Why MonoAndroid is not supported anymore by some plugins like Firebase?

Question

Hi!

I'm not up-to-date with Xamarin. I've got 3 projects in Xamarin.Forms, but I don't actively maintain them. Only from time to time I have to update a few things to meet Google requirements. Usually, I also update all dependencies.

However, recently I noticed I can't update Xamarin.Firebase in Android project because I get:

Package Xamarin.Firebase.Analytics 121.3.0.7 is not compatible with monoandroid13.0 (MonoAndroid,Version=v13.0). Package Xamarin.Firebase.Analytics 121.3.0.7 supports: net8.0-android34.0 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v8.0)

I checked NuGet package and it turns out that they stopped supporting MonoAndroid. The same with Xamarin.Android.Google.BillingClient.

Could anyone tell me what happened in the meantime? Is there any new approach now? If so, how can I migrate my project?

Answer 1

Xamarin (and Xamarin) is no longer supported. Support ended 5/1/2024. The replacement is Maui.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/migration/?view=net-maui-8.0