:00

No, My solution is in .Net iOS, but I am not able to target iOS 17.0 from Visual studio for Mac. Visual studio for Mac allows me to target iOS 16.4 only. Is it possible to target iOS 17.0 with visual studio for Mac? I am able to use xcode 15.0.1 but still visual studio for Mac is not allowing to target iOS 17.0. I am using visual studio for Mac latest version version 17.6.7.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 32,386 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-03-01T01:10:08.08+00:00

I tried creating and testing a .net-iOS (.net8) project, then right-click the project, go to Properties->Build->General window, the default target iOS version is 17.0. You could try entering "17.0" directly.

And then, I create a project by VS 2022(Windows), and I can select the target version to iOS17.2 and I can pair to mac and deploy the app to an iOS17.2 simulator. You could try this.

(I'm using Xcode15.2, If your project is for .Net8, the latest support versions are Xcode15.2 and iOS17.2)
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 32,386 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-03-01T03:10:17.23+00:00

Since you said your project is type of .net-iOS, I will remove the Xamarin tag. If there is any misunderstanding that this tag should not be removed, please feel free to tell me.

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 66,706 Reputation points

2024-03-01T17:39:02.56+00:00

VS 2022 for Mac supported IOS apps that used storyboard instead of Xamarin forms, but this was still a Xamarin app. If you upgrade to your project to net 8, and install all VS updates, you should be able to target IOS 17 & Xcode 15. But you need a migration path.

Maui does not have direct storyboard support like Xamarin, but if you google it can be done. The Maui build tools currently support this (the examples are for a launch screen).

There is work to support calling swift from Maui, and this may allow SwiftUI support in the future (now you have to create an objective-c wrapper around the SwiftUI).

dropping Visual Studio for Mac caused me to abandon Maui. I use visual studio code, but it is no replacement for an IDE for projects with complex build chains (mobile apps). If in the future building native libraries from Maui is supported, I'll revisit Maui. I just switched to Swift/SwiftUI.
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