Will xamarin.android be deprecated after microsoft's update in Net 6?

Question

Hello and hope everyone doing well. Will the xamarin.android continue to be supported after microsoft's update in Net 6 or not?
I mean after the new release in Net 6. It will be a stand alone project only for android? Or there will be only cross platform development?

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 will continue to receive service releases through November 2022.

And .NET MAUI is the evolution of Xamarin.Forms , it still supports Android, iOS, and UWP .

In other word , Xamarin.Android will not be deprecated in the feature, but maybe it will be renamed to .Net-Android or something else.

Check https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/the-new-net-multi-platform-app-ui-maui/.

If you want a detailed explanation about this, you could ask your question here : https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues.

Best Regards,
Cole Xia

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